Graduate
students will have different requirements than the undergraduate
students. First, your exams will be a different format than those
for the undergraduates: yours will be essay exams. Second,
instead of the group project, you will be required to make individual
presentations in class and write a paper based on that presentation.
These presentations will focus on either primary or secondary
prevention programs designed to deter juvenile offending. This
type of prevention schema is derived from the public health sector,
which classifies prevention efforts as primary, secondary or tertiary.
A definition and more information can be found at the
New York Academy of Sciences web site as
well as in the class textbook on page 127. That is the first
page of a section about primary prevention.; a section about secondary
prevention begins on page 255. You may use these sections to get
an overview and ideas about what to discuss in your presentations.
For your presentation, you will be required to utilize at least
six scholarly articles or evaluations to critically assess the efficacy
of these types of programs. Your presentation to the class and
your paper should explain the rationale for and goals of the particular
programs or interventions and discuss how effective they are. In
your paper, you should also discuss gaps in our knowledge and
recommendations about future programming and/or evaluation. Use
either the APA or ASA style for citations and references.