Prejudice and Stereotyping Twelve Angry Men shows that prejudice can be a dangerous thing. When they first enter the jury-room, many jurors are ready to convict the defendant, not just on the evidence and arguments presented by the prosecution but, frighteningly, because the boy is a member of a social group for whom the jury hold no respect, for whom the stereotypes are of hopeless lives and criminal behaviours. As 4th puts it, ‘slums are breeding grounds for criminals’ (p.12) and 10th adds, ‘the kids who crawl outa those places are real trash’ (p.12). While there may be statistical or subjective justifications for some of these opinions, there is little evidence to show that the opinions explain this particular murder. Certainly the
Many employers are hesitant or unwilling to hire ex-convicts and parolees, because of their criminal background. Most employers ask applicants if they have ever been arrested if they answer yes then the applicant more often than not does not get the job. Another factor contributing to this problem are communities without alternative programming for at risk youth, and that does have a tendency to produce a high rate of recidivism. It begins with unemployment challenges, which is one of the major challenges that x- inmates experience when applying for a job. Many employers are hesitant and unwilling to hire ex-convicts and parolees, because of their criminal background.
The book was written for his son Ramiro as an attempt to steer his son away from "la vida loca." Rodriguez carefully describes all his experiences of first being a victim, then being a victimizer as part of several gangs, then being a victim again when he moves away from the gang life. This is a story of self-discovery. A young boy finds himself thrown into a world that does not accept him; as a result he becomes a victim. Not knowing what else to do, he seeks protection through violence.
The documentary “High on Crack Street” makes every viewer wonder just what made these somewhat “normal” people turn into what society would see as social deviants. In early history, determining what made a criminal do what he or she does was usually targeted at physical appearances. Early sociologists said that you could determine if someone was a criminal by features in the face like a strong jaw, or deep set eyes. They never set out to answer the question as to why they committed criminal acts; all that public officials did was charge someone who “looked” like a criminal as guilty and the reasoning was that they had the physical appearance of a criminal. Other methods of determining if someone was a criminal was
Fighting Amongst Children As stated by the narrator in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies “Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins” (Golding 62). The quote describes the impact that civilization has on the youth, telling the boys what is right and what is wrong. The context is that a shady boy, Roger, is lobbing stones at younger kids, but with an intent to miss. Even when rules are not present, it had been imprinted on the child’s mind that anything with mal-intent is bad, but it shows that he is begging to question the bounds of the society he had once known, when rules are taken away, people start to pursue the path of chaos. However, many people have wondered what would happen if civilization
Children, including teenagers, act more irrationally and immaturely than adults. Stressful situations that kids are put in only heighten the risk that emotion, rather than rational thought will guide the choices adolescents make. Thompson also explained Nathaniel Brazill’s trial that took place when Nathaniel was fourteen years old. He shot his middle-school teacher and was found guilty for second degree murder; “Brazill’s immaturity was evident throughout his incident from the various quizzical looks that came across his face as the verdicts were read” (1). Teenagers do not have the intellectual or mental capacity to understand the consequences of their actions; they lack the same capacity to be trial defendants.
We turn to the police to solve our issues at any given time and there should be no excuses on why they can’t. As the citizen of the U.S I believe the police were responsible for the traumatic events that these innocent boys had to face due to the manipulative remarks, racial profiling and the lack of effort. The teenage boys were from age 14-16, just by looking upon the fear in their eyes the police took this as an advantage. The boys were videotaped during their confessionals one by one. Since, they were under-age some of the boy’s parents were present during the interrogation.
To then come back and remove the children would be such as another charges to the criminal, and seems unconstitutional, unlawful, and wrong. One could declare that placing these children in crowded circumstances that would happen from the performance of this strategy would do more damage than excellent. Not all juveniles placed in enhance excellent proper care are there due to bad parenting. Some of these children end up there because the mother and father can no longer control their activities, or in between doing stints in teenager area. All mother and father or parents who lose their children would not have the same degree of violation, which runs the risk of children from better surroundings being taught through the same Public Concept adverse activities and assault from other children.
Can young minors handle it is an adult prison mentally, physically, emotionally or psychologically? That is what Walter is trying to do in this novel, to suck the audience into ‘Monster’ by leading them on to become questioning about Steve and if he representing other minors in adult prison can cope in there being as young as they are. In the novel Walter shows that Steve is in fact not handling being imprisoned by a few quotes throughout the story. “I’ve never seen my dad cry before, He wasn’t crying like I thought a man would cry” and “If I didn’t think of this experience like a movie I would go insane”. These quotes show mental and emotional feelings to help us see how Steve is coping with not only himself but his family
The problem with this is mobility up the social hierarchy that makes up a school is nearly impossible. Teenagers are still learning about the world and look for a sense of camaraderie and acceptance from peers. The three boys who eventually became shooters were all frowned upon by their peer groups or the whole school in general. This rejection is one of the reasons which caused them to take drastic measures. The only way that these boys could have committed such crimes was if they had the right tools.