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Project 1: Case Study

The student will evaluate the presence and efficacy of inter-agency collaboration and cooperation as factors in case outcome.

1. Read the following report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention:

Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence

Baltimore Comprehensive Communities Program — Baltimore, MD

Baltimore’s Comprehensive Communities Program   ( http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/cd_rom/solution_gang_crime/pubs/PromisingStrategiestoReduceGunViolence.pdf )

2. Read the following report

   The University of Maryland, Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) downloaded from  http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/pubs/20010801.pdf

 3. Respond to the following questions:

1  A. Describe the positive aspects of the collaborative initiative

2  B. What partner do you feel is less essential to the initiative and why? (Note “None” is not an option.)

3  C. What criminal justice entity do you feel could have enhanced the success of the initiative?]

4  D. What NON-criminal justice entity do you feel could have enhanced the success of the initiative?

4. Complete Project 1 (Case Study) in the following format:’

1  A minimum of three (3) full maximum five (5) full pages of narrative text 

2  Respond to the four questions (a, b, c and d) in item 3 above

3  Support your work with a a MINIMUM of two (2) resources other than the class instructional material. Narrative and Resource page citations must be done in the American Psychological Association (APA) format

4  A cover page (not included in the page count)

1  Name of the student

2  Name and number of the course

3  Date of submission

4  All other pages will be double-spaced, 1 inch margin, 12 font.

The Resource page (not included in the page count) must reflect