Description & Significance: Discuss and provide a comprehensive overview with examples on the problem, including how people involved in the criminal justice system are affected by this problem, the problems consequences, how the problem relates to mass incarceration, and why this problem/issue is important to social work – worth up to 4 points
Causes: Discuss and provide comprehensive overview with examples and statistics (e.g. national, state, and local statistics; incidence and prevalence figures; and trends if they are available and appropriate to your description) of the factors that cause the problem, including how long this problem has existed, who first defined it as a problem, the scope of the problem (how many people are affected or impacted by the problem), the population(s) affected by the problem, ways the problem is impacted by culture, socioeconomics, societal values, race, ethnicity, gender, power or lack of power, etc. – worth up to 4 points
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeInterventions:
Discuss and provide comprehensive overview with examples on current or past criminal justice and/or social work interventions (programs or policies) that have attempted to address this problem/issue, including the logics and problem theories behind these interventions as well as the limitations or problems with these interventions – worth up to 4 points … Can see attachments to help in this section.
