Crime Prevention and Policy Assessment LCR2003

LCR2003: Crime Prevention and Policy Assessment 3

Due: Sunday end of week 9 by 11:59pm.

Grade: 50% of total grade.

Word Count: 2,500 words MAXIMUM

Submission: Submit via the LMS submission point under the Assessment 3 tab.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Carefully read all material provided in the Project Brief Folder to analyse the current crime

problems in the suburb of Claravale.

You need to write a 2,500 word crime prevention proposal for the suburb of Claravale. The crime prevention proposal should include the following:

• A summary of the current crime related problems in Claravale. These should be clearly explained and linked to supporting empirical evidence that demonstrates these problems are related to crime (either caused by or leads to crime).


• Identification and explanation of one crime prevention initiative that you propose to implement in Claravale.


• The following should be discussed when explaining the crime prevention initiative:
  
  
  
  • What is the crime prevention
  
  
  • What is the goal/aim(s) of the
  
  
  • How does the crime prevention strategy work?
  
  
  • Who does it target?
  
  
  • The theoretical explanation for why it should work
  
  
  • Evidence to demonstrate the crime prevention strategy has been effective
  
  
  • Possible benefits to implementing the crime prevention strategy and for
  
  
  • Possible consequences that might need to be
  
  
  
  


• A detailed explanation/justification for why you are proposing to implement the crime prevention strategy you have chosen and not others.

For this assessment, you are allowed to present relevant information in graphs and/or tables to help with word count. Any tables and/or graphs provided must be referred to in- text in your assessment. Information in tables/graphs are NOT included in the wordcount.

FurtherInstructions

References

You are required to do your own independent research for this assessment. Peer reviewed resources must be used to inform your work. Additionally, you can also incorporate government and NGO reports. Media articles and lecture slides are not to be relied on to inform your proposal.

No minimum/maximum number of references is outlined. The number of references needed is dependent on what information you are providing. Remember, you should be providing references for all assertions, claims, and evidence being presented.

The required referencing style for this assessment is APA 7. If you require assistance with your referencing, please refer to the La Trobe Library Referencing Tool: https://latrobe.libguides.com/referencing-tool.

When writing and referencing your work you need to be mindful of the La Trobe Universitys Academic Misconduct policy (for more information see: http://latrobe.libguides.com/academic- integrity/ethical_use).

Writing

The way the information is presented is one of the most significant aspects. In your assessment you need to keep in mind to write clearly, identify and justify your choices. There are a few easy steps you should follow in your writing:

• Your work needs to be grammatically sound, so make sure to check the spelling and punctuation before submitting.


• To avoid grammatical mistakes, avoid the use of overcomplicated sentences (sentences that are more than a couple of lines in length).


• Do not write your assessment in first person, only write in third


• When using abbreviations make sure you provide the full word first followed immediately by the abbreviation in brackets afterwards (e.g., Youth justice conferencing (YJC))


• This is an academic assessment, therefore, do not use dot points or Instead, incorporate these points into sentences.


• For this assessment, you are allowed to present relevant information in graphs and/or tables to help with word count. Any tables and/or graphs provided must be referred to in-text in your assessment.


• Avoid the use of The only times you should be using direct quotes is when you are citing legislation, policy, definitions etc, or you specifically wish to discuss/analyses something someone has said. Other than these two reasons you should be demonstrating understanding of content by paraphrasing all information in your own words.

Formatting

Your assessment should be formatted in the following ways:

• Font should be Times New


• Font size should be size


• Text should be a minimum of 5 spaced to a maximum of 2 x spaced.


• Paragraphs should be


• Page number top right hand


• Running header top left hand


• Text colour should be

Your assessment should be submitted with a title page that includes the following information:

• Assessment title


• Your name


• student number


• tutorial day and time


• tutors name


• word count (not including reference list)

Submission

You will submit the assessment to Turnitin for marking purposes. To do this, you will submit the assessment to the submission point located under the assessment three tab on the LMS. The submission point will open 7 days prior to the due date.

Please note your assessment must be submitted using a MS word document only. No other files will be accepted.

Extensions

If for whatever reasons you feel you need an extension of time for your assessment please submit an extension request with your supporting documentation via the online extension form from located at the following link https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/admin/forms/request-an-extension.

Remember, extension requests need to be submitted at least 3 days before the due date. Please note, unless there are exceptional circumstances, requests for extensions less than 3 days before the due date will not be granted, including requests for retrospective extensions.

Do not email your tutor requesting an extension, they do not have the ability to approve these requests.

If you are struggling to meet the due date, please reach out to either your tutor or subject coordinator ASAP so we can do our best to work with you and support you in completing your assessment. It is important to contact us before the due date as soon as possible, it might be the case that you have grounds to apply for special consideration.

Late submissions

Please keep in mind that the penalty for submitting after the due date without an approved extension is 5% of the total marks available for the assessment each day the submission is late, up to a maximum of 5 working days. Assessments will not be accepted after the fifth late day, and you will automatically receive a grade of zero for the assessment.