1. Read the following report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention:

Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence

Baltimore Comprehensive Communities Program -- Baltimore, MD

Baltimore's Comprehensive Communities Program ( http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/cd_rom/solution_gang_crime/pubs/PromisingStrategiestoReduceGunViolence.pdf)

2. Read the following (attached) report

The University of Maryland, Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR) downloaded from http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/pubs/20010801.pdf

3. Respond to the following questions:

A. Describe the positive aspects of the collaborative initiative

B. What partner do you feel is less essential to the initiative and why? (Note "None" is not an option.)

C. What criminal justice entity do you feel could have enhanced the success of the initiative?]

D. What NON-criminal justice entity do you feel could have enhanced the success of the initiative?