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Based on Indigenous Young People in the Youth Justice System, provide a short answer essay on the below questions.
Your answers should demonstrate familiarity with important issues raised in the course. Answers should contain evidence for your argument(s) or point of view based on study and reference materials in the course.
Question 1. "What makes youth justice such a difficult undertaking is the tension between the competing visions we hold of young people: vulnerability versus control." Comment on this statement.
Question 2. Identify and describe three main models of youth justice.
Question 3. What is the nature of youth crime? Discuss two criminological explanations for youthful offending that you find persuasive.
Question 4. According to Gibbs (2003), advocacy is speaking out, acting and writing to promote and defend the rights, needs, and interests of people who are in some way disadvantaged. Is there a difference between working with a young person and speaking (working) on behalf of a young person?
Question 5. The over-representation of Indigenous young people remains a critical social policy issue within Australian jurisdictions. What are the two broader explanations that might account for the over-representation of Indigenous young people in the youth justice system? Is this over-representation visible at all levels of the youth justice system?
Question 6. What are the similarities and differences between the experiences of young men and young women in the youth justice system? Can you think of any 'theoretical' explanations for these similarities and/or differences?
Question 7. What are the factors that determine the relationships between young people and police?
Question 8. What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with young peoples' use of public space?
Question 9. Outline what you think have been the most important developments in juvenile justice legislation in any Australian jurisdiction in the past 30 years.
Question 10. Explain what you understand by diversion and how you think it works in practice.
Question 11. The development of the theory and practice of youth crime prevention over recent decades is very important. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
Question 12. "The victim child and the offending child are often the same person at different times in their lives". Explain this statement.
Question 13. What influences, if any, do international obligations have on the conduct of youth justice and/or treatment of young people in Australia?