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Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice
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Administrative Give Quiz Anyone have paper proposal to hand in? 2
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Review – Drugs and Crime
Drugs not always illegal in our history Much of criminalization of drugs relates to politics, not real drug dangers Link between drugs and non-drug related crimes is weak Many dangers of drugs related to drug-enforcement regime, a regime with little success or prospect of success Many addiction problems stem from pharmaceutical companies, not street dealers
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Today Juvenile Crime Stereotypes and Myths
Juvenile justice in the 19th century Juvenile justice in the 20th century Juvenile death penalty Preventing Delinquency Bullying Key Ideas from Today’s Class 4
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I. Juvenile Crime Stereotypes and Myths
Growth of Juvenile Crime – new wave of hoodlums Juvenile offenders treated with kid gloves Juvenile offenders will be deterred only if we treat them as we treat adults
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II. Juvenile Justice in the 19th Century
Origins of Juvenile Justice System Assumptions of the system Evolution of Institutions 6
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III. Juvenile Justice in the 20th Century
Delinquency - Boys and Girls Periodic Media Frenzies 7
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III. Juvenile Justice in the 20th Century
Landmark juvenile justice case – In re Gault Supreme Court and the Juvenile Justice System Supreme Court and “life without parole” 8
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IV. Juvenile Death Penalty
Roper v. Simmons (SC) 2005 The Crime The Trial 9
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IV. Juvenile Death Penalty
The Supreme Court Decision The Dissent 10
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V. Preventing Delinquency
Complex social and psychological phenomenon After school programs
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VI. Bullying Is there an epidemic of bullying?
What are the benefits and costs of treating juvenile bullying as criminal behavior? 12
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VI. Bullying Anti-bullying statutes
Article in Psychology Today argues anti-bullying laws counter productive
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VII: Key Ideas from Today’s Class
The myth that we can deter juvenile offenders with harsher punishments Media frenzies over juvenile crime Juveniles also have due process rights Death penalty unconstitutional for those under 18 Myth of dramatic growth of bullying
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Next Time We’ll begin talking about law enforcement, police and police work
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