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Assignment: Juvenile Offenders
Danny Jones is a sixteen-year-old boy who has been truant from school and has been detained by the police for loitering outside the local mall during school hours.
Robin Smith is a fifteen-year-old girl who has committed a murder as part of being initiated into a street gang.
On the basis of the two scenarios, respond to the following:
1. Which scenario would be more typical of a common juvenile offender? Why? While responding, consider your state ( South Carolina)-, data on juvenile offending.
2. Analyze the following and support your analysis with research:
• Is juvenile crime on the rise or decline?
• What are status offenses, and how do they differ from other types of offenses?
• What role has the mass media played in the understanding of what a typical juvenile offender is?
• What challenges do false perceptions or myths about juvenile offenders present in the treatment of juvenile offenders and for people who work with juvenile offenders?
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What steps should be taken out to address the issues
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Did the president rely on any of the myths
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Summarize the case and identify the type of suicide
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Summarize the beginning of the juvenile era
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What role has the mass media played in the understanding
: Danny Jones is a sixteen-year-old boy who has been truant from school and has been detained by the police for loitering outside the local mall during school.
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Discussion on the act required by each crime
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What types of crimes are considered strict-liability crimes
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How are sexual offenders defined by the law
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What would the greatest benefit when properly implemented
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