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Cover Sheet: Juvenile Justice

Name: ………………………………………………….…………….. Period: ………….

Section Checklist (check the left-hand bullet & fill in the points on the right-hand side

for the activities that you have fully completed):

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Bellringer .............................................................................. ______ /2

CNN News (archived at http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ ) .............. ______ / 3

Movie Worksheet ................................................................. ______ / 15

Annotation Worksheet ......................................................... ______ / 10

Participation* ...................................................... ................. _______ /3

Total Points Awarded: _____________ / 35

Bellringer & CNN Write-ups (one sentence or phrase = zero credit) Bellringer

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CNN News 1 (choose any one segment of the day’s news broadcast)

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*Participation: points will be deducted for non-academic behavior such as low levels of participation, excessive

chatting, ‘phone use, being off-task, profanity, tardiness, classroom disruption or insubordination.

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PBS: Frontline Investigative Reports: “Juvenile Justice”

BACKGROUND: Four kids, four crimes. Two were sent to adult court, two treated as juveniles. How would you decide?

DIRECTIONS: As you watch the following report by Frontline, consider the following questions using supports from the film and answer using complete sentences.

1) What is one (1) of the ways that juvenile court is different than adult court? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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2) What is a possible explanation, presented in the film, for Shawn’s violent behavior towards his father?

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3) Why do Shawn’s parents want to keep their son’s case in juvenile court? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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4) What was Shawn’s “official” defense after seeing a court psychologist? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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5) What was odd about Jose’s case that saved him from being tried as an adult? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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6) What was Jose’s “big break”? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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7) What is a “fitness” hearing? What is its purpose in the juvenile system?

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8) What was the charge(s) leveled against Marquese that make him stand out? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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9) Why are Shawn’s parent’s afraid of Shawn being sent to juvenile detention? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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10) In your opinion, could you be willing or able to do the work of the teachers and mentors of the juvenile detention system? Why or why not?

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11) Why was Marquese moved to a substance abuse area of the prison, even though he has no substance problems?

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12) Fifty (50) percent of all children in the juvenile system have what? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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13) What is Proposition 21 in California? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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14) Why is Manny trying to get himself and his life back on track? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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15) Why does Shawn’s effort to get out of prison and into therapy looking more and more bleak after his stint in juvenile court?

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16) What is the final verdict for Manny? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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17) With all the criteria considered, what is the final verdict for Marquese? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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18) What makes and looking for work after the juvenile system so difficult for boys like Jose? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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19) What is the final verdict for Shawn? Is he able to stay clean and out of trouble? __________________________________________________________________________________________

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- Final Analysis Question -

DIRECTIONS – Please complete the following analysis questions using complete sentences.

20) Many criticize the juvenile system and the American justice system of being incredible bias between Caucasian offenders (like Shawn) and minority offenders (like Jose, Manny, and Marquese). In your opinion, do you think the system is biased based on race? Why or why not?

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Juvenile Justice: Chart of Defendants’ Crimes and Sentences Annotation Worksheet

PBS Frontline: Juvenile Justice Directions: Read the backgrounds of four teens who committed serious crimes at the following website:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/ Once you have navigated to the webpage above. Read each story. Annotate the text by taking note of where arguments are made for and against punishing juveniles like adults by completing the chart below. If you need more space, feel free to attach a separate sheet of paper for your responses.

Defendant Name

Age at the time of criminal act

Crime(s). Be specific Sentence Argument (reasons) for adult sentencing. Be specific. Use evidence from the article to support your answer.

Argument (reasons) against adult sentencing. Be specific. Use evidence from the article to support your answer.

Your reaction to the defendants story. Do you think he should be sentenced as an adult? Why or why not.

Manny

Shawn

Marquese

Jose