Crime Reduction Needs Analysis

Community Crime Reduction Needs Analysis
Your local community is facing several crime issues that impact the safety and quality of life of residents. As the director or chief of a criminal justice agency (police, courts, corrections/probation—whichever is most relevant to your current or future career), you have been charged with developing a crime reduction plan.

To begin, you must perform an analysis of major crime issues affecting your community and determine which crimes warrant the focus of your crime reduction plan.

· Briefly introduce your community (e.g., population, economy). (1–2 paragraphs)

· Based on your research and analysis, explain at least two major crime issues in the community, including their prevalence and location. (2–3 paragraphs)

· Explain socio-cultural, economic, and/or structural variables that contribute to or are risk factors for the crime issues identified (e.g., opioid abuse statistics, poverty rate). (1–2 paragraphs)

Crime Reduction Framework
· Propose crime reduction strategies that your agency, in cooperation with other agencies and stakeholders, could implement to address the identified crime issues. (2–3 paragraphs)

· Describe or present a high-level timeline for implementation of the strategies. (1 paragraph or a visual)

· Identify key community stakeholders (individuals, groups, or organizations) relevant to reducing the identified crime issues in the community, including key influencers and potential key opposers. (half to 1 page, or a bulleted list with descriptions)

· Explain how the plan aligns with local government vision and/or strategic plan. (1 paragraph)

· Provide an inventory of needed resources (information, tools, people) for plan implementation. (1 paragraph or bulleted list with descriptions)

· Explain strategies for promoting information and resource sharing among key stakeholders and public safety sectors. (1–2 paragraphs)

Supporting Data
· Provide data from at least three credible professional or academic resources to support the crime reduction strategies you proposed. (1–3 paragraphs)

· Define objective criteria for success of your plan and explain a feasible, time-bound strategy for measuring success in meeting plan outcomes. (2–3 paragraphs)