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kodithompson

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According to interactional theory, weak bonds lead kids to acquire deviant peer relations and engage in delinquency; delinquency weakens conventional bonds and strengthens relations with deviant peers.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Discuss the five ways that juvenile courts differ from adult courts. How does this fit with the philosophy of the progressives and the child-savers?
 
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Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

Juvenile courts emphasize helping the child, the proceedings are informal, the process is based on civil law, the proceedings are secret, and jury trials are not allowed. These differences reflect the concerns of the child savers that children should be helped, not punished.



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