Juvenile Recidivism

CJ420M6-6: Evaluate juvenile recidivism rates in Atlanta, GA.

Juveniles Needs

Assume you are a probation officer for your local juvenile court. The judge asked you to review a case and determine the juveniles overall needs and make recommendations for programming based on recidivism rates.Jenna is a 14-year-old girl who lives with her mother. She has not seen her father since the age of 2. Jenna has recently become truant at school and was referred to the juvenile court. When interviewed, she admitted to committing domestic violence against her mother, smoking marijuana daily, and abusing alcohol. Include the following in your 23-page report, not including the title or reference pages:

Provide an overview of needs you identified.
Conduct library research to locate one or two types of programs that you believe address these needs.
You will need to evaluate how effective the programs are by reviewing recidivism and relapse rates.
Finally, you will locate a local program for referral.

Note: This Assessment will require outside research. You may consult the Library, the internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations and references in APA style.
Submitting Your AssessmentCompose your Assessment in Microsoft Word, save it as CJ420M6_YourName_Module6 Assessment, and submit it to the Competency Assessment Dropbox.
Minimum Submission Requirements

This Assessment should be a Microsoft Word (3 page) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
Respond in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
Be sure to cite 6 references both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
Your submission should:

include a cover sheet;
be double-spaced;
be typed in Times New Roman, 12 -point font;
include correct citations
be written in Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors; and
include correct references at the bottom of the last page.

If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.
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