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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?
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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