draft of your preliminary recommendations to the mayor based on your criminal justice issue selection and analysis; These recommendations will inform the mayor and other senior leadership about a course of action to solve the issue you selected;

 CJ 500 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: For this assignment, you will submit a draft of your preliminary recommendations to the mayor based on your criminal justice issue selection and analysis; These recommendations will inform the mayor and other senior leadership about a course of action to solve the issue you selected; ased entirely on your research and the analysis you provided in Milestone Two, propose a strategy to implement a solution to the issue; Think about any feedback you received in Milestone Two and incorporate that into Milestone Three as needed; !ssess the strategys potential for success, but also identify possible hurdles and obstacles to the implementation of the recommendations you have proposed; Instructor feedback to all milestonesas well as the peer feedback you will receive on this draft in Module Eightshould be applied to your final project, due in Module Nine;

Prompt: Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

III. Recommendations

A. Propose a solution to address the issue in criminal justice, justifying your proposal with your previous research; In your justification, you may

consider the complexity of the solution, the possible adverse effects, and the feasibility of the solution in terms of time and resources;

B. !pply criminological theory to justify how your proposed solution will address the underlying causes of the issue;

C. Outline the immediate actions that will need to be taken to implement the solution, justifying the necessity and feasibility of these actions with

evidence; onsider how you will create buy-in among invested parties;

D. Outline the long-term actions that will need to be taken to implement the solution, justifying the necessity and feasibility of these actions with

evidence; onsider how you will create buy-in among invested parties;

E. Determine the types of data necessary to assess whether your solution is successful in addressing the issue, justifying your determinations; How

will you measure the success of your solution?

Guidelines for Submission: Your submission should include reference to recent peer-reviewed articles, be 1 to 2 pages in length (in addition to title and reference pages) and should use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins; Use !P! style to cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page;

Refer to the riminal Justice Library Tips document for assistance in finding and citing outside sources; The Problem-Solving Strategies and Sample document demonstrates how a problem-solving strategy can be applied to help find a solution to a problem;

Please note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project; The Final Project Rubric will include an additional Exemplary category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond Proficient in your final submission;