Directions
Initiative Materials
Your initiative needs professional materials to support it. Create one or more relevant products that address all of the required elements:
- Explain how your topic—either the juvenile justice system or allied professionals—relates to the law enforcement branch of the criminal justice system. Include information from one of the main bullets below.
- Juvenile Justice:
- School resource officers
- School-to-prison pipeline
- Juvenile rights
- Status offenses
- Allied Professionals:
- Victim’s rights advocates
- Goodwill ambassadors
- Counselors / psychologists
- Community service professionals
- Juvenile Justice:
- Explain how your topic—either the juvenile justice system or allied professionals—relates to the courts branch of the criminal justice system. Include information from one of the main bullets below.
- Juvenile Justice:
- Restorative justice
- Court process for juveniles
- Diversion / alternatives to arrest
- Allied Professionals
- Guardians ad litem
- Witness protection
- Counselors / psychologists
- Juvenile Justice:
- Explain how your topic—either the juvenile justice system or allied professionals—relates to the corrections branch of the criminal justice system. Include information from one of the main bullets below.
- Juvenile Justice:
- Juvenile parole/probation officers
- Separation from adults
- Allied Professionals:
- Auditors
- Mental health counselors
- Contractors:
- Food services
- Medical services
- Juvenile Justice:
- Explain how social media relates to communication skills that are important in your topic.
- Who uses social media?
- For what purposes do people use social media?
- Explain how active listening is a communication skill important in your topic.
- Who should use active listening?
- Why should active listening be used?
- Explain how cultural awareness is an important communication skill in your topic.
- Why is cultural awareness important?
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Initiative Materials
For this initiative, choose the format that works best for you. This could include one or more of the following: poster, handout, presentation slides, brochure, visual or infographic, timeline, task cards, materials for a group activity, or video.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Website: Create a Presentation in PowerPoint
This resource provides support for creating presentation slides using PowerPoint.
Website: Timeline
This website can be used to easily make an interactive timeline.
Website: Piktochart
This website can be used to easily make an infographic or visual.