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1) Discuss some of the challenges in defining juvenile delinquency in the international community

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1) Discuss some of the challenges in defining juvenile delinquency in the international community. In addition, explain how the age of responsibility in different nations serves to further complicate our ability to achieve any one specific definition

2.) Describe the conditions under which gang membership is most likely to be attractive to juveniles. What kinds of responses do we, as a society, need to make to help control gangs?

3.) What are the constitutional rights guaranteed to adults in our society that are not always guaranteed to juveniles in juvenile court proceedings? What is the rationale for depriving juveniles of these rights?

4.) Compare and contrast the nature and extent of delinquency and child abuse as seen through official statistics on the one hand and self-report, victim survey, and police observational studies on the other.

5.) Compare and contrast the nature and extent of delinquency and child abuse as seen through official statistics on the one hand and self-report, victim survey, and police observational studies on the other.