Juvenile Crime Prevention Policy Brief The Policy Brief Prompt Florida Governor Rick Scott has set up a special Task Force to examine some of the flawed policies of Floridas criminal justice systemand to ultimately revise these mistakes. The Task Forces goal is to reduce the number of incarcerated juveniles and avoid increasing the already wide racial disparities of the incarcerated population of juveniles. Because you are an expert in the field of juvenile and criminal justice, the Task Force has summoned you to sit on an Expert Panel to advise the Governor by providing him with one (1) policy brief that addresses the aforementioned goal (Note that a policy brief is a type of criminal justice policy paper). In advising Governor Scott on how to reduce number of incarcerated juveniles, you should address one and only one component of the juvenile justice system. There are many possible options for you to select from, but only choose one area of the juvenile system; for example, policing, juvenile crime prevention, juvenile waivers, sentencing laws, court strategies, rehabilitation, or reentry. You are not limited to these topics, but whatever you do choose to research and write about, you should stay within the confines of a single area of the juvenile justice system. That is to say, it would be a mistake to evaluate policing strategies, drug sentencing laws, and rehabilitation strategies in one policy brief. Choose one topic. Please follow the structure and requirements found below. Your policy brief is due near the end of the semester. The Policy Brief Structure For your research paper for Criminal Justice and Public Policy, you are tasked with writing a policy brief. A policy brief is a standalone document that explores an issue and distills lessons learned from research for a policymaking audience. You should note at the outset that the policy brief is a type of argumentative paper, which makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. In this case, the claim needs to be a policy recommendation, which is derived from an evaluation of research. The goal of the policy brief is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided. Organizationally, the policy report should include six sections/elements, which are consistent with a realworld policy brief. These sections include the following: Executive Summary; Introduction; PreExisting Policies, Policy Options, and Research; Conclusion; Recommendation(s); and References. Use these elements as headings in your policy brief. The structure of a policy brief is further discussed in a lecture as we build up to the final draft of your policy brief. Also note that your policy brief is subject to review for text comparison by Turnitin.com, a plagiarism detection service. To submit your paper, you will upload your Word file electronically through a link located on Blackboard. 2 The Technical Requirements of the Policy Brief One (1) typewritten 2,5003,000 word policy brief is required (this number includes a title page and a reference page). Structurally, the paper must be double-spaced, with 1.0-inch margins, in Times New Roman 12-point font. Your paper must draw from at least 810 sources, which must be cited correctly in the text and be documented correctly in the reference page. Of the total works cited, at least half should be articles from academic journals or books published by an academic press. Works cited in the text and the reference page should be in the Harvard Referencing Style or APA style.