TOPIC: GUN VIOLENCE 

Requirements for analysis: Due Sunday, Feb. 24 (Blackboard submission)
1) Current policy (approx. 2 pgs)
a. State the policy
b. History of the policy – why do we have this policy?
c. Purpose of the policy – what was the objective(s) of the policy?
2) Literature review on the justice related issue (Approx. 5 pgs)
a. Effectiveness of the stated policy (based on research) - is the practical
application of the policy meeting the stated objectives of the policy?
3) Evaluation of current policy based on available research (1-2 pgs)
a. Benefits and drawbacks of policy – summary of what has worked and
what has not.
4) Recommendations and suggestions for future policy (1-2 pgs)
a. Based on research, should the current policy be altered or replaced?
b. What is your proposal for the new or altered policy?
c. How will your recommendations fix the problems with the current
policy?
d. Will your recommendations meet the goals that the current policy was
designed to do? Or, if the goals were inappropriate, what are the new
goals and how will this policy meet them?