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1. Watch the TED Talk video on What I Learned as a Kid in Jail and take notes.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail
2. Answer the following questions in paragraph form (350-400 words) by typing your response in the comments section below.
a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestion about putting young offenders in jail?
In my opinion, young offenders should not be put in jail as adult. As he mentioned, Jail doesn’t have program for young offenders to enhance their talent and rehabilitate them. Young children are not adult. They need education to reenter society. When speaker was in prison ages 17, he spent 300 days in solitary confinement made him crazy. These young children should not spend much time in solitary confinement. The correction officers must teach these young children to change their mind or behavior. Instead of prison, young children need to take programs. The speaker kept reading to educate himself. He felt some programs would benefit for young children to improve their ability like music, writing, and drawing. Also, prison must have better programs for young children not to commit crime again. The speaker said he heard they were talking about when they got out of prions, they were going to commit crime. Prison are supposed to reduce recidivism and prisons are not the place come back to. Like the speaker said, young children are talented and future. They commit crime but they deserve second chance. It’s not good thing for them to being treated as adult in prison. They must receive education to be better and retry in society.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country?
In Okinawa , juvenile delinquency is a serious problem. Young children ages 15 tend to commit crime such as theft and drinking alcohol and smoke. However, these days the crime has been changed. They can easily get drugs like marijuana. As technology advanced, they can buy drugs on the Internet and there are a lot of fake info on the internet so they might come across the crime without awareness. The reasons why young children are tend to commit crime is because of their background. When they are abused by parents or they are poor, they are likely to fall for crime. I think this problem is not that simple. Some factors are related to it. In order to reduce juvenile delinquency, the school teacher or counselor and government must take action right away. Young children need someone to talk. As I said in a), they need education and programs to enter society. -We have to pay attention to their behavior.
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Hi Shuma! Thank you for sharing your opinion. In Korea, like Okinawa you mentioned, delinquency especially among youth under the age of 15 is emerging as a serious problem. In particular, drugs(narcotics) cause serious addiction, so appropriate restrictions are needed not only in Japan and Korea.
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Thanks for sharing your opinion.
I agree with your opinion that the internet is a point of contact with crime. However, I think it is difficult to keep them away from the Internet with most junior high school students in Japan today having smartphones and some elementary school students also having them.
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Thanks for sharing your opinion.
I agree with your opinion that the internet is a point of contact with crime. However, I think it is difficult to keep them away from the Internet with most junior high school students in Japan today having smartphones and some elementary school students also having them.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young
offenders in jail？
He stated that prisons and jails exist to rehabilitate young inmates and others who have committed crimes. However, in fact, there is no discharge plan for reintegration into society. On the contrary, solitary confinement is designed to destroy prisoners mentally, physically, and emotionally. That’s why he suggested that for those people, we need to prepare some type of insight to make a change for doing something positive when they return to society. I totally agree with his opinion. I don’t know much information about young inmates but I’ve watched a movie about prison “The Shawshank Redemption”. In this movie, prisoners were treated like a slave. I suppose that if they were treated in this way, they would become more distrustful of humanity and develop a sense of hostility towards others rather than a desire to rehabilitate themselves. If we are to truly rehabilitate them, I think it is important to develop their talents and interests while they are in prison or jail. Moreover, if society as a whole can actively support people like Ismeal in order to reintegrate into society after they are released, it will be easier for them to live in society.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
I suppose that the problem of juvenile delinquency in Japan is not so large that it should be considered a national problem. According to a Cabinet Office report, nowadays, the number of arrests and guidance for juvenile delinquents is continuing to decline. In 2020, the number of people who were arrested and supervised for criminal offenses was 32,063, the lowest ever, and one-tenth of the highest number in 1983. However, one of the reasons for this decline is that in recent years there has been an increase in the number of young people who commit malicious acts through online slander. For this reason, Japanese police need to consider how to deal with the new cause of juvenile delinquents.
I also think that many of the causes of juvenile delinquency lie in the family environment. Therefore, it is necessary for the community to come together as one to respond to families facing financial difficulties and educational problems.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I didn’t know that prisoners are treated as slave in prison. I don’t think it is good thing. I think young children must receive education in some program center not in prison, but also adults prisoners need some programs too. In Japan, the crime have been happened on the internet. It is difficult to find crime on the internet.
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(a) In my opinion, I totally agree with his idea. According to this video, his main idea is to change the culture in our jails and prisons, and we have to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18. He also said it is very important to change the environment of jail and this causes the growth of young offenders. Actually, there are not really much for these young people to do to enhance their talent and rehabilitate them. If they don’t have the chance to rehabilitate their behavior, they couldn’t go back to their normal life of outside the prisons, and there is not really much for them to do to keep them from recidivating. In addition, young people aged 16 and 17 can’t distinguish between good things and bad things. Moreover prison guard needs to change their attitudes because they play a big factor in these young people’s live. Good C.O.s may be able to have some positive influence on young offenders. That is why we have to consider raising the age of criminal responsibility.
(b) Juvenile delinquency is a social problem in Japan. It is caused by home environment, bullying at school, and internet. In particular, I am going to talk about an example where the home environment causes juvenile delinquency. Abuse and neglect are important factor that cause juvenile delinquency. If parents are violent, their children are also more likely to be violent. Lack of proper supervision can contribute to a children’s involvement in criminal activities. According to Ministry of Justice of Japan, while Japan has a low crime rate compared to other countries, but there has been increase juvenile delinquency, such as theft, assault, and vandalism are among the common issues. I think it is important to note that while juvenile delinquency is a concern, Japan focuses on rehabilitation and support for young offenders to help them reintegrate into society and prevent a cycle of criminal behavior. To reduce juvenile delinquency, we may have to review our home environment and school system, and also we should make a good society as young offenders feel comfortable after their serving in prison.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I did not know that juvenile crime was increasing. I think too that the family environment is related to crime. In order to change this situation, education facilities have to change that children can feel safe.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I agree with you that better home environment and school system are important factors to reduce juvenile delinquency. I hope that crime rate will be getting lower by rehabilitation and support for young offenders.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I support the opinion of this speaker. This speaker is a person who has been through it. He is lucky enough to realize that his behavior is wrong and wants to change his ways, so he also wants to help those teenagers get back on track. The reason why teenagers commit crimes is because no one can guide them and tell them what is the right thing to do. If no one is willing to help them, they will only continue to sink. But on the contrary, if we are willing to give them a chance, not only can we help They reintegrate into society and also reduce crime, which I think is a good thing.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
Juvenile crime is a serious problem in Taiwan. In the past eight years, the crime rate among Taiwanese teenagers has increased by 47%. Penalties for teenagers in Taiwan are very light. Those under the age of 14 do not need to go to jail. If they are under the age of 18,the penalties will be reduced, and as long as you don’t commit crimes after being released from prison, there will be no criminal record. Also because the penalties are very light, more and more teenagers are easily tricked into doing illegal activities. In Taiwan, most teenagers commit crimes that they are all fraud or money laundering. They think that they can earn thousands of Taiwanese dollars in a day just by making a phone calls. This is very tempting for teenagers. And teenagers’ minds are not mature enough and stable enough to distinguish right or wrong, so they can easily go astray. After entering prison in the future, they will be able to meet more illegal people and learn more ways to make money easily and illegally . As a result, juvenile crime is increasing in Taiwan.
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Thank you for sharing your ideas. I agree with you that if we give them a chance, we can not only help them reintegrate into society, but also reduce crime. We hope that this support will help create a society where many children can avoid juvenile crime.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young
offenders in jail？
His argument is to create an educational system that will help young prisoners rehabilitate and start over again in society. This argument is based on his experience and is persuasive. Therefore, I agree with his opinion. The speaker in this video said that by educating each person to develop his or her own talents such as children who are gifted in art, art therapy can further develop their talents. I think to make these suggestions realistic, we cannot simply incorporate a system like art therapy. The adults in the prisons themselves must change their thinking, their way of accepting things, and their concept of prison, or everything will surely change for the better. Therefore, I believe that education is needed to change the thinking of adults and the concept of young inmates.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
In my home country, Japan, 22% of children who enter a young inmate will commit a crime again within five years and return to either a young inmate or prison.
Most of those who entered as young inmates and did not relapse told us that they became involved with a new community after their release and had a place to return to. Many who committed crimes under the age of 18 had no place to stay or had a history of abuse. Some people say they had to steal to survive. I know this current situation, and I believe that while it is necessary to improve the educational system after the young inmates enter, it is more important to save the children from the poor living environment that makes them commit crimes. This will require improved monitoring of educational and other facilities in each region. For example, counseling should be provided to all students on a regular basis during compulsory elementary through junior high school education, and facilities and other staff should visit children who are not attending school. That way we may be able to prevent children from committing crimes.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I agree with you, it is more important adults to rehabilitate children, find and develop their talents than to force them receive some tough punishment for their future and our society.
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1. As the speaker suggests, I think young offenders should be put in jail, resocialized through proper training, and then released to society. I totally agree with the speaker’s two suggestions.
First, institutions need to give correctional officers proper trainings on how to properly deal with the young offenders, especially in terms of mental health. Correctional officers can be a influential factor in the lives of young offenders. Officers can lead offenders on the right way for a long time until they are released. It helps them get some type of insight to make a change and do positive things when they go back to society later. The second thing to help teens in jails is better programming. The programs such as reading, art, and music therapy can heal them or discover their talents. Introducing them to the services they need so that they can change in a good way when they go back to society creates the possibility of growing a teenager in jails into the right adult.
2. Juvenile delinquency is a serious problem in Korea. President Yoon’s proposal to reduce the minimum age of criminal liability was influenced by the increase in juvenile crimes. The number of crimes committed by minors in 2021 was 8,374, which was a 34.8% increase from 2017. Furthemore, 35,390 teenagers under the age of 14 were accused of violent crimes in the four years between 2017 to 2021. Among these crimes, there were 10,199 battery crime cases, 1,913 sex crime cases, 47 robbery cases, and 9 murder cases.
The South Korean public has been calling for a reform to the current version of the Criminal Act after horrific crimes from minors were happened in recent years. For example, in July of 2018, two middle school boys raped a middle school girl, which led her to commit suicide five months later. People expressed massive outrage and called for strong punishment for these criminal minors. Regardless of the offenders’ age, the public perceived the nature of their crime to be cruel and worthy of harsh punishment. However, because both offenders were 13 years old, their crimes were reviewed under the Juvenile Act instead of the Criminal Act, so they were unpunished. Over 230,000 people signed a petition that advocated strengthening punitive actions for criminal minors by lowering the age of criminality.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I am surprised that the number of crimes committed by minors increase in Korea. This problem must be solved immediately, and we have to change our mind about juvenile delinquency.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
-Isameal Nazario suggested that people have to change the culture in jails and prisons for young inmates. The reason is that the prison officers neglect the young inmates even if there’s a problem, so there is no opportunity for rehabilitation. As a result, he said that people have to focus on changing the young inmates’ lives. In addition, Isameal talked about his experience in Rikers Island. He thinks the prison officers play a big factor in the young people’s lives. Ergo, his suggestions are that some programs benefit the young inmates such as art therapy programs and music programs. Actually, I understand his opinion; however, I disagree with him, because I do not want to waste my tax money for them. The problem of the young inmates is the fault of their parents. The parents have responsibilities for the problem. Prisons’ function is to isolate them from normal society. It means education is not for the role of jail. As a consequence, offering the programs for them isn’t fair.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
-Juvenile delinquency is a serious problem in South Korea. We have a law for young offenders, and the criteria of young offenders age is between the ages of 10 to 14. It means who commits a crime and is not punished because of their age. As a result, many delinquent teens commit crimes by abusing this law. The biggest problem is that they d not repent for their sins.
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Although I agree with what the speaker said, we should correct their thinking through education, and we should give them a chance to change their ways. But I think your point is another issue worth considering. It is undeniable that teenagers commit crimes because their parents are not responsible for their education, not our responsibility. But I think they are also part of society, and I think we should do our best to help them and help society.
In addition, I think many teenagers commit crimes because society has another set of laws for teenagers, so many teenagers think that they are still underage and the punishment will not be serious.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I totally agree with his suggestions. He mentioned that we need to change the culture in our jails and prisons especially for young inmates through his experiences in the jail. He spent his part of young life in jail, and he knows how harsh it is. He experienced solitary confinement and felt it makes young people break mentally, physically and emotionally. His idea to make it this purpose is that institutions should try to give young offenders some type of insight to make a change. He suggested rehabilitation through art and music as an example of a therapeutic program. I think it is a great way to help them because young people are flexible and could be anything. Some young offenders do not realize that they can live a wonderful life without crime and how to improve themselves. For those people, his suggestions are effective and helpful. They can focus on their interests, so they release stress and lead to creative thinking. It also helps young offenders to do something positive when they reenter society.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
Juvenile delinquency exists in Japan, but according to some research, it is not a big problem and lower compared to many other countries. In 2013, the juvenile crime rate in the US was 5 times higher than in Japan. The reason is that for juvenile offenders in Japan, rehabilitation programs and counseling are provided as support. This includes training in juvenile detention centers and programs in rehabilitation services. Socially speaking, many institutions work together to prevent crime and prevent recurrence. However, there is a difference compared to other countries that suggest that we need to think about juvenile crime. That is the crime rate compared to adults. In many other countries, the juvenile crime rate is lower than adult crime rate but in Japan, its rate is 1.45 higher than adult crime. The reasons for this are likely to be various but complex, and people need to think more about it even though Japan’s juvenile crime rate is low compared to other countries.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion! Actually, I viewed the young inmates as criminals; however, I realized through your opinion that they are flexible people who can change at anytime. So, I agree with him now.
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A) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestion about putting young offenders in jail?
I agree with the speaker. The first reason is that we agree to create a program that helps young criminals live when they get better in society after prison. This is because if you enter prison at a young age, what you learned before you became an adult, and when you come out of society, you have to live as an adult, so you have to get help to live a life in general, not criminals, through art, music programs.
The second reason is that detention facilities need to educate prison guards. We need to educate youth inmates on how to deal with them and how to deal with them in terms of mental health. Because speaker’s experience shows that there are cases of one-on-one fights with prison guards. Because it’s not a good way.
B) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country?
It is true that teenagers are flying more than in the past. Watching the recent news makes it easy for teenagers to encounter drugs and creates a crime by forming an organization. Also, in order to show off through SNS, more and more teenagers who see it through other people’s SNS are imitating it. With the development of information technology, information can be easily obtained through SNS and YouTube, and teenagers are committing crimes by sharing them. In addition, the number of crimes increases using the law called Chokbeop Boys (10-14 years old), and their crimes and brutality are not much different from adult crimes. Increasing juvenile delinquency seems to be a big social problem.
What is Chokbeop boy?? A boy between the ages of 10 and under the age of 14 who commits an act that violates the penal law. Since there is no criminal responsibility capability, even if a criminal act is committed, he is not punished and is subject to protective disposition.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I agree with your idea. If people enter prison at a young age, we should make sure they learn things in prison so that they can connect with society when they are released.
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Hi, Brian. Thank you for sharing your opinion. I totally agree with your first reason. We need to prevent teenager do crime again and again.
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Hi, Brian. Thank you for sharing your opinion. I totally agree with your first reason. We need to prevent teenager do crime again and again and give them oppoiunites to change their mind and their life better.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?b
I for the speaker’s opinion that children shouldn’t be treated as adult and putting them in culture of viorence, but I also think it depends on which kind of crime he or she committed. Children are still young and have criminal responsibility from that age, so the adult should change their daily life and give a chance to rehavilitate. However, there is one thing I consider it should not to be allowed no matter how old they are is homicide. It is good children to commit some crime then he rehabilitate through art programs or music program and go back to society as he mentioned, but
taking someone’s life off should be considered as a serious crime that he can not get any chance to rehabilitate for society and bereaved family. If the situation is not like that, I think the jail should be a place to rehabilitate and mentor a young person ,not cause a person to become angry or frustrated. I believe that good education by the good correctial officer in solitary confiment make a good and responsible society.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country?
Even though juvenile delinquency is decreasing steadily comparing to the past , this problem is still serious in Japan. In the past, violent delinquency, such as motorcycle gangs and school violence were often happened but currently, shoplifting and bicycle theft are occurring frequently. There is also a noticeable increase in violent and violent crimes like random killer. These days, there are about 2,100 juveniles in Japan, and 22% of them re-offend within five years and end up back in juvenile detention center or prison. The main causes of juvenile delinquency is the environment of family. The families in which the children who come to the juvenile detention center have grown up are suffering from problems that place a strain on family functioning, such as abuse, domestic violence, problem behavior, and mental illness, in addition to family deficits due to divorce and separation. So, juvenile delinquency is a problem but lacking of responsibility of adult around children is also a big problem of causing their crime.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I totally agree with you.
Children should be treated as children not the same as adults. However, as you mentioned, the child who commits homicide should be punished as the same as adults.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I’m glad that both of us have similar opinions. And I also agree that taking someone’s life off should be considered as a serious crime that he can not get any chance to rehabilitate for society and bereaved family. Additionally, Thank you for sharing information about juvenile delinquency in Japan.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
He says young offenders should not be treated as adults and sent to jail, a violent environment from which they cannot escape. In other words, he talked about proper rehabilitation. I partially agree with his opinion. First, I agree about programs (art, music, etc.) for young offenders who have a lot of life ahead of them to help them go out into society and adapt properly. I believe that reasonable rehabilitation is absolutely necessary for teenagers, rather than just spending time in prison and plotting other crimes in the future. Second, I agree about the correct prison guards and housing, that is, the living environment. He said he spent 300 out of 400 days in solitary confinement and noted that he suffered mental exhaustion during that time. Teenagers are clearly not fully mentally mature compared to adults. I believe that proper prison guards and an environment where conditions do not worsen are essential.
On the other hand, what I disagree with is that people should not go to jail just because they are young. The 16-17 years that the speaker mentioned is enough to know what’s right and what’s bad. It doesn’t make sense that they enjoy convenience where they go to punishment. If this happens, I think the young offenders’ crime rate will rise further. I think proper corporal punishment and rehabilitation should coexist.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
In Korea, Juvenile delinquency has recently been classified as a serious problem as it continues to increase in Korea. As the idea of weak punishment for juvenile delinquency becomes more popular, there is a problem of people plotting more serious crimes at a young age when punishment is weaker. In addition, the number of violent crimes such as murder and sexual violence is increasing due to weak punishment. We can see young people who are confident in committing crimes. Currently, these problems continue to become an issue, and the argument that punishment laws for teenagers should disappear continues to be mentioned. Juvenile delinquency is a hot issue in Korea.
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b Additional data) The number of youth transferred from the police to the court increased by about 30 percent from 6,651 in 2015 to 8,615 in 2019.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion.
I’ve heard that juvenile delinquency is a serious problem in Korea. Many Korean dramas on Netflix tell true stories, and “Young Justice” is an example.
Each person is only allocated 3 minutes of judicial trial, which is not enough to give children the opportunity to reflect on their inappropriate actions.
We should think about and understand what kind of social system causes them to commit crimes!!
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
My opinion is a little different from his own, no matter the age of prisoners, young or old, they should also go into jail. Because they chose to commit a crime. But, I agreed with his argument that there must be a program to retrain those who are violent, we need to help them.
In this video, the speaker believed that the purpose of prison is to reform a person, not to make them angrier, frustrated or hopeless. When he was 17 years old, he spent lots of time in solitary confinement. However, there is no discharge plan put in place for these young people. Young people reenter society with nothing. Their thoughts start running wild, and then their thoughts become their worst enemy. Prisons are the most unsuccessful institution to carry out their actual purpose of rehabilitating convicts to eventually become law abiding citizens and productive members of society. According to the US Department of Justice, 68 present prisoners return to prison for committing new crimes within three years.
They should be encouraged and supported to acquire some talent skill through their interest and capability then be a person who has a responsible attitude and continues their lives.
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b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
There are fewer teenagers, but more people are breaking the law. The teenager committing rate increased 47% within 8 years, and is still growing. One of the reasons is using social media. Before social media appeared, teenagers were not easy to contact with real society. But through the internet, teenagers straightly connect with society. Internet-related crimes account for more than 30%, including being exploited as cash mules, uploading obscene pictures, gambling by using the internet and brawl.
The Supervisory Committee in Taiwan stated, instead of a policy for teenagers, the government invested massive money to increase the baby rate. Not providing enough counseling to young people in conflict with the law. Young people still need society institutions to help them to go studying, working,and life counseling. It is easy for teenagers to return to their original criminal networks due to financial pressure.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I agree with his opinion. He suggests that the young should not be treated as adults and placed in a culture of violence. Jail does not encourage them to rehabilitation. Young people released without learning anything in the jail will not be able to adapt to society. They must face up to the fact that they can’t do anything and commit crimes, jail is not good place for them. I also think it’s not good to be in the jail at a sensitive time as a teenager. I think it’s important to see and learn a lot of social things when they are young. It’s a good time for teenagers to get involved with a lot of people and think in their own way about what’s right or wrong. However, if it was in prison, the opportunity would be taken away. I think jail need rehabilitation with a view to life after release. Boys who commit crimes should not learn how to feel painful or angry but should receive an education that will be useful to them for the rest of their lives.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
There are many fraud problems among young people these days. Because they can make a lot of money with a little crime. they commit phone fraud, work with several people to steal jewelry from jewelry stores and, kill friends and their own family members. I think this is probably due to social network services, they can get a lot of information easily these days, and they can get money easily. I don’t want to believe this bad situation but incidents like this do happen in Japan. This is a serious problem in Japan. In addition, recently there has been an increase in the number of cases in which multiple people commit crimes by gathering friends on social networking sites. This includes young boys and girls. I don’t know why they commit crimes, but I am sure they do it just for fun and just for the money.
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Thank you for sharing your essay! I agree with that social network service(SNS) is one of the cause of crime. I think the scary point is everybody who use SNS have the potential to be involved in crime….
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Hi Risa, thank you for sharing your opinion! I also remember the jewelry-stealing crime that happened this year and it was done by young people who were hired on social network service. The spreading of SNS in the young generation is definitely related to some crime, so we need to learn which information is good and which is not…
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Thank you Risa, I also agree your opinion. I think they are still young, they still have a long way to go.I think we need to give them chance and education, but not placed in a culture of violence.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
He said that it is not good for adolescents to be put in solitary confinement. Because that may break a person mentally, physically, and emotionally. Jails are actually supposed to rehabilitate a person, not cause him or her to become more angry, frustrated and feel more hopeless. These are his opinions. I have two opinions, agree and disagree with him. On the one hand, I agree with him that adolescents need good education even in jail. Learning new knowledge, society, and morals is necessary to reenter society. So the government should take measures to provide education in jail for adolescents. On the other hand, I disagree with changing the jail to a nice place. Because that may cause a broken deterrents system. The image of jail, strict and no freedom is important. That makes people feel like people don’t wanna enter jail and it reduces crime. If offenders have good room with people and good education in jail. Many people may commit a crime to enter jail. That is no good system and citizens may criticize because tax was used for jail. From these aspects, in my opinion, a balance of strict and good education is important. As long as the offender doesn’t become a mental disorder, be strict, and provide education at the same time.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
Yes, there is juvenile delinquency, a serious problem in Japan. Family structure and home environment is greatly involved. Children in a bad home environment tend to juvenile delinquency. Children feel they are not loved by their parents and they think I’d rather not be in the family. These thoughts and feelings cause violence and lack of education. There is data that shows that single parent’s children are prone to delinquency. Assume that the appearance rate of juvenile delinquency who have both parents is 1.0. Then, the rate from single mother’s children is 2.6 times, and the rate from single father’s children is 5. Also, families not related by blood are not common in Japan. Not all children whose family have not blood related become a delinquent. There are some children who grow up with no problem. But it is real that some children in this situation feel alienation from other friends’ families because of the culture that values blood relatives. In my opinion, it is important to teach and make children understand that there are various types of families and they are family even if they don’t have blood relationship.
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Hi! Koreno!
Your perspective considers the need to consider the fundamental purpose of prisons and concludes that balancing the importance of education with the strictness of prisons is crucial. I completely agree with this assessment. To be honest, I hadn’t realized the potential for certain programs to undermine the deterrent system that prisons represent.
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1.The speaker thinks that jails are actually supposed to rehabilitate a person, not cause him or her to become more angry, frustrated, and feel more hopeless. He thinks institutions need to give these correctional officers proper trainings on how to properly deal with the adolescent population, and they also need too give them proper trainings on how to deal with the mental health population as well. We need to try to mentor these young people while they’re there and give them some type of insight to make a change, so once they re-enter back into society, they’re doing something positive. I also agree with that, I think young people should give them a chance to mend their ways, they are still young, and there is still a long way to go. O.S shouldn’t overly punish them for making a small mistake, which is not the best way to solve it. Therefore, we should teach them how to be on the right path through education and give them changes. At least, this will allow them not to repeat the mistakes when they get out of prison because they feel that they have nothing.
2. I don’t think the problem of juvenile delinquency in Hong Kong is serious. Because after I looked at the data, I found that in the first half of 2023, only 1529 teenagers were arrested. However the total number of crimes recorded in the first half of 2023 was 42,923. Therefore, juvenile delinquency accounts for only a small percentage of the overall crime rate. I think it may be because Hong Kong’s education system is very good, and schools will constantly emphasize not to do criminal acts such as drug use.
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Hi, Vincey. Thank you for sharing your opinion. I totally did not know your country situation of juvenile delinquency and it made me surprised. We also have the education about the crime or drug use but still it is a serious problem in Japan. We need to lear from Hong Kong the way to teach children to prevent it.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
He expresses concern about the culture in jails, particularly for young. He points out that the culture of violence in these facilities puts young people in hostile environments, depriving them of opportunities for rehabilitation. The author argues that the lack of meaningful activities and the isolation experiences in jails contribute to increased anger and frustration.
He suggests that correctional officers play a crucial role in the lives of young inmates and emphasizes the need for proper training for officers to handle the adolescent and mental health populations.
Furthermore, he suggests that educational and creative programs, such as art therapy and music programs, could benefit young inmates.
I agree with his perspective. While I’m not sure about the current state of jails and whether they require reforms in both system and culture as suggested, what’s important I believe is ensuring that individuals after leaving prison do not engage in crime again. To decline this risk, it is crucial to provide rehabilitation opportunities from the time individuals are within the prison. Additionally, providing proper training for correctional officers is essential. This training would facilitate effective communication with inmates, contributing to a more supportive environment for rehabilitation.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
In Japan, juvenile delinquency has become a growing social concern year by year. The area where I reside is known as one of the cities with a high juvenile delinquency in Japan. While studying at university, I learned about juvenile delinquency and poverty, and I understand that both are associated with each other. The causes of juvenile delinquency are diverse, but poverty plays a crucial role, impacting aspects such as family environment, education, and societal expectations.
Poverty tends to generate negative consequences, affecting not only economic well-being but also influencing home environments, academic performance, and societal expectations. In Japan, the number of low-income and middle-income families is increasing, which contribute to the acceleration of juvenile delinquency. To stop juvenile delinquency, it is essential to break the negative cycle stemming from poverty.
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Hi Kosei! Thank you for sharing your opinion.
I didn’t know that you learned about juvenile delinquency and poverty and they are associated with each other. The Japanese government has to solve poverty to decrease child crime.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I totally agree with speaker’s ideas. He mentioned two suggestions in the talk and the first one was to give corrections officers proper trainings to treat adolescent in good ways and the second one was to provide better programs with adolescents who are in jails. He also strongly stated that we shouldn’t consider juvenile people as adults. His own experiences in jails made me convincing. If young inmates take proper trainings to doing something positive in the society, they never return to jail. That’s because they absolutely realize their lives in society are pretty much better than in jails and doing something positives will make them more comfortable. Also, if they can take some specific trainings like drawing or making songs based on their interests or talents, they will recognize what they like or what they want to do in the future. Having hope or dreams for the future is effective to prevent young inmates commit crimes again. For these reasons, I believe that should treat young criminals in different ways from adults and we have to take them away from cultures of violence.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
I didn’t have much knowledge about juvenile delinquency situation in Japan so I did some researches. According to the newspaper that was written last year, the number of crimes that were done by young people has been decreasing. In 1983, we had the most young criminals but since then, we have less number. In my opinion, I think we have to improve children’s environments in addition to Ismael’s suggestions. The environments of children such as who interact with them or how much time they can spend with their parents have big influences to their future. We have to think this problem from different perspectives he mentioned. Moreover, I think nowadays people are more aggressive especially on online. A lot of young children have their own smartphones and some of them can use them without any restriction. It is too dangerous because they are not the age to be able to judge what is true or false and also what they can say or what they shouldn’t say. Even young people can hurt somebody unintentionally. I think it is a kind of crimes so we have to be careful of this problem.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I agree with you. The environment surrounding children is changing. For example, both parents work, so children have to spend time alone after school. Sometimes this situation can have a negative impact on children. They have to make decisions without their parents’ help.
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(A) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
As a Chinese saying goes, “To err is human; to correct a mistake is the greatest good”. In my opinion, prisons are actually supposed to rehabilitate a person, rather than making him or her more angry, frustrated, and despairing. Prisons should devise release plans for these young individuals, enabling them to acquire the skills needed to reenter society. Additionally, I agree with the speaker’s suggestion, the culture that I have to prove I’m equally as tough as you or I’m tougher than you is very dangerous and damaging to our young people. We need to help institutions and these teens realize that they don’t have to lead the previous lifestyle that they led when they were on the street, that they can actually make a change. Perhaps those young individuals entering prison are not inherently bad, they might have just lost themselves due to the lack of warmth and care from their families. Prisons should teach them correct concepts and provide care so that, after their release, they can take the right path and avoid returning to the streets to repeat the crime.
(B) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country?
In Taiwan, juvenile delinquency is a significant issue that is widely discussed by the public. The key reason for this problem is the changing family structure, with an increasing number of families experiencing divorce or single-parent households. This can leave young people without stable financial and emotional support, potentially contributing to juvenile delinquency as they seek identity and connection outside the family. According to the Judicial Yuan’s statistics, nationwide courts have received cases of juvenile fraud. Five years ago, the number of cases was over a thousand, steadily increasing to over fifteen hundred last year. Further analysis reveals that three years ago, due to the geographical factor of having an international airport, Taoyuan became a hotspot for juvenile scam involvement. This trend subsequently expanded to Taichung, and to date, courts across the country have seen a significant increase in the number of juvenile involvement in fraud cases. Experienced juvenile court judges point out that in the past, gangsters prohibited members from using drugs and looked down on fraud groups. However, in today’s society, gangsters are involved in drug trafficking, operating fraud groups to make money, and even recruiting young people on campuses. The recent concern over juvenile gun incidents in New Taipei City revealed that all the law-violating youth came from the same junior high school, indicating that this particular junior high school has been significantly infiltrated by criminal elements. While the Taiwanese government has implemented various measures to address juvenile delinquency, it still needs to make more efforts.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I agree with Nazario. I also think we have to change the image and system of jails and prisons. Jails and prisons are thought the place where inmates punished by violence. But it must be a place where inmates are supported to return to the society and prevent doing crime again. Using violence, C.O.s can control their inmates easily. But it is not good for the mental health of inmates. Having a hatred for people can lead to committing crimes again. When Nazario talked about his experience in jail in his childhood, he said many inmates talk about the next crime after they return to society. They were proud of committing crimes. Jai and prisons have to change their way of thinking. As the old man who Nazario met at Elmira Correctional Facility said, spending a long time in the jail wastes a lot of time in inmates’ lives. C.O.s in jails and prisons have to change inmates’ minds about crime to prevent them from committing crime again.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details. We
In recent years, the number of young people who commit crimes is increasing. These causes are particularly related to YAMI-BAITO. YAMI-BAITO is a word that has become famous in Japan in recent years. If I translate it directly into English, it would mean ‘dark part-time job’. That means it is a part-time job that involves criminal activity such as killing people to steal money or carrying money instead of adults. Young people know that it is a crime. But if they do that part-time job, they can earn a lot of money at once. So many young people join YAMI-BAITO to earn money. But that’s a stupid idea. Young people are just being used by criminals. In most cases, they are arrested. Then they go to jail and waste their lives.And that fact will affect their future careers. Readily available money is always risky. Young people have to think about how what they do affects their lives. And also their parents and teacher must communicate with them to avoid committing crimes.
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Hi, Momoka. Thank you for sharing your opinion. I also have heard Yami-Baito. Of course this is a part of criminal and the fact that young people were involved in it doesn’t change, even if they didn’t know that they just were used. In this case, they should be given the chances of reenter the society sooner with some talents, knowledge, skills or something like that. The important point is how to spend the time during the jail. And they need C.O. or any adults’ help, mental care, and education. Adults should consider about how they can reenter society after reflection.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
In my opinion, the speaker’s suggestion are effective for young offenders in jail. His perspective is to try to change the culture of violence in jails and prisons for young inmates. One of his experiences during the days in jail was about the one-on-one fight with the C.O. and he mentioned that these C.O.s play a big factor in these young people’s lives for a long amount of time. The experience of violence in jail has nothing to do with positive effects but just gives them a negative spiral and ends up with recidivism. If proper rehabilitation is provided by mentors, it may heal those young people’s hurts and they may change their minds. Also, if better programming is offered, it would be very beneficial in an educational and emotional way to those young people who usually spend time with nothing.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
Juvenile delinquency is considered a serious problem in Japan. According to Statista Research Department, the number of juvenile cases in 2021 was 16,200 and this was the lowest number during the past decade, however, it is still the same serious situation. “Yami-baito,” which means a part-time job in the black market is one example of serious juvenile delinquency problems in Japan. On May 8th, for example, four of the thieves were arrested for breaking in and robbing watches from a watch store in Ginza, Tokyo, and it became clear that all of them were between the ages of 16 and 19, and they were also strangers each other who met for the first time on this “job.” Police statistics noted many of those young people who are involved “yami-baito” had been hired via Social network services such as Instagram, and Twitter.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I agree with you because I also think that it is important to rehabilate teenagers in proper way when they commited crime.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
There is an epidemic affecting the youth in America. Many of teens are being locked up in jails and prisons with no methods of reforms and thrown back into society only to fail again and end up back in jail. Nevertheless, C.Os don’t positively affect on these young people. So he insist that they should try to mentor these young people while they’re there, try to give them some type of insight of make changes, so once they reenter back into society, they’re doing something positive.
My opinion is that teens should be given less severity for non violent crimes and misdemeanours. I do believe that the prison system is currently about punishment and not correcting. His points about using jails and prisons to help individuals find their talents and allow them to contribute to society in a positive manor.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
Furthermore, crime in Japan amongst juveniles has increased since COVID 19 currently sitting at 279.6 and adults at 192.6. However this is a very small rate when we compare it to USA with their rates of 1445.1 per juveniles and 4175.2 per adults. Recently in Japan the law for the age of juveniles was changed so people aged 18 and 19 will now be charged as adults to help combat repeat crimes. Most of these crimes are non violent misdemeanours like shoplifting, bike theft and vandalism. However Japan does have a problem with “Bosozuku”. These are biker gangs that are created by teens between the ages of 16-20 and they have no purpose other than to cause trouble in there towns. These gangs mostly fight other school clansman and other gangs but recently have been acting more violent and cause more concern for the general population. In conclusion these gangs are one of the main reasons the law regarding the age of a minor has been changed to help stop these gangs and allow them to focus on more important things.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
First of all, he states that if teenagers went to jail, it means that they lost oppotunities to have dream or goals, or the opportunities for growth that should have been available at that time. I agree with his opinion. Crimes that caused by teenagers is a controvertial issue because they are still children about mentally, phsically, and emotionally. So, I think this problem should be concerned whether they should be jail once they commited crime. As the speaker mentioned earlier, jail environment leads to more bad effects on their thoughts or value and most of them are created when they are young. Thus, imprisonment should not be long-noneducated-term. However, in some instances, young poeple carried extlemelly heavy crime such as homicide. There are possibilities of rehabilitation if adults educate them properly when they are in jail. So, I think it is important how approach to them and how to educate them in proper way.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
In Japan, it is not so serious problem because it is not likely to happen it in Japan from an historical perspectives. The police actively attempt to intervene before a crime is committed by patroling areas in which young people are likely to get into trouble and by becoming acquainted with families in the area and talking to youngsters who might be getting into trouble. The juvenile court system incorporates due process and attempts to use probation and therapy programs before resorting to juvenile detention. the juvenile detention and classification home is administered by the ministry of justice and it combines a variety of treatment approaches. In certain cases a juvenile may be tried in the adult criminal court. the penalties are similar to those for adults except that a juvenile sentenced to death receives life imprisonment instead. These commitment mean the prevention of juvenile delinquency and governments emphasize how important the previous prevention is.
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Thank you for posting the detailed rules regarding juvenile crime in Japan. I did not know some of them. But how are historical aspects involved…? According to your information, I think that juvenile crime is not serious from a social and legal perspective, and agree with you.
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A) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
In my opinion, I completely agree with the speaker’s perspective. We need to change the structure of prisons, especially juvenile prisons. If juvenile prisons are only for punishing or confining young offenders, the likelihood of them reoffending after release remains very high.
The adolescent period is a stage influenced by others because during this time, individuals often feel confused, lack clear judgment criteria, and have limited social experience. Especially with the widespread use of the internet, it is even easier to be influenced by peers.
If they are in juvenile prison, we should guide them towards the right path and assist them in reintegrating into society.
B) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details
Although Taiwan ranks third globally in terms of security and sub-replacement fertility, the juvenile crime rate in Taiwan has been increasing annually. Among them, fraud has the highest proportion. Three main reasons can be summarized:
The high divorce rate has led to an increase in single-parent families. Even in two-parent families, many parents are busy earning a living, resulting in a strained parent-child relationship.
Experts point out that some hyperactive or intellectually marginal children are often ignored, not receiving proper attention, and are prone to deviate and engage in criminal activities.
Another contributing factor to the increase in crime is the widespread use of the internet. Adolescents are more susceptible to obtaining fraudulent advertisements online. With lower legal responsibilities for adolescents, they become easier targets for scam groups.
To address juvenile crime, three approaches are suggested:
Primary Prevention: Providing assistance and trauma understanding before offenses occur.
Placement Stage: Vocational training programs to cultivate positive energy in juveniles.
Rehabilitation Stage: Follow-up counseling and placement care after rehabilitation
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Thank you for sharing about the situation in Taiwan regarding juvenile crime. Almost the same thing can be said in Japan. Family composition is changing, the internet is becoming more popular among children, lighter punishment for juveniles etc.
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a)What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I partially agree with him. I think that juvenile offenders should receive education just like other children, and they need a mentor who guides them better. I believe that most juvenile offenders commit crimes due to the environment in which they were raised, for example family environment and poverty. Therefore, it is necessary to create an educational environment and provide good mentors in prisons. In addition, as speaker mentioned, I think it would be good to have a program to find artistic talent and so on, because they did not have such opportunities in the past. However, this should only apply to minor juvenile offenders. Juvenile felons should be treated more harshly. Rehabilitation, mercy, personal background and public order should be considered separately.
b)Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
Juvenile crime in Japan is serious problem. According to data from the Metropolitan Police Department, the number of juvenile crimes in June 2023 increased by 13.3% compared to the same period last year. Among them, crimes related to fraud seem to be increasing. This includes not only cases in which children intend to commit fraud, but also cases in which adults take advantage of juveniles, and the number of such cases is increasing. These causes include the spread of the Internet and children’ anxiety about their future due to unstable economic conditions.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion, Yu. I totally agree with what you mentioned for question a. Providing mentor is a good effective way to support juvenile offenders. I was surprised that the juvenile crime rate is increasing in japan. We need to consider well about it.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion. I agree with you, some young criminals have dangerous feelings so they sometimes cannot be rehabilitated even if they take proper education. Before reading your opinion, I didn’t have opinions from this perspective, so thank you for sharing.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I agree with the speaker’s opinion. He talked about the problems of real situation of young offenders in jail. The first one is C.O.s. They are not straight into young offenders. C.O.s treat them as adults and C.O.s are not helpful to change their life better way. The second one is there is not enough chance to improve their abilities. The jail needs to give them better programs. In my opinion, we need to change this situation immediately. Some of the reasons why the jail of adults and children are separated are the way to treat, the purpose for its programs but now, he mentioned that C.O.s treat them the same as adults. It does not work well. Through being in jail, they need to have opportunities to get knowledge how to live well in society. They should not think about the next crime after they get out from the jail. Therefore, we need the jail for young people where has a proper C.O.s and programs and it should be the place to change their mind to live better without crimes anymore.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
Juvenile delinquency is a serious problem in Japan and one of the reasons of it is the family problem. Recently, couples tend to live separately from their parents and after giving a birth, both of them are working. Because of the parents’ situation, the lack of giving or feeling love from parents happens and some children feel lonely. If they find the children whose situation is totally different from them, they start comparing and tend to start negative things. It is not the all reasons why this problem happens but it is one of the big cause of it. We, mostly children need love from our precious people.
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Thank you for sharing your opinion, I also agree we need to change the structure of juvenile prisons immediately, and good C.O.s can guide them to the right path, preventing reoffend.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
I totally agree with his opinion. His main argument is that the culture in jails and prisons should be changed, especially for young inmates. In two states in the U.S. including New York, 16 to 17 years olds people are arrested as adults. These young people don’t have many opportunities to actually enhance their talent or actually rehabilitate them. We need to focus on changing the daily lives of these young people until the age of criminal responsibility can be raised to 18. As he mentioned, under 18 years boys and girls are not adults. I believe that they have enough room for improvement in the proper way, so they should be given opportunities for rehabilitation by adults. Just putting them into solitary confinement may not solve anything. They should be helped to develop their talents and general knowledge by education in order to live their lives positively after releasing society. If they aren’t educated in jails, they might repeat the crime again.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
In my country, Japan, juvenile delinquency is a serious problem. According to a report by Edu Birdie, Japanese juvenile crime rates were higher than adult ones in 2013. (juvenile crime rate: 279.6)(adult crime rate: 192.6. It’s a rare case compared with other countries. For example, in all of these five countries, the United States, Germany, France, Sweden, and Russia, the juvenile crime rate is less than the adult one. Many young people who commit crimes tend to not have a place to stay in their house. This is because of poverty and child abuse. So I think the government and schools need to take care of each family’s environment more to notice their situation. In my hometown, Akashi city, the city officers visit houses that have babies regularly, give them diapers and powdered milk and check the family’s environment. This is one of successful activities to avoid child abuse. Additionally, the age of criminal responsibility was lowered along with the age of adulthood lowered to 18 in 2022. The country will no longer treat people aged 18 and 19 as minors. They will not be judged completely the same as adults, but also not the same as before. Therefore young people need to be more responsible themselves. In order to support them, I think adults should provide proper education for them.
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He said correctional culture should help to change culture and socialize for juvenile prisoners. Talking about his past, he said that art therapy and music therapy could change the lives of youth inmates. I agree with him in part but disagree with him in part. First, I agree with the idea of programming young prisoners to be socialized. One day, someone will be released from prison and go out to society, because reducing the probability of crime and helping someone live a human life will be very helpful in terms of the life and social aspects of the complainant. But I don’t think a lot of investment should be made for them because they came in wrong as criminals. Also, I think it is necessary to first determine whether there are any signs of remorse before the rehabilitation program, and whether there is really any effort to repent of one’s mistakes and live normally. Because it is meaningless and wasteful to help people who have no remorse for their mistakes to socialize. I think it’s better to be aware of how hellish and hard prison is without having to invest time and effort for them because those who have not repented of their wrongdoings are likely to commit crimes again after they are released.
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The problem of delinquent youth in Korea has become very serious recently. There is a juvenile law in Korea, and teenagers under the age of 14 are not punished even if they commit crimes and are subject to separate punishment under the juvenile law. I understand that the intensity of juvenile law is very weak compared to general punishment As a result, many teenagers are committing crimes by abusing the law. Therefore, the youth crime rate has risen very much compared to the past, and they are also becoming a big problem in our society, showing that they do not reflect on crimes by abusing the law. Therefore, in Korea, there have been opinions that the punishment of juvenile offenders should be strengthened by lowering the age standards of the juvenile law, and petitions have even been made.
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I understood these days Korean situation. The same thing is said in Japan. Society surrounding young people has been changing these days, such as economical situation, the internet society and so on. Thus, as you mentioned, Low or standards also should be changed.
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a) What is your opinion of the speaker’s suggestions about putting young offenders in jail?
In my opinion, children should not be put in jail the same way as adults. This is because I believe that adults and children have different backgrounds in which they commit crimes. If an adult commits a crime, it is their own decision, but this may not be the case with a child. For example, a child may have no choice but to commit a crime due to the surrounding environment, even if it is not the child’s own problem, such as poverty in the family and the only way to make a living is to steal things, or adults such as parents who force the child to commit a crime.
The speaker also stated that the inside of prison is not conducive to rehabilitation. It is not a place where they realize that they can change from the life they are leading, and even in prison, the conversation about what crime they will commit next is only a stopgap measure against those who commit crimes and their victims, etc., Just as he named it the “a go back to jail quick scheme, and there is no point in being in prison. Children are still young and have enough time to gain knowledge and education to start over, so they should be separated from adults and rehabilitated in an appropriate system.
Childhood is an important time for building a person’s self-confidence. We believe that most of them will always be able to be rehabilitated like him, just as they were rehabilitated during their prison years by meeting and becoming aware of people he respected. Young adolescents in particular are flexible in their thinking, just not as knowledgeable or educated.
Children should not be put in solitary confinement like adults, but should be educated and given skills in the things that interest them so that when they enter society, they can find jobs and earn their own living even if they have a criminal record. I don’t think it would be that difficult to create this program and it should be changed immediately.
b) Is juvenile delinquency a serious problem in your country? Give details.
I agree with his suggestions. I don’t think it is as serious a problem as it used to be, but it is a serious problem. Recently, the way we relate to crime has changed. In the past, juvenile delinquency tended to occur in areas with poor public safety, family environment, poverty, etc. I have the impression that juvenile delinquency tended to occur in environments and people with some common tendencies such as regional characteristics, but this has changed greatly before and after the Internet became widely available to children. Now, it is not only the place or the friends surrounding the juvenile, but the Internet has become a major factor. Therefore, I think we are in an age where anyone can easily commit a crime. In short, it does not matter whether you live in a poor or unsafe area, anyone can commit juvenile delinquency. For example, what is called “black market work” has recently become a problem. Young people, in search of money, find and take on shady jobs on Internet bulletin boards that are easy to do and pay a lot of money. In most cases, the young people have never met anyone other than themselves, since they are recruited on a one-time-only basis for that job in place of adults. Young children are gathered and consumed in place of adults, and when the boys are caught, they are left alone to sever their connection to themselves and not be caught. Children should not be treated this way and this practice is infuriating.
They can also use the Internet to obtain marijuana and drugs. We believe that one of the problems of juvenile delinquency is that anyone can access this kind of information from anywhere through smartphones, which most juveniles have.
Furthermore, I believe that these children overwhelmingly do not spend much time with their families. Just talk to them every day. That alone would make them much less likely to commit crimes, and I think it is also important for the adults around them to have a strong will not to turn young children into criminals.
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