Write
at least a 2 page essay that describes the movie “Kids Behind Bars”
and combines the questions from “Viewpoint” located in section
1-6 of the Chapter One Review in the book at the end of Chapter One.
In addition to the Viewpoint questions, please answer the questions
below. Your essay should be double spaced and typed in 12 pt
Tahoma font.
1. Should
juveniles be tried as adults? If yes, under what
circumstances? If no, why not?
2. What
did you learn from the film that you did not know before you watched
the film?
3.
Name the three most important concepts in the film.
4.
What was the most interesting material covered in the film?
5.
Remember to look up the NJ statistics on waiver to the adult
court and the incarceration of juveniles as adults and incorporate
your findings in your analysis.
6.
Where the predictions in the film about juvenile delinquency
rates correct? Where there any programs or assumptions stated that
were incorrect?
Kurtis
Productions (Producer), & Halpern, E. (Director).
(1996). Investigative
Reports: Kids Behind Bars! New
Video Group, A&E Television Networks, [Television
Series: Documentary]. USA: A&E Home Video.