At-Risk Youth (Chapter 3).
Define and quantify at-risk youth.
What are the primary predisposing risk factors?
Explain, describe, and define those factors. How are at-risk youth identified? Be specific.
Be sure to include some of the most severe and most common forms of high-risk behaviors.
Prevention strategies are one way of dealing with factors that present risk to children and adolescents. What is the argument that is being debated in this essay?
Define and identify the advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of various prevention strategies. Which side of the argument do you support?
Offer details as to why you chose the pro or the con of the argument.
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders (Chapter 19).
Define serious offenders. How are they different from chronic offenders? How do they differ from violent offenders?
Discuss historical developments and the risk these types of offenders’ present. How has the juvenile justice system responded to these types of offenders?
What is the argument presented in the book? What are the advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of using predictive models in identifying serious offenders?
Which side of the argument do you support? Offer details as to why you chose the pro or the con of the argument.
Treatment and Rehabilitation (Chapter 20).
Discuss treatment responsibilities for juvenile offenders.
Discuss the evolution of treatment and rehabilitation approaches and the treatment of youth in the juvenile or adult sectors.
How should treatment be administered and to whom should treatment be administered?
What are the principles of effective treatment?
Discuss the advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of treatment. What is the argument that is presented in the book?
Which side of the argument do you support? Offer details as to why you chose the pro or the con of the argument.
