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Homework: Interpreting Crime Data

According to the UCR data for 15-24 year olds, the male homicide rate in 2013 was 18 times higher for Blacks than for Whites. Recent programs like "Becoming a Man" developed by Chicago nonprofit group Youth Guidance and policies like "My Brother's Keeper" initiated by President Obama have made use of the data regarding Black crime rates in an attempt to find potential solutions. Read the following two articles that present recent crime data regarding urban youth crime and potential preventive measure that can be taken.

Read "Youth Exposure to Violence Prevention Programs in a National Sample" and "Preventing Youth Violence: Opportunities for Action."

In of 750to 1,000 words, address the following:

I. According to David-Ferdon and Simon (2014), why is youth violence such a critical problem, and what are the costs?

II. Describe the study design used by Finkelhor et al. (2014). Include the sample population, and data collection and analysis methods. What were the limitations of this type of study? What were the findings?

III. Overall, what does the evidence show to be true about youth violence prevention programs, and how should they be implemented in the future to be most effective?

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