Crime Prevention Initiatives

Imagine that a new curfew law was passed in your jurisdiction aimed  at reducing youth crime and that you have been asked to evaluate its  effectiveness. Describe the type of evaluation you would conduct. In  your post, consider and discuss: (a) who your comparison group would be  to determine whether the curfew law is effective; (b) the data you would  collect and/or analyze to measure changes in crime rates; and (c) how  you would investigate the degree to which the curfew law was being  implemented and enforced as intended.

Your initial must be a minimum of 250  words. Support your post with examples from your required reading  material and/or other scholarly sources, using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) document. Provide in-text citations in APA style (Links to an external site.), as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).