GPII Group 19 B2+1 Lesson 8

Lesson 8
Juvenile Crime
Age of Criminal Responsibility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_infancy#Ages_of_criminal_responsibility_by_country
Sentencing & Criminal Justice
Agravating & Mitigating factors in Sentencing
Video - Teen Crime - You Be The Judge
http://ybtj.justice.gov.uk/
Unit 9.2 p. 92 - 93
Adverbs of Degree

New Vocab - Fairness

Homework
Adverbs of Degree: Read the notes (G1 p. 150) and do the exercise (G1 p. 151)
Self Study
(1) Read about the recent case of a teenage bank robber http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/22/boy-barclays-bank-robbery-15-year-old Do you think he was given the right sentence?
(2)Take a look at some of the other sentencing hearings on the You Be The Judge website. What agravating and mitigating factors did you have to consider? Compare your sentence with the punishment in the actual case.