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10/23/2020

Xariea Kidd

CJS 220

 Fall 2020

Dr. Regina E. Brisgone

General Purpose: Informing my audience

Specific Purpose: Informing my audience on the history of the juvenile justice system.

Central idea: This assignment will express knowledge of men and boys in the system.

1. Attention Getter: Allowing history to be taught in this assignment, will allow the

readers more information on the topic at hand.  

2. Reinforcement Statement: It is evident that African American men and young

boys are increasingly being added to the jail system. They are considered

“targets” when it comes to incarceration and locking individuals up.

3. Preview: When I am in my hometown and I share a glimpse of a newspaper it is

either concerning the political debate or the increasingly high rate of juvenile

defendants in the area. I do not live in the best neighborhood, but I am

concerned about the high rates. I feel as though the rate can be dropped in the

next upcoming years if everyone worked to make it happen.

Transition: The first chapter heading I am going to educate the readers on is

what changes and stays the same in regards to the Juvenile system.

1. “What stays the same and what changes?”

Main Point 1: Over the past 2 hundred years, what has not changed through the Juvenile

Justice system will likely never change if it has not already. 

Sub-point 1: What has constantly been occurring in common-day society is young juvenile

males are more likely to commit a crime than any other gender. 

Sub-point 2: Juveniles follow certain laws and if they do not follow through with the laws, they

will likely be punished but not as bad as an adult. 

Sub-point 3: Society feels as though, the Juveniles that we have now are worse than the “older

year” ones. Some individuals blame the Juvenile Justice policies that are being given to society

as rules. These five listed aspects are the unchanged rules that we have suffered with for the

past two hundred years. 

Transition: The behavior of young males is also concerning in the Juvenile Justice system.

2. “The Behavior of youth, especially young males”

Main Point 2: The individuals who are doing the crimes are not giving that perception based on

their appearance in society. 

Sub-point 1: The exposed offenders happen to be around the ages of 14 and 17. If these

individuals were to be arrested at the same rate as others, they would get charged double the

crime as an adult. 

Sub-point 2: The violent offenders that are being arrested, makeup 80% of males. 

Sub-point 3: Researchers find that men are more likely to commit a crime than anyone else and

historical facts can prove that information. 

Transition: Societal members were concerned about the total number of Juvenile delinquent

actions and behaviors. 

3. “Juvenile crimes in earlier times” 

Main Point 3: Crime that was done by minors in earlier years, are a little different in today's

years. 

Sub-point 1: In the 1800’s, people were roaming their towns with guns and weapons on them

looking for chaos to begin. 

Sub-point 2: The ages that were found incarcerated, were 6, 17, and 20 as the eldest youth. 
Sub-point 3: Ever since biblical fights have been occurring, we have been witnessing men

committing crimes increasingly every day. 

Transition: Are changes going to occur in the U.S?

4. “Recent changes in Juvenile crime in the United States”

Main Point 4: Juvenile convictions have been fluctuating since 2004.

Sub-point 1: From 1952 to 1974, Juvenile arrests had increased to 45% of general arrests. The

numbers eventually decreased from 34 million Juvenile delinquent cases worldwide to 28 million

cases worldwide.   

Sub-point 2: From 1994 to 2006, arrests have descended by 48%. 

Sub-point 3: The trends in arrests express the changes in the actions of officials. 

Transition: What is the behavior of the young males?

5. “The behavior of young males as an aspect that remains the same. 

Main Point 5: Knowingly, when young males’ actions lead to criminal behavior it is not attached

to a certain place or thing. 

Sub-point 1: What will not change in the future is that young men are involved in criminal

behavior.

Sub-point 2: Others argue that if there was a specific outcome to the criminal behavior, the

juveniles would stop sharing their criminal acts with the world.

Sub-point 3: People who want to give a final motive, feel as though juveniles are bad people.

Transition: 

6. “Special Laws for Injustices” 

Main Point 6: The laws created for Juveniles are strictly for youth and not adults. 

Sub-point 1: Status offenses are rulings that are made in placement for the minor such as

making running away, truancy, and disobeying parents’ illegal.

Sub-point 2: Involving in sexual acts and drinking alcoholic beverages are considered illegal for

the minor
Sub-point 3: Juveniles who run away, leave school, drink, and participate in sexual acts can be

arrested because they are not consented adults 

Transition: In the earlier years, it was not always like this.

     7. “Status offenses in earlier times

Main Point 7: In the past years, status offenses were rulings considered by your parents or

guardians

Sub-point 1: With disrespecting your parents, your consequence could potentially be death even

though that rarely happens

Sub-point 2: A law was created in 1646, labeled “stubborn child” by the Puritans

Sub-point 3: The goal was to criminalize any acts of defiance towards adults. 

Transition: If the minors were convicted to disrespecting their parents, officials would later

determine who is going to handle the legal matter. 

     8. “Decriminalization/ Deinstitutionalization”

Main Point 8: How to handle these juvenile offenses is the current debate we are dealing with.

Sub-point 1: Societal individuals feel as though status offenses are harmful to the juveniles and

they should be settled outside the court rooms. 

Sub-point 2:  Adjusting status offenders to delinquent offenders will result in institutionalizing the

criminalized juvenile. 

Sub-point 3: Having individuals alter the federal policy, resulted in probation violations as being

illegal and committing a crime. 

Transition: 

     9. “Status offenses as an aspect that stays the same”

Main Point 9: Deinstitutionalizing and decriminalizing are things that have never changed over

the span of years. 

Sub-point 1: Children who are skipping school are constantly being brought to jail and

institutionalized for truancy but are not being considered status offenders. 
Sub-point 2: The minor is either charged with a minor crime or truancy has allowed them to

witness jail.

Sub-point 3: Being they are constantly making separate laws for Juveniles; they are making

more laws to control the upcoming behaviors.