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Department of Criminal Justice
CJ 562 E01 – Seminar in Juvenile Delinquency
Spring 2022 – Module 2 – Theories of Delinquency
Week 3 – January 24 – 28, 2022
Chapter 3 – Individual Views of Delinquency
Directions: Please read chapters 3 in your main text and pages 3 – 13 in the Child Savers in its entirety and prepare your minimum two-page document as follows:
The first thing you should do is to state the topics for the week. all chapters, any assigned reading
Your next section should be the discussion of the points you learned from all the assigned readings. Clearly list and discuss each point. Do not write one giant paragraph!! PLEASE NOTE that merely listing five points will not guarantee you full points. Discuss what you learned. (Also, DO NOT Copy the summary of the chapter, this will guarantee you 0- points!!)
You then move on to stating what was not clear to you from all the assigned readings. If you understood everything, please state this.
Identify what made you think from the readings; discuss this.
You then state how what you read impacts or will impact your life, thoughts, feelings, work, etc.
List your question from the reading. This should be thought-provoking and not trivial.
In this section, you answer all the critical thinking questions in the order stated, clearly separating the responses.
POINTS will be allotted as follows:
(1) The topic of reading – 1 Point
(2) List and discuss at least five major arguments presented in the chapter – 10 Points
(3) What is/was not clear to you – please identify the page – 2 Points
(4) what made you think – 3 Points
(5) how what you read impacts you (your current feelings/thoughts on the issues; your future –
career choice, life, family, etc.) – 4 Points
(6) Your question from the assigned reading – 2 points
(7) Your response to the critical thinking question(s) -8 points
Critical Thinking Questions:
Critical Thinking Questions:
On the surface, incapacitation may appear as a logical means to reduce juvenile offending. But can delinquent behavior be deterred by the threat of punishment? In light of your understanding of the issues discussed in chapter 3, discuss with supporting arguments your thought on Does it always produces the desired effects of reducing juvenile crime? Why or why not? What is your position?