Reference no: EM133313977
Assignment:
Be sure you review and understand the instructions in the Discussion Board Rules found in the syllabus. You will not be able to see other discussions until you post your original writing. You must also respond to at least two of your classmates' posts.
Select and post your response to ONE situation from eitherchapter that interests you the most.
Part 1
1. Visit the Gang Resistance and Education Training (G.R.E.A.T.) website. Evaluate the program's potential and effectiveness in the following areas:
- a middle-class suburb with no gang activity;
- a working-class neighborhood with some delinquency problems but no hardcore gang activity; and
- an inner-city neighborhood with heavy gang activity, in which youths sometimes join gangs for protection.
2. This web site shows how schools and local law enforcement agencies work together to help prevent gang membership.
- How would these efforts measure up in the three listed neighborhoods?
- How effective would they be in each of the listed neighborhoods?
- Are they necessary in each neighborhood?
- How could the program(s) be implemented?
- Which program(s) would work best in each neighborhood?
- Be sure to take into account the pre-existing conditions and attitudes in each neighborhood when you analyze the effectiveness and usefulness of G.R.E.A.T. in that neighborhood.
3. Address each neighborhood individually. For example, the first three paragraphs should discuss G.R.E.A.T. as it relates to the suburban neighborhood.
4. Be THOROUGH in your opinion. Cite resources for your opinion, such as your textbook or other articles/websites. An opinion consisting of four sentences will NOT be sufficient to receive credit.
5. Read the postings of your classmates. Respond to at least 2 of your classmates' postings. Do you agree? Disagree? Why?
Part 2
1. Locate and read a non-fiction story about a juvenile's addiction to drug use. One classic is the 1960s book Go Ask Alice, which is the diary of a teenage girl who fights addiction. There are also numerous celebrities who were addicted to drugs when they were juveniles. There are a large number of these non-fiction stories that are equally interesting. You may also use a long magazine article. However, it MUST focus on a particular person with an addiction problem, not on drug use in general.
2. When you have completed your reading, answer the following questions:
3. Why did this juvenile become addicted to drugs? Did he or she ever seem to be in control of the drug use?
4. What personality traits may have contributed to the addiction? What social factors? What other factors? How does this story end, and why?
5. What could have prevented this drug addiction from ever occurring?
6. Include the URL or other resource that you used, and be sure to identify the individual.
7. Read the postings of your classmates. Respond to at least 2 of your classmates' postings. Do you agree? Disagree? Why?