In Harry Brown, night raids turn into a large scale riot which is a powerful example of the negative influence of peers. In Blackrock, Scene 21, Ricko, Jared and Tiffany are talking to each other, when an argument breaks out. Ricko is drunk, and wants Tiffany to have sex with him and Jared. She resists and Ricko tries to rape her but Jared restrains him while Tiffany runs away. This incident is an example of physical violence and contains both themes of the negative influence of peers, and more importantly, powerlessness.
After reading Kenneth Wooden’s book Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America’s Incarcerated Children, I was exposed to the devastating, heartbreaking truths about our corrupt legal system. I was never aware of the physical abuse, torture and exploitation experienced by juveniles staying in correctional facilities across America. What I found to be most disturbing is that many of these youths were not actually criminals, but runaways and mentally disabled and emotionally disturbed children. The graphic and specific nature of the descriptions was extremely unsettling because although they are events that occurred in the past, it is still recent enough to realize that what happened to these children was not terribly long ago. However, the gruesome treatment of juveniles has in
Daniel kongou April 6, 2012 Juvenile’s justice Juveniles Should Be Treated As Adult Professor RAMSEY Juvenile’s delinquency has become a major problem for law enforcement and for the community. Nowhere seems to be safe nowadays because kids want to act like adult and want to take control in any situation especially when it goes to their benefits. They want to have the power and the respect by becoming gang members. They commit criminal act in the community and are not afraid of the consequences. They do not have or take the time to learn about life and what is good for them.
One being crime and law and the other being self-respect and sexuality. The first theme crime and law shows right from the prologue it becomes apparent that this is one of the central themes of the book. The criminals described in the novel see the law as the enemy. This is seen many times throughout the novel - even when Brett is robbed he still does not go to the authorities for help. The novel discusses the interaction between the individual and the system.
This soon spirals out of control and ends up with Ricky getting shot at the train station towards the end of the film. The director is trying to show how difficult it is for young people to get out of the never ending circle of gun crime. The message of the film is anti gun crime, trying to show young people living in the poorer communities who are more vulnerable to violence or gun crime will sooner or later pay the price unless they have the strength that Ricky didn’t have in-order to step out. Gun crime is often made into a big fuss by the media and glamorised as such. It is important that violence and gun crime are talked about in films and that young people are made to see the real side of it, because people are getting killed often in events where youths are carrying guns, this often appears on the news.
Can young minors handle it is an adult prison mentally, physically, emotionally or psychologically? That is what Walter is trying to do in this novel, to suck the audience into ‘Monster’ by leading them on to become questioning about Steve and if he representing other minors in adult prison can cope in there being as young as they are. In the novel Walter shows that Steve is in fact not handling being imprisoned by a few quotes throughout the story. “I’ve never seen my dad cry before, He wasn’t crying like I thought a man would cry” and “If I didn’t think of this experience like a movie I would go insane”. These quotes show mental and emotional feelings to help us see how Steve is coping with not only himself but his family
Firstly, Brown uses a case study to encourage the readers to respond on an emotional level. This is achieved by discussing the tragic incident of 19 year old Brian Naylor, a night out on the town with a few mates is soon ruined by a group of alcohol fuelled teens that ‘viciously’ attack him and his friends. Secondly, Brown appeals to his reader’s emotions with his use of emotional tone coupled with adjectives designed to paint the actions of smashed teenagers as disrespectful and potentially dangerous. “A machine is keeping him alive” signals the writers disbelief of how a perfect night out can ultimately turn into a parent’s worst nightmare, having their child taken away. The reader’s emotional response positions them to share Brown’s
Violent, preventable crimes by minors have long plagued America’s larger cities but have scarcely been punished because of the age of the perpetrators. Protected by a lenient and highly outdated juvenile justice system, violent youth have taken advantage of such benefits and have run rampant in our cities. High profile slayings are quite the norm on the evening news, and every once in a while, disaster strikes and we lose a large number of lives at the hands of young offenders. And sadly, naive America continues to lose more and more lives at the hands of reckless teens and repeat offenders because we choose to give them as many chances as they need so long as they are not legal adults. Unfortunately, we have to lose and destroy more lives because we refuse to
The media only portrays the teenagers as the bad guys regardless whether an adult was involved in that action or case; the headlines always include the word teenager. If an adult pays a teenage girl to have sex is called teenage prostitution. Or a teenage girl getting pregnant by a 20 year old male is called teenagers getting teenagers pregnant. The same concept comes in account when violence is talked about. Even though stats say something else, the media automatically portrays the teenagers as the bad guy.
In my opinion, I don’t think that this law would be beneficial to anyone and it would not work out in the end. Document 2 is about an exotic danger who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape, sexual assault and kidnapping at a party. The three players were innocent but there’s not doubt that a lot of underage drinking was apparent that night which impaired the judgement of those 3 boys. “College and university presidents generally agree that binge and underage drinking are the single greatest problems facing their schools, in large part because of all the bad behavior— including rape — that results from excessive and acute drinking on campus”(2). In college, binge drinking is always a problem and the drinking age of 21 is considered a “joke”.