Juvenile Delinquency

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This assignment asks you to discuss and apply the 3 definitions of juvenile delinquency: legal, focussing on the act; role, focussing on the actor; and societal response, focussing on the audience. Review the slides and reflect on our discussion on the 2/2 Zoom. To complete the assignment, first, write a paragraph explaining the 3 definitions.

Then watch these two videos about an incident that happened on Friday in Rochester, NY (warning: these may be upsetting to some.)

First, view the bodycam footage here.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-bodycam-video-shows-rochester-pol ice-pepper-spraying-9-year-old-girl-100340293508

Then, read the CNN article and watch the video here.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/us/rochester-police-pepper-spray-child/index.html

How can you apply the ideas of the legal, role and societal response definitions of juvenile delinquency to this incident? Think about the act, the actor and the audience(s) and how there may be differences in subjective interpretations of each.

Submit at least two paragraphs explaining the 3 definitions and then discussing how we can apply these ideas to Friday's incident.