1. Hanna Chiou argues that teenagers are mature enough to distinguish right from wrong and should suffer adult punishments if they commit adult crimes. Wendy Kaminer maintains that juveniles incarcerated with adults emerge even more brutal and crime-prone than they were before going to jail. Whose argument do you find most convincing, and why?
2. Garry Cooper describes the case of the Provenzinos, who were forced to pay fines under a Michigan law holding parents legally responsible for their children’s crimes. Do you think that this is a just law? Citing from both Cooper’s and Kate O’Beirne’s viewpoints, explain why you think the law is or is not fair.
3. David Knight claims that curfews are an effective tool against juvenile delinquency, while Colin Miller argues that curfew laws are unconstitutional and waste valuable police time and effort. Whose use of...