GPII Group 1 B2+1 Lesson 8

Lesson 8
Juvenile Crime, Young Offenders & Sentencing

(1) Juvenile Crime

Unit 9.2

p. 92 - 93

Age of Criminal responsibility http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_infancy

New Vocabulary

n.b. sentence, sentencing = the punishment , to pass sentence, reparation, rehabilitation, punishment, juvenile detention centre, curfew, juvenile delinquency, young offender, aggravating and mitigating factors.

Reading
p. 93

How do people feel about juvenile delinquency?

Compare and contrast the Japanese and U.S. systems.

What is the main criticism of the U.S. system?

	Punishment	Rehabilitation	Deterrence
Boston Boot Camp	Physical exercise for breaking rules	·         Instil self discipline and sense of honour ·         Change lives ·         Turn them into respectable members of society	Deter would-be criminals and recidivists
Aspen Forest Wilderness camp	Not mentioned	Character development which promotes: ·         Personal growth ·         Leadership potential Nurturing approach	Not mentioned

(2) Adverbs of Degree

Audioscript p. 184, Grammar Refernce p. 150, Exercise G1 p. 151

n.b. The effect of gradable and ungradable adjectives:  

It’s absolutely amazing

It’s absolutely good

It’s quite important

It’s quite essential

n.b. The effect of intonation:

It’s quite good              It’s quite good

n.b Collocations e.g. highly qualified, highly likely

(3)  Sentencing
Discussion

If the public could choose the sentence, do you think they would be harder or softer than judges?

You Be The Judge

http://www.ybtj.justice.gov.uk/

Homework/Self Study

(1) Watch another You Be The Judge video (see the link above). How did your sentence compare with what was passed in the real case?
(2) Read this article about a baby charged with attempted murder in Pakistan.
 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/08/pakistan-baby-charged-attempted-murder-hiding
What do you think?