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
9.
The author's opinion about the ████ ██ ███ ██████████████ █████████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██ █████████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████
Question Type
Stated
The author tells us the following about these criminologists in P1: “[The criminologists make] an interesting point, but [the point is] a difficult one to translate into policy—and the criminologists do not make an attempt to do so.” This indicates the author finds the research of the criminologists interesting, but would appreciate a greater attempt to turn the research into specific policy recommendations.
The author also says that the criminologists “fail to distinguish sufficiently between what the young adults themselves think of as criminal behavior and what they consider merely ‘fun’.” This indicates the author thinks the criminologists’ understanding of juvenile delinquency could be better.
a
They advocate the █████ ████████ ███████ ██████ ██ █████ █████████
Anti-supported; the criminologists don’t advocate any policies.
b
Their advocacy of ████████ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ████████ █████████
Anti-supported; the criminologists don’t advocate any policies.
c
Their research findings ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████████ ████████ ████ ███ ████████████ ████ █████
Anti-supported; the criminologists don’t advocate any policies.
d
Their research findings ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ███████████ ████ █████
Supported.
e
The errors in █████ ████████ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ████████ █████████
Anti-supported; the criminologists don’t advocate any policies.
Difficulty
91% 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%127
139
75%150
Analysis
Stated
Critique or debate
Law
Problem-analysis
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
1%
159
b
0%
148
c
7%
159
d
91%
167
e
1%
157
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