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Question 1. H. Did Rubin argues that token economies another detention programs are violations of juvenile detainees right because most of the US have not been adjudicated delinquent. Do you agree, or do you feel that such programs can be justified because they establish order and thereby protect the detainees? are such practices similar to what "free" youngsters experience every day in a typical school setting?

Question 2. Much of the research described in this chapter concerns the decisions to detain, petition, and dispose of alleged delinquents. one of the basic issues in all of these decisions is whether to the decision makers should or should not consider social factors in their decision making. For example, should the attitude of the youth or the quality of parental care influence whether he or she is formally processed or loud to go home with a warning or a much less severe consequence? Do such social factors have a place in these decisions, or such factors so liable to ethnic bias that the decision should be based solely on legal factors?

Question 3. Do you favor the use of bail in juvenile court? If so for what sorts of offenders and under what circumstances?

Question 4. Would you consider a career in juvenile detention as an administrator, Counselor, teacher, or an attendant (guard)?

Question 5. Consider the following: juveniles accused of raping a 24-year-old high school teacher. Very defensive tourney and the defendant has asked you to represent him. you are convinced that you could "get the juvenile off" on a technicality. However, several members of your extended family are teachers and feel very strongly about this case. Would you accept the case? would you pursue the technical defense that would exonerate the defendant, war would you encourage the youth to plead guilty and accept the psychiatric help that an expert feels is needed for the young man?

Question 6. What do you think about the trend of a decade ago toward increase punitiveness (increased Criminal Court proceedings of youths, blended sentences changes in purpose clauses to include punishment and incapacitation as juvenile court objectives, and changes in confidentiality)? do you favor that trend, or does it represent an abandoned of the ideas of juvenile court? do you approve of what appears to be a new trend of moderating the "get tough" movement of a few years ago, based on accumulating research on the delayed development of adolescent maturity into the early twenties?

Question 7. Suppose that a 13-year-old youth became extremely agitated and angry. He went to his parents' bedroom and got a pistol that was kept there in case the intruder broke in. He then murdered a family member. if this youth had no prior record but also no evidence of psychiatric disturbance, would you favor or oppose processing this youth as an adult in Criminal Court? How would the factor of a prior record influence your decision? What details of a prior record would most affect your decision? What are your reasons for this position?

Question 8. The use of blended sentences and the processing of juveniles in adult court results in youths being incarcerated in adult prisons or in new youthful offender prisons instead of traditional training schools. What might be some positive and negative consequences of this? how can we prevent a tragedy such as a young man sent to adult prison where he is raped and eventually dies?