MKT563 Models
These models and simulations have been tagged “MKT563”.
These models and simulations have been tagged “MKT563”.
This complex system model visualizes relationships between the investment on police and community and the change of youth crime rate in Bourke, NSW.
Assumptions
Total number of youth population (aged 13 – 19 years old) in Bourke: 1,000
80% of Bourke youth population are assumed to behave negatively.
50% of alienated teenagers are assumed to breach of law or rules.
70% of alienated youth who breach of law or rules will be arrested by police.
60% of teenagers arrested are assumed to be convicted and detained.
40% of teenagers arrested are assumed not to be convicted and detained.
70% of teenagers detained are assumed to participate in juvenile community programs after being released.
70% of teenagers participated in community programs will rehabilitate.
Variables
Drugs & Alcohol, Domestic violence, Long-term unemployment
Police expenses
Community funding
Conclusion
It can be seen that the number of alienated youth and the crime rate will decline over time when investing more on police and juvenile community programs.
Assessment 4, MKT563 201930
Danielle Skerrett
Student ID: 11664109
Charles Sturt University
About this Model:
This balancing structure loop model visualises the various factors that can affect
the youth of Bourke, NSW. High crime rates have severely affected this LGA in
previous years, however the introduction of a new program is proving to be an
effective limiter for young offenders. This new Community Reinvestment program
is proving to not only have positive impacts on the youth of Bourke, but is
also saving the region a lot of money. This in turn allows for investment back
into local community programs, that would have otherwise gone towards judicial
processes.
Assumptions:
Based on 2016 Census data:
Bourke Population: 3000
Indigenous persons: 1000
Youth*: 669 or 21%
*For the purposes of this model, “youth” is classified as members of the population under 25 years of age.
Results of reinvestment program:
38% reduction in charges across the top five juvenile offence categories
31% increase in year 12 student retention rates
27% reduction in bail breaches by juveniles
Variables:
Youth Crime rates in Australia as of 2016: 3.33%
References:
Allam, L., (2018). The Guardian. Unique community policing sees crime rates
plunge in Bourke. Retrieved from
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/09/unique-community-policing-sees-rates-plunge-in-bourke
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2016). Census Data for Bourke LGA. Retrieved from
https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC10522
KPMG Impact Assessment (2018). Maranguka
Justice Reinvestment Project. Retrieved from
http://www.justreinvest.org.au/impact-of-maranguka-justice-reinvestment/
Milliken, R., (2018). Inside Story.
Breakthrough at Bourke. Retrieved from
https://insidestory.org.au/breakthrough-at-bourke/
Thompson, G., McGregor, L., Davies, A.,
(2016). ABC Four Corners. Backing Bourke: How a radical new approach is saving
young people from a life of crime. Retrieved from
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-19/four-corners-bourkes-experiment-in-justice-reinvestment/7855114
The effects of youth engagement in the town of Burke
The model
This model simulates the effects of youth alienation, risk behaviours (unemployment and drug and alcohol abuse), community engagement expenditure and police expenditure on youth engagement in the town of Bourke,
Assumptions
Youth population 15-24 years old.
At risk behaviours may include illegal activity, isolation and impulsive and self-destructive behaviour.
Initial Values
Youth population in the town of Burke is 1000
Constants
80% of socially disengaged youth will become alienated.
50% of alienated youth will commit a crime.
70% of alienated youth who commit a crime will be arrested.
20% of youth arrested will be convicted and sent to youth detention
60% of youth arrested and not convicted will return to their former life of social disengagement.
20% of youth arrested will not be convicted and be rehabilitated
Variables (Sliders)
Unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse: this variable can be adjusted to show the impact a high rate of unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse has on youth alienation leading to illegal activity (committing a crime). The variable can also be reduced to show how a decrease in unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse can reduce illegal activity.
Police Expenditure: this variable can be adjusted to show the impact of youth being arrested and going to youth detention and potentially being rehabilitated.
Community Engagement Expenditure: this variable can be adjusted to show the impact of having community engagement expenditure to create positive behaviour changes in alienated youth. Positive behavioural changes decrease when this variable is reduced.
Conclusion
When the sliders are set to a moderate range (unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse – 18, police expenditure – 12, community engagement expenditure – 25), relationships between variables and stocks are apparent. The increase of unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse show an increase in alienation, crime and youth detention. When police expenditure is increased, despite there being an increase in arrests and individuals in youth detention, there is an increase in youth rehabilitation in the town, which prompts positive behavioural changes. When community engagement expenditure is increased there is the increase of community programs which leads to positive behavioural changes after rehabilitation.
MKT563 Deborah Graham 11548159
This model has been developed to demonstrate the positive impact the reinvestment program has had on reducing the rate of domestic violence (DV) crimes and driving offences within the community of Bourke.
Assumptions have been made on the starting rate of driving offences.
This simulation demonstrates the impact initiatives such as the Maranguka council's domestic violence intervention approach and police volunteers providing driving lesson has had on the community.
The two main variables are the number domestic violence consultations provided and the number of driving lessons provided. These variables have a direct impact on reducing the corresponding crime rates.
The relationship between domestic violence offences and the consultations provided is fixed. As is the relationship between the rate of driving offences, the number of police volunteers equating to the number of driving lessons and in turn the number of new drivers’ licenses achieved.
Based on the research provided there is approximately 35 domestic violence consultations per year and 8 police volunteers providing driving lessons.
Using the sliders, these variables can be adjusted. Increasing the number of DV consultations provided in a one-year period will see a greater impact to the decrease of domestic violence offences.
Similarly, an increase to the number of driving lessons provided will see the number of drivers licenses increase and therefore the rate of driving related offences decline more rapidly.
This model is looking at the youth in the town of Bourke, in NSW Australia. It has been designed to look at the impacts that the police force and community engagement can have on the youth in Bourke, specifically in relation to the crime rates within the town and what factors impact on this, including unemployment and drug and alcohol use.
Assumptions:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Total youth in Bourke = 25,000
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Currently in Jail = 15,500
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Currently in rehabilitation = 6,500
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Youth who participate in a Community program and complete it = 75%
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Youth with antisocial behaviour = 2,000
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Youth with drug and alcohol problems = 6,500
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Unemployment = 10,000
<!--[if !supportLists]-->- <!--[endif]-->Youth placed into rehab due to drugs = 1,500
The youth in Bourke enter into a community program, and 75% of youth complete the program and return to the total youth. The 25% that do not complete become disengaged and wind up in jail. They complete a rehabilitation program and return to the community after 6 months. Youth with unemployment are impacted by drug and alcohol use and they are either detected by the police and placed into the rehabilitation program, or they are not detected and continue on a cycle of unemployment and drug and alcohol use.
The Government funding goes into the community programs and into the jail. The police force impacts on the disengaged youth entering into jail, the youth who become rehabilitated and detecting the drug and alcohol use of the youth.
There are two graphs in particular that are called out in this model. They are:
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1) <!--[endif]-->Youth in Jail and Disengagement
<!--[if !supportLists]-->2) <!--[endif]-->Youth in the Community Program and Youth Completing the Program
When looking at graph number one with the sliders on 100 Police Staff Members and $50,000 Government Funding you can see that the more youth that complete the program, the less youth there are in jail. We can identify that the completion of the program decreases the amount of youth in jail.
When these sliders are decreased to their lowest with 5 police staff members and $5,000 of government funding we see that the time it takes for the completion of community programs to be surpass the youth in jail occurs after 11 years as opposed to 7 years in the previous graph.
The second graph identifies when the sliders are at their highest the delay and time it takes to engage the youth in the rehabilitation program vs. the youth in the community program, and that the youth entering into the programs and completing match up to one another. When the sliders are at there lowest the rehabilitation sits much lower at all times and the time taken to increase the amount of youth completing the program is substantially longer.
Overall this model stimulates the importance on not only the police force and government funding, but the two working alongside one another for optimum results for the youth in Bourke.
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The effects of youth engagement in the town of Burke
The model
This model simulates the effects of youth alienation, risk behaviours (unemployment and drug and alcohol abuse), community engagement expenditure and police expenditure on youth engagement in the town of Bourke,
Assumptions
Youth population 15-24 years old.
At risk behaviours may include illegal activity, isolation and impulsive and self-destructive behaviour.
Initial Values
Youth population in the town of Burke is 1000
Constants
80% of socially disengaged youth will become alienated.
50% of alienated youth will commit a crime.
70% of alienated youth who commit a crime will be arrested.
20% of youth arrested will be convicted and sent to youth detention
60% of youth arrested and not convicted will return to their former life of social disengagement.
20% of youth arrested will not be convicted and be rehabilitated
Variables (Sliders)
Unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse: this variable can be adjusted to show the impact a high rate of unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse has on youth alienation leading to illegal activity (committing a crime). The variable can also be reduced to show how a decrease in unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse can reduce illegal activity.
Police Expenditure: this variable can be adjusted to show the impact of youth being arrested and going to youth detention and potentially being rehabilitated.
Community Engagement Expenditure: this variable can be adjusted to show the impact of having community engagement expenditure to create positive behaviour changes in alienated youth. Positive behavioural changes decrease when this variable is reduced.
Conclusion
When the sliders are set to a moderate range (unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse – 18, police expenditure – 12, community engagement expenditure – 25), relationships between variables and stocks are apparent. The increase of unemployment, drugs and alcohol abuse show an increase in alienation, crime and youth detention. When police expenditure is increased, despite there being an increase in arrests and individuals in youth detention, there is an increase in youth rehabilitation in the town, which prompts positive behavioural changes. When community engagement expenditure is increased there is the increase of community programs which leads to positive behavioural changes after rehabilitation.
This model demonstrates the relationship and factors experienced by the youth of Bourke, in particular how youth alienation, police, and community development and other variables interact with each other. The model simulates the positives and negatives involved with being either socially engaged or socially disengaged. For example, community involvement and rehabilitation for positive factors to drug and alcohol abuse and unemployment for negative factors.
Variances:
There are 3 key variables identified and outlined in the model. They are also the 3 sliders at the bottom.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Community Engagement Expenditure – this shows the impact of having community investment and programs in order to generate positive behavioural changes.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Police Expenditure – this shows the impact of police arresting the disengaged youth and getting involved to prevent further crime. This potentially results in rehabilitation.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Unemployment, Drugs & Alcohol Abuse – this is the strongest negative variance and shows the impact of how a high rate of unemployment, domestic violence and drugs and alcohol abuse can have on youth alienation.
By reducing the negative variables like unemployment and abuse, it decreases the crimes committed and hopefully police expenditure and increases the percentage of socially engaged youth. Additionally, by increasing the community expenditure, it may reduce the percentage of alienated disengaged youths, increasing the positive behavioural changes.
Assumptions:
From the information and sites provided, Bourke’s population is 3,000 and about 1,000 (1/3) identify as Aboriginal. According to ABC’s report “just about all [youth] are aboriginal”. Thus, this model has set the youth population as 1,000 people. Youth has been defined as 10-24 years.
The model resembles the game snakes and ladders, one slip up and Bourke’s disengaged youth can find themselves back at the beginning where they are either at risk or back to committing crime. For instance, if there is no behavioural change once they make it to rehabilitation, whether convicted of their crime or not, they will
As can be seen from the model, it is a slippery slope once Bourke’s youth are disengaged and start to feel alienated, however it is possible to get back on track, whether though police expenditure and involvement, community investment and programs to assist with rehabilitation. Additionally, there is a risk that if an arrested youth is not convicted of the crime, there can be an increase of recidivism, however with the variables in place.
From the KMPG campaign results so far, the variables in place seem to be working and reducing the number of youth in juvenile detention, increase of drivers licences, increase of employment and re-entering into the community.
This complex system model visualizes relationships between the investment on police and community and the change of youth crime rate in Bourke, NSW.
Assumptions
Total number of youth population (aged 13 – 19 years old) in Bourke: 1,000
80% of Bourke youth population are assumed to behave negatively.
50% of alienated teenagers are assumed to breach of law or rules.
70% of alienated youth who breach of law or rules will be arrested by police.
60% of teenagers arrested are assumed to be convicted and detained.
40% of teenagers arrested are assumed not to be convicted and detained.
70% of teenagers detained are assumed to participate in juvenile community programs after being released.
70% of teenagers participated in community programs will rehabilitate.
Variables
Drugs & Alcohol, Domestic violence, Long-term unemployment
Police expenses
Community funding
Conclusion
It can be seen that the number of alienated youth and the crime rate will decline over time when investing more on police and juvenile community programs.
MKT563 Deborah Graham 11548159
This model has been developed to demonstrate the positive impact the reinvestment program has had on reducing the rate of domestic violence (DV) crimes and driving offences within the community of Bourke.
Assumptions have been made on the starting rate of driving offences.
This simulation demonstrates the impact initiatives such as the Maranguka council's domestic violence intervention approach and police volunteers providing driving lesson has had on the community.
The two main variables are the number domestic violence consultations provided and the number of driving lessons provided. These variables have a direct impact on reducing the corresponding crime rates.
The relationship between domestic violence offences and the consultations provided is fixed. As is the relationship between the rate of driving offences, the number of police volunteers equating to the number of driving lessons and in turn the number of new drivers’ licenses achieved.
Based on the research provided there is approximately 35 domestic violence consultations per year and 8 police volunteers providing driving lessons.
Using the sliders, these variables can be adjusted. Increasing the number of DV consultations provided in a one-year period will see a greater impact to the decrease of domestic violence offences.
Similarly, an increase to the number of driving lessons provided will see the number of drivers licenses increase and therefore the rate of driving related offences decline more rapidly.
