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1. Do you agree that no treatment is effective for juvenile offenders?
2. If you were superintendent of a training school, which treatment methods would you use? Why? What treatment technologies would you use in a residential program for juvenile probationers?
3. What type of staff member would be effective in carrying out the treatment method you chose in Question 2? Why?
4. Would you hire ex-offenders to work in your community-based or institutional facility? Why or why not?
5. Do you feel that the goals of PPC are realistic?
6. How would you treat youths who do not respond to the rules of your prescribed treatment method?
7. What explains the popularity of drug use in the United States?
8. “Just say no” is a common saying when it comes to drugs. Will that approach work? Why or why not? Under what conditions will it work or not work? If a friend you know is a user, what can you say to him or her? Would you turn in a friend if you believed you could help this person? Where would you go for help?
9. What do you think is the relationship between drug use and delinquency?
10. Why do college students drink as much as they do? How is their drinking related to the subject matter of this chapter?
11. What explains the popularity of drug use in the United States?
12. “Just say no” is a common saying when it comes to drugs. Will that approach work? Why or why not? Under what conditions will it work or not work? If a friend you know is a user, what can you say to him or her? Would you turn in a friend if you believed you could help this person? Where would you go for help?
13. What do you think is the relationship between drug use and delinquency?
14. Why do college students drink as much as they do? How is their drinking related to the subject matter of this chapter?
15. What are the major differences and similarities between the U.S. approach to juvenile justice and those of the countries discussed in this chapter?
16. What is the influence of the different historical backgrounds of the countries discussed in this chapter on their delinquency rates and their juvenile justice systems?
17. How are the changing social and economic conditions of the countries discussed in this chapter likely to influence both their delinquency rates and the way they approach juvenile justice?
18. Should the United States try to develop some informal methods of social control of youths similar to those found in other countries?
19. Should states in the United States follow, or be required to follow, the Beijing Rules?
20. Do you believe that the techniques of juvenile justice used by other countries would work in the United States? Why or why not?
21. What are the benefits of various technologies? What are their disadvantages? Which technologies do you believe are the most acceptable?
22. What are some strategies you could use to increase the use of evidence-based juvenile programs?
23. What are some methods you could use in your local com-munities to address the issues of hope, healing, honor, and habilitation?
24. What would you like the juvenile justice system to look like by 2040?
25. what types of education and training should professionals in juvenile justice receive to prepare them for jobs in the system?