As a criminal justice leader, you will often be faced withmaking decisions that reflect not only on you but on your department as awhole. We often use tools like statistics and crime trends to offer the bestpossible route to finding a solution and ultimately making a decision. Thefield of criminal justice is constantly changing; new laws, policies, andprocedures make situational, evidence-based decision making a complicated dailytask. And it is nearly impossible to make an informed decision without firstresearching the issues at play and leveraging the power of available data todetermine the right solution for each particular situation and organization.

You will assume the role of a leader within a criminaljustice organization of your choice. Based on your chosen scenario, you will bepresented with a specific challenge that is emblematic of wider issues incontemporary criminal justice.

Prompt: Your task for Milestone Two is to complete theProposal and Communication Plan sections of your final project. You will begiven information (including this data set) for your scenario, but you mustalso conduct your own research on comparable organizations and trends in thefield to determine opportunities and external threats.

The following critical elements must be specificallyaddressed:

I. Proposal: In this section, present and defend your planfor solving the issue facing your organization.

A. Solution:

1. Based on your theoretical framework and your analysis andresearch, propose a solution that effectively addresses the issue.

2. Illustrate your proposal with the specific steps that theorganization would need to take in order to properly execute the solution.

3. Recommend strategic methods that leadership of theorganization could apply while effectively implementing your proposed solution.

B. Defense:

1. Explain how your solution will improve the situation forboth your organization and the community that is affected by the issue. Usespecific examples to illustrate.

2. Explain how the data you analyzed and the trends youidentified have guided you to this solution. In other words, how did youranalysis of the data inform your decision making? Use specific examples toillustrate.

3. Explain how your research led you to this solution. Inother words, how did the evidence from your research inform your decisionmaking? Use specific examples to illustrate.

II. Communication Plan: In this section, explain how youwill disseminate the key ideas of your proposal.

A. Determine who the key internal and external audiences foryour proposal are, and explain how you would present the information to them.Your communication plan should reflect the best practices in the field, asdiscussed in your theory and methods section.

B. Choose one internal audience and develop a samplecommunication for them regarding your proposed solution. Be sure that yourcommunication is appropriate for this audience and is aligned with bestpractices in the field.

C. Choose one external audience and develop a samplecommunication for them regarding your proposed solution. Be sure that yourcommunication is appropriate for this audience and is aligned with bestpractices in the field.

III. References: In this section, cite all of your sourcesusing APA formatting.

Guidelines for Submission: Your draft must be a submitted asa 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times NewRoman font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA format.