Judicial System

Juvenile Justice System

1 to 2 paragraphs

Watch the video below. The video concerns an incident where juveniles, predominantly girls, invited a girl over to a house and then beat her severely. Consider points in the video that relate to your assigned readings for the week, especially in terms of girls and delinquency. Write a paragraph or more discussing your reaction to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy-LEnWg-3Q

at least 2 paragraphs

This reading involves another report put out by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Discuss some of the current trends occurring with delinquent girls. Be sure to discuss arrest rate patterns, violent versus non-violent offenders, status offenses, and formal sanctions.

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/218905.pdf

Resources

Chapter 6 Gender and Delinquency

Text: Larry J. Siegel & Brandon C. Welsh (2017) Juvenile Delinquency: The Core (6th edition). (ISBN: 978-1-305-57741-1)

Serial and Mass Murder

2 to 3 Paragraphs

Here is your video for the week. Watch it and apply course materials. Summarize the video but also address these issues: Give me a summary of Websdale’s model of familicidal killing. What are your critiques of Websdale’s model? How would you improve it? Be specific.

Family Annihilators: Documentary

The video is on Youtube

References

Dr. Neil Websdale A Brief Overview CJ/SOC 4143

Neil Websdale’s Familicidal Hearts: The Emotional Styles of 211 Killers.