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Question - Juvenile Corrections CJ560 Chapters 3 and 4 . Answer Four Questions

Chapter 3 -

1. How does social learning theory differ from psychoanalytic theory? Consider the implications of each theoretical model for responding to delinquent youth.

2. How is cultural transmission theory related to the concentric zone hypothesis? .

3. What is meant by a delinquent subculture? How can we use information about a delinquent subculture to change delinquent behaviors in various communities? Do you think norms and values in delinquent subcultures can be changed?.

4. What are some similarities and differences between Merton's theory of anomie and strain theory? In the theory of anomie, what mode of adaptation is most likely to be invoked by juvenile delinquents? What other modes of adaptation have been identified?

Chapter 4

5. What are the four delinquency intervention program? What is their relative successfulness in reducing delinquency?

6. How has the get-tough movement influenced juvenile rights?

7. What was the significance of Kent v. United States (1966) and In re Gault (1967)?

8. What is the case of Breed b. Jones(1975) and its significance for juvenile rights?

9. What are your views on the death penalty? What are your views on the death penalty for juvenile offenders? Should age of the offender mitigate the use of the death penalty?