Theory & Policy

Your Juvenile Department supervisor informs you that each criminal justice agency in your community has to develop a new crime-fighting strategy for the coming fiscal year that must be based on a crime causation explanation to be presented to the city council for funding your department. Using the library and other available resources, prepare a brief summary of a policy linked to a theory that you would propose.

 

In your response, please address the following:

 

  • The purpose of the policy  
  • The theory guiding your policy  
  • Anticipated benefits  
  • Benefits and disadvantages of your policy  
  • The implementation plan 
  • 1-2 paragraphs
  • cite references