Week 10 RJA

Week 10 RJA

APA-Style Annotated Bibliography, Part 1–

Lewis, William B. (1989). Helping the Youthful Offender: Individual and Group Therapies That Work. New York: Haworth Pr.

             This book provides a guide to understanding and interacting with juveniles. It also provides insight into the correctional system that is very helpful in looking at adolescent behavior.

Ayers, William, Bernardine Dohrn, and Rick Ayers. (2001).  Zero Tolerance: Resisting the Drive for Punishment in Our Schools : a Handbook for Parents, Students, Educators, and Citizens. New York: New York.

             The focus of this book is that the "zero tolerance" policy that has recently been adopted in many schools is not effective. It also discusses some alternatives that may be more effective. It also provides a lot of statistics that were very eye-opening.

Ruth, Henry S., and Kevin R. Reitz. (2003.) The Challenge of Crime: Rethinking Our Response. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP.

            A look at the crime rates after the 1970's and the related response. This books ultimately calls for reformation and suggests ways that our responses to crimes could be improved. This books also provides a nice history that is very helpful.

Waller, Irvin. (2006.) Less Law, More Order: the Truth about Reducing Crime. Westport, CT: Praeger.

            A focused view of the causes for committing crime. What causes people to commit crimes? It shows that once you know what causes crime you will be better able to prevent crime. It really takes a good look at young adults and the adversities that they face.

Presentation Plan–

I think that the presentation should at first introduce historical information. What is the back ground for the juvenile rights movement? What is probation? What is jail time like for juvenile? Who qualifies as a juvenile? I would then like to get into some of my argument. I would like to present probation statistics and present information supporting the pros of probation vs. the cons of jail time. I would like to present a lot of personal informational and informative pictures.