In the criminal justice field, there are several types of rehabilitative program

In the criminal justice field, there are several types of rehabilitative programs and interventions for offenders. However, there are few programs that are effective at reducing recidivism and/or criminal behavior. For this assignment, you will be taking on the role of policy advisor. Specifically, you have been tasked by the American Correctional Association (ACA) to recommend an Evidence based rehabilitation program or new intervention to be used with offenders in your county to the State Senator of your state to help with the rehabilitative efforts of offenders in your area. You will also be required to attain the funds for this new program by recommending that the funding of a current ineffective program in your state stops due to its ineffectiveness.
Please use the following sites to assist you with this assignment:
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Evidence Based ProgramsLinks to an external site.
Evidence Based and Promising Practices to Prevent Crime and Improve Re EntryLinks to an external site.
National Institute of Justice Programs and PracticesLinks to an external site.
After you have selected the two treatment programs/interventions (a program or practice to implement and the program or practice to defund), you will be required to write a 10-12 page analysis paper.
Please include the following information in your paper:
Introduction to the State Senator about the importance of funding a rehabilitative program for offenders in your state. Please include any factual data, statistics and/or recent national or local news (2-3 pages)
Describe the pros and cons of the ineffective and effective programs that you have selected (3-5 pages). How many studies have been conducted on this type of program. For the program that you are recommending, cite a minimum of two scholarly resources why you are making this recommendation over the other current programs being utilized in your area. For the program that you are requesting the funding to stop, please cite a minimum of two scholarly resources or supported reasons on why the funding should stop.
Conclusions: In this section, please make recommendations to the State Senator regarding how he/she might make this program work for offenders in your state and why he/she should implement this program now. (Try to think of yourself as a policy advisor. The State Senator will want to know the specific details as well as the practical issues that he/she will have to deal with. For example, will people resist, will there be enough trained staff members for this program, do we have finances to operate this program, etc.)
Your paper should have a minimum of 10-12 pages and be in APA format.