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PROGRESS REPORT 6

Progress report

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Progress report

Subject

This is the progressive report on my research on adolescent gang participation and violence in the United States.

Introduction

This memorandum has been prepared to update you on the progress of my research as par you request. The memo will provide you with the information that you required to know as far as the study progress is concerned in the criminal justice discipline. The project was aims at looking at one of the biggest problem tat is facing the American society as their young teenagers get involved in criminal and gang groups in the American cities. One of the biggest problems facing American cities and families today is when kids get involved with gangs. Going back to the proposal that I submitted on November 11, 2017, I was very specific to notify you that in my study, I will seek to research and provide evidence on why the kids have involved themselves in violence and gang activates.

This study will obtain the data and information that will be used by the government security agencies and the criminal justice system to evaluate and assess some of the issues that may be providing hurdles to ending teenage violence and children involvement in the criminal activities and gangs in America. The research study will also be significant as it will help to provide more information on the ways that the government agencies can take to ensure that they end the social evil under discussion. This is inline with my last submitted proposal and begins searching for suitable sources.

Completed research

By the time I submitted my proposal on November 11, 2017, I had completed all the scheduled activities and had already developed a tabulated the program of the remaining activities or rather program that my study will take. To date, I have no issue with finding relevant literature articles and other scholarly materials that will be used to determine the end product of the matter. I had no problems with finding and researching necessary sources. I found Google and online library databases very helpful in this regard and still believe that it will be helpful going forward. In addition to the online and library database, the topic under discussion or rather under study is significant to the government and the relevant government agencies that have done much research to the effect. In note of this, government databases will also provide significant information that will based in the study.

The wide range of data that are available on the topic helped me get the required information and information and data that was available helped me to get the better understanding of the subject under research. The articles that were done by (O’Brien et al., 2013) and (Muncie, 2014) were imperative as they provided enough reasons as to why youths were involved in gangs and criminal activities. Although I have not yet recruited and interviewed all participants, I have gained enough insights into the topic to prepare an outline and start writing a draft. I had to embark on background research and literature review earlier as I thought at the very first place because some students agreed to do so and often had no opportunity to participate later. I am confident and hopeful enough that change of schedule will not compromise the legitimacy that is the accuracy, reliability and value of my study findings.

Current challenges

Despite the current study progress, the achievements did not just come without challenges in the long run. Firstly, it was difficult to locate the best literature articles that were to be used in the study. Secondly, it was difficult to recruit participants willing to discuss this topic. It was evident from the interview that most of the participants were embarrassed and humiliated by such experiences and were reluctant to admit their failures (Neuman, 2016). From this perspective, self-bias was very evident and it was seen to be something that was to be concerned of in the study. From where I seat now, I am unable to tell whether the responses of the participants were genuine or not but I hope that the bias in the responses will b checked by evidence from literature review. Another problem is that the amount of information from the interviewees has already exceeded my expectations. Therefore, I might need more time to complete the draft and this as well will not interfere with the results and findings of the research.

Remaining work

In addition, due to large amounts of work, I will need an additional day to complete the final draft. Other than that, I see no reasons for delays so that it is possible to complete the project by November 11, 2017. I have a task to search for more literature articles and interview more participants to get more information of the matter. Based on their replies, I will be able to complete the draft and then revise it before submission.

Figure 1: The table showing the current progress of the project.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that I have not completed interviewing and analyzing the available literature on the subject matter, I have confidence that I will be able to complete my study as per the schedule and this gives me confidence to conclude that I will be able to meet my schedules. However, it would be reasonable to recognize an analysis of the effectiveness of awareness initiatives as another research objective (Neuman, 2016). Of course I have some issues with conducting the study but they are not grave and because of this, I am sure that I do not need any additional time to complete the study.

References

Muncie, J. (2014). Youth and crime. Sage.

Neuman, W. L. (2016). Understanding research. Pearson.

O’Brien, K., Daffern, M., Chu, C. M., & Thomas, S. D. (2013). Youth gang affiliation, violence, and criminal activities: A review of motivational, risk, and protective factors. Aggression and violent behavior, 18(4), 417-425.