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Much of mainstream thinking concerning juvenile delinquency in Canada and the United States is based on the assumption that if uncorrected it automatically leads to adult crime and should thus be severely punished, usually by some form of incarceration, before it becomes an ingrained behavior pattern. ███

Traditional view · If juvenile delinquency isn't corrected, it leads to adult crime

Thus, juvenile delinquency should be punished, usually by jail.

Some criminologists' view · Adult criminality can result from jailing young offenders

Author's perspective · The criminologists don't try to recommend any policy

Taken to the extreme, these criminologists' research suggests that there shouldn't be any penalty at all for juvenile deliquency.

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Critique of criminologists · Don't distinguish between what young people think of as criminal and what they think of as fun, but illegal

Young people often don't think of what they do as criminal, even if they acknowledge that it's illegal. Once these people are jailed as criminals, they might start to see themselves as criminals.

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Potential policy · Focus on encouraging maturation, rather than jailing young people

Jailing might lead to young people viewing themselves as criminals. Maturation would instead help young people grow out of their delinquent behavior.

Traditional approach to juvenile delinquency · Jail young people to make them understand their actions are impermissible

Author's approach · Rehabilitation, rather than jailing

Ex: make thieves return their stolen merchandise and apologize. Goal is to teach young people the values of the larger society. We can do this without jailing them and without letting them get away without any punishment at all.

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Too strong. The passage doesn’t suggest that these youth “never” see a difference between right and wrong. In fact, they recognize that what they do is illegal.

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Supported, because the author believes a policy that helps them mature might help these youth offenders stop committing crimes. In addition, the author advocates helping youth offenders learn the values of the larger society.

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The author doesn’t suggest that these offenders see their activities as “fun” primarily because of current policy toward juvenile delinquency. Rather, the author believes this attitude comes from a lack of maturity.

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Anti-supported. The author advocates for a way to help these offenders rehabilitate without incarcerating them.

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