Increasing the number of effective interventions

Increasing the number of effective interventions

• Employ rigorous, quasi‐experimental designs when randomized control trials are not feasible
• Use “adaptive” research designs to evaluate multi‐component interventions and policies
• Use emerging methods such as Social Network Analysis to evaluate social context interventions

Examine the future of crime prediction using the recommendations listed beside your chosen goal and incorporate the following:

• Based on your earlier research and readings, evaluate current  prevention programs and how they might be changed in the future based on  these goals.
• Analyze the impact of diversity in future crime prediction  strategies, especially within law enforcement agencies that have little  credibility with their communities today.
• Assess whether your chosen goal positively or negatively impacts  social justice for all groups or just targeted segments of society.

Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. Support your post  with examples from your required reading material and/or other credible  and scholarly sources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. document for guidance. Provide in-text citations in APA style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Guided Response: Review several of your peer’s  posts, responding to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.  For these responses, select at least one classmate who chose to address a  goal different from your own. In your responses to their posts, address  the following:

• Formulate additional suggestions for addressing diversity and  improving community relationships between law enforcement and the  communities they serve in the future.

Address ethical dilemmas that could impact communities and discuss  how to overcome obstacles. Be sure to support your assertions with  scholarly, credible sources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  document for guidance. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’  posts in a substantive manner and provide recommendations to extend  their thinking. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier  in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in  this discussion forum. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until  5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7, and respond with robust dialogue to  anyone who replies to your initial post.