Directions: Read the questions below and write a response.  Your answer to each question should be at least the requested length that is specified in each prompt.

1.            Go to the U.S. Department of Justice website (www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/184744.pdf) and read the article on Juvenile Drug Court programs.  Write a narrative one page in length answering the following questions: What are juvenile drug courts?  What are the goals of juvenile drug courts?  What are the key elements of a juvenile drug court program?

2.            Perform the following tasks and write a narrative that is at least two pages in length.

•      Step 1: Conduct research about youth gangs in your local area.  If your local community does not have a gang problem, you can identify a different community close to you.

•      Step 2: Explain the following about youth gangs:

o     How youth gangs have changed in last decades.

o     The statistics of gangs in the United States and in your local area.

o     Important facts about the structure of youth gangs.

o     Stages of gang development in communities.

o     What communities can do to prevent and control gangs.