Purchase Solution

Presentation to a judge: Why a new drug court is needed

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Please help me with ideas and strategies for a presentation to give to a federal judge (who is volunteering to be a county drug court judge also) and the steering committee starting up a new drug court for the area. I attended a week of drug court and have to come up with my own idea for a presentation. Also, we viewed teen court where the teens are judges by teens who want to be attorneys and they take it very seriously.
FYI, I took a lot of real estate guides from the area we attended (Florida) that I could incorporate but I don't want to focus on the poverty issue.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

The solution gives suggestions and strategies to use for a presentation on why a new drug court is needed. The text contains 435 words.

Solution Preview

First, think about what kind of information you want to present....Will it be "big picture" historical and/or "trend" information, or do you want to tackle specific sociological issues in detail? Get your head inside the mind of the judge...what does a judge care about? What would be useful for a judge to know when doing their job? If your peers are going to cover specific sociological issues like poverty, housing, etc., then perhaps you want to do a "big picture" piece? Whatever you decide, it needs to be something you are interested in, or your presentation will not seem sincere.

To come up with really good ideas I would need to know more about the purpose of the project. For example, is the ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Research Methods for Data Collection

This quiz is designed for students to help them gain a better understanding of the different types of research and when to appropriately use them.

Sociology: Socialization & Social Groups

A refresher quiz on socialization.