Explain the current status, historical growth, and projected trends of gang membership in the United States and locally.

Final
Paper Guidelines Due
prior to 25 December 2021
This final paper intent is the partial demonstration
of completion of all course objectives. Each objective will serve as a section
of your paper and should appear at the top of each section to clearly identify
the objective being addressed.
This paper should be 8 to 10
pages (excluding title page, abstract, and references) in length,
double-spaced, and in APA 7th style format. Double spaced and in 12 Times Roman Don’t, A
total of 8 creditable sources are to be cited and clearly identified inside of
the body of this paper. A list of sources that may assist and help crafting
this assignment is at the end of these instructions is you so choose to use
any.
Quality is important, address the
issues stated in the objectives in depth is crucial thus two pages at a minimum
per objective is the standard and what needs to be seen, Remember it is a
synthesis and as such should make minimal use of adjectives and adverbs.
Course
Objectives:
1.
Explain
the current status, historical growth, and projected trends of gang membership
in the United States and locally. (1 to 1 ½ pages acceptable)
2.
Describe
current research on gang formation and the implications for society and community,
local and national. (2 pages)
3.
Identify
and classify the types of gangs common in various geographical or societal
communities and their effect on social, educational, and criminal justice
systems, including social service and health providers, police, courts, and
schools. And the problems encountered in classification.(2 pages)
4.
Assess
various approaches, programs, and policies for responding to gang formation and
activities. (2 pages)
5.
Synthesize
relevant issues in gang formation and functioning and create recommendations
for community response. (2 pages)
Paper Outline Guidelines
I. Opening
position statement: A brief statement of your view of the current state of
gangs and gang membership in the US. (refer to course objectives)
A. Identification of research or
projects (3-6) that have offered the most relevant information into gang
formation and gang functioning. Select the research from the course textbook or
by way of research that appears to provide the most beneficial and relevant
information to understanding Gang Formation, Behavior and Activities.
a.
Identify
the research, its purpose and findings
b.
How
it contributed to knowledge about gangs
B. Learning gained, and why it is important
II.
Table of Contents (Course objectives will be the title; shorten as necessary to
fit yet understand)
A. Identification of the topics
to be addressed, including your area of personal interest; also indicate at
least 3 points to be covered (under each topic)
B. Include citations and
references.
III.
Summation and Recommendations
A.
Brief statement of your points that support your position statement.
B. Your recommendations of
policies, strategies and programs that address gangs and gang membership for a
long-term positive community effect.
1.
Focus:
which type (street gangs for social, criminal or economic reasons) and aspect
of gang program or policy: intervention, prevention, community or correctional
efforts
2.
Purpose
of that policy, strategy or program: its reason for existence
3.
At
least 3-4 desired outcomes (specific and measurable or observable)
4.
How
will success be measured?
IV. Bibliography/References
There
must be a reference section of the final paper, using the APA 7th
style citation format. Sources must be in alphabetical order listing on the page
by the author’s name.

Writing Resources:
The following links provide online
writing aids to help you with your paper assignments.

●
OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
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Writer’s Handbook, the Writing Center at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/index.html
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APA Guidelines http://www.apastyle.org/

Course textbook:
Maxson, C. L., Egley, A., Miller, J., & Klein, M.W. (2014). The Modern Gang Reader (4th ed.). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Sources applicable to areas
within the objectives:
1. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP) https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/research-statistics https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs
2. National Gang Center (NGC) https://nationalgangcenter.ojp.gov/focus-areas/research
https://nationalgangcenter.ojp.gov/survey-analysis
3. Office of Justice https://www.ojp.gov/feature/gangs/overview https://www.ojp.gov/program/programs/gangs
https://nationalgangcenter.ojp.gov/survey-analysis/measuring-the-extent-of-gang-problems https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/231116.pdf

4. Youth Gov. https://youth.gov/youth-topics/preventing-gang-involvement

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