Unit IV Scholarly Activity

For this scholarly activity, you will do further research on one of the three projects discussed in your textbook. Please select one of the following: the Chicago Area Project, the Mobilization for Youth, or the War on Poverty. Within your scholarly activity, include responses to the following points:  Explain the particular policy you chose and the effect it has had.  Was it effective in fighting crime, preventing crime, or both?  From your perspective, what could make this more effective?  What were the disadvantages to this particular project?  Explain the policy that influenced this project. Your scholarly activity must be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. You are required to use at least two outside sources; one source must be from the CSU Online Library. All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced. Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.

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Chicago area project
This program was founded in by Clifford Shaw in 1931. The founder of this organization was a socialist at a University of Chicago. Clifford believed that every neighborhood stood a chance to reduce juvenile delinquency by improving community life (Kobrin 1959). Therefore, the mission of this project was to minimize the misconducts or crimes that were committed by the youths or the young children below the age of 18 years.

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