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In your career as a human service professional, you may encounter challenges or obstacles to providing effective services or resources to your clients. In this assessment, you will explore how policy analysis and criminology theories can help human service professionals not only find solutions to these challenges but also advocate for improvements in direct and indirect service to justice-involved individuals. Write a 700- to 1,050-word proposal identifying gaps in public policy related to support services for justice-involved individuals. Audience: Your proposal will be shared with your supervisor, who has asked for your input on policy and program needs you have identified while working at your human service agency. Include the following headings and topics in your proposal: Criminology Theory and Support Service or Program for Justice-Involved Individuals Summarize a criminology theory of your choice. Identify 1 support service or program for justice-involved individuals that align with the theory you selected. Include relevant details to explain how an understanding of the selected criminology theory is beneficial to a human service professional and the justice-involved individuals who access the service or program. Public Policy and Support Service or Program for Justice-Involved Individuals Summarize a public policy that is related to the support service or program you identified. Identify 2–3 gaps in the policy that may have an adverse impact on justice-involved individuals or processes related to the support service or program you identified. Consider these guiding questions: What difficulties do justice-involved individuals encounter when trying to access or use the support service or program? What difficulties do human service professionals face in facilitating the support service or program? What are some challenges or obstacles related to facilitating or managing the support service or program? What aspects of the service or program are unnecessary or not provided? How might cross-a