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.
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.
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.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Problem-analysis
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Question Type
Author’s perspective
Implied
The correct answer is likely to be supported by P2, which discusses youth offenders who describe their activity as “fun.”
a
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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.
b
They have not ████████████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████████
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.
c
They do so █████████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ ███████████ ██ ███████ ████████ █████████
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.
d
They should be █████████ ██ ███ ████ ███████████ ██ ███████
Anti-supported. The author advocates for a way to help these offenders rehabilitate without incarcerating them.
e
They should be █████████████ ███████ ████████ ████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████
Anti-supported. The author advocates for a way to help these offenders rehabilitate without incarcerating them.
Difficulty
90% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%129
140
75%152
Analysis
Author’s perspective
Implied
Critique or debate
Law
Problem-analysis
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
1%
156
b
90%
167
c
4%
159
d
1%
138
e
4%
162
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