CRJ 305 week 1 DQ 3

  

Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Discussion 3

Journal Article Review: Court Crime Prevention Programs

  

 During this course you   will submit three journal article reviews from the Ashford Online Library.   You can use this research in your Final Project due in Week Five. The reviews   will addresses crime prevention strategies through one of the following   criminal justice system components:

1. Policing Crime Prevention Programs – policing, schools,        community oriented policing  (covered in Chapter 7 of Crime Prevention)
2. Court Crime Prevention Programs – the Courts or sentencing        (covered in Chapter 8 of Crime Prevention)
3. Corrections Crime Prevention Programs – corrections, jails and        prisons, boot camps, rehabilitation, or restoration (covered in Chapter        9 of Crime        Prevention)

There are journal article reviews due in Weeks One, Three, and Four.   For this week, select an article on a court-initiated crime prevention   program. In this review, do the following:

1. Summarize the article. Which type of crime prevention strategy        is being addressed?
2. Identify the key findings and recommendations.
3. Cite the article in APA format. Information on APA is available        in the Ashford Writing center, located within the Learning Resources tab        on the left navigation toolbar.

Your initial post   must be a minimum of 250 words in length.
 

  Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. After reviewing   your classmates’ journal article reviews, what assumptions need to be made to   incorporate the court-initiated crime prevention strategy? Does the   court-initiated crime prevention program cause problems for either law   enforcement or corrections as part of the overall criminal justice system?