Listen to the following podcast and answer the following questions:
What are the informal mechanisms of social control at work in Kennedy's program?
What are the formal mechanisms?
Describe how they work together and are dependent on one another. Please reflect on some of the current policies in place in cities like NYC (strict gun laws, stop-and-frisk) and discuss how Kennedy regards these policies.
Do you agree with his assessment? Defend your position.
www.npr.org/2011/11/01/141803766/interrupting-violence-with-the-message-dont-shoot
Start drafting your literature review. Submit your draft.
Do Google image search for images of prison overcrowding. Post your thoughts about prison crowding issues.
1 Post your thoughts on the topic.
2 Read your classmates' posts and add more comments for further discussions.
Read Lasley's "The Effect of Intensive Bail Supervision on Repeat Domestic Violence Offenders"(2003) in Policy Studies Journal via Library Electronic Reserves and consider the following questions:
—¦ Can the design in this study be appropriately called a 'Classic Experiment'?
—¦ Why or Why Not?
—¦Are there possible alternate explanations for the results found in this
—¦ Write on the "Research" Explain your answer.
€¢ Submit your explanations.
A common ethical consideration in pharmaceutical research has been the random assignment in a classical experimental design - some subjects get the experimental drug and are helped, while others get a placebo and do not receive potential benefits. Is it possible to overcome this dilemma? Do you consider such scenarios unethical? Post your thoughts to this discussion forum.
"The majority of CIKR is not owned by the federal government, including mass transit systems in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, and San Francisco. These systems have been eligible to receive almost one billion dollars in grant funds over the past ten years. This is a sizable amount of money and in this week's discussion"
Argue for or against the continuation of the mass transit security grant program. In arguing your case, please remember to cite specific examples. Look at individual mass transit systems and examine how much money they have received and how this money has been used.
Prepare your thoughts and post. This is an area for you to express and build ideas. Respond to at least two of your peers in a way that extends the discussion.
Following are the questions, take a few moments to examine these questions and see how you would respond to them. Think next about what you know about crime in your immediate neighborhood. Do you see a correlation between the condition of your neighborhood and the crime that occurs in your neighborhood? Post your thoughts and respond to at least one of your classmate's comments here!

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PROMPT: How big of a problem would you say each of these social or physical incivilities are in your immediate neighborhood? 09. Domestic Violence Q1. Theft and burglary Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem Don't know/Not sure Refused.. 1 3 4 Don't know/Not sure Refused.. Q10. Bars or liquor store attracting trouble makers Big Problem.. Somewhat of a Problem. 02. Litter and trash Big Problem.. Somewhat ofa Problem No Problem Don't know/Not sure. Refused.. . No Problem. .3 3 Don't know/Not sure .4 .5 Refused. . Q11. Graffiti, that is, writing or painting on walls or buildings Q3. Vandalism of cars and OTHER property? Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem.. No Problem Don't know/Not sure Refused. Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem . Don't know/Not sure 4 Refused. Q4. Drug dealing Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem. Q12. Disruption around schools, including youths hanging around making noise, vandalizing, or starting fights Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem. 1 2 No Problem. Don't know/Not sure Refused. No Problem. Don't know/Not sure Q5. Gangs Big Problem Refused. . Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem Don't know/Not sure Q13. Shootings and other public violence Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem... No Problem Don't know/Not sure Refused.. 3 4 Q6. Loitering Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem . Don't know/Not sure Refused.. Refused.. 3 4 Q14. Landlords or tenants not maintaining their property Big Problem. Somewhat ofa Problem. No Problem.. Don't know/Not sure Refused.. 3 4 Q7. Abandoned buildings Big Problem Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem. Don't know/Not sure Refused. Q15. Strangers coming into the neighborhood and causing a disturbance Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem. Don't know/Not sure Q8. Assaults in public Big Problem . Somewhat of a Problem. No Problem .... Don't know/Not sure. Refused... Refused.. 4 Q16. Excessive noise such as barking dogs or car stereos Big Problem. Somewhat of a Problem... No Problem. Don't know/Not sure. ....1 .3 Refused..