More criminals in prison, innovative police strategies, intense community efforts to work with troubled youths, a waning of the crack cocaine epidemic and a strong economy providing more jobs in impoverished neighborhoods. Each group should brainstorm what they think are the positive and negative outcomes of their assigned violent crime reduction strategy or force. Students should be encouraged to think about the communities that are affected by these forces, sub-cultures that are created by these forces and the positive and negative results of specific crime reduction strategies. In their groups, students should research the trends and issues surrounding their force . For instance, it has been postulated that more criminals in prison might result in a larger culture of criminality that prison may be seen as a training ground for criminals.
Students create a poster representing their research.
In their groups, students finish their posters for presentation at a later date. Individually, in a thought piece, students should draw upon their research and suggest their own reasons as to why the violent crime rate has increased nationally and propose a contemporary solution for reducing future incidents of violent crime. Support your answer with evidence. Students will be evaluated based on written journal entries, participation in class and group discussions and thoughtful participation in research and poster creation. Gun control is currently a hot topic in political elections.