Assignment 1: LASA 2: Setting Minds at Ease Here's What Happened . . . On the first of May this year, Centervale Police Officer Smith arrested Rosie Greene, a 15-year-old, for stealing several items from a local convenience store. This was just one of several incidents Rosie has been involved in this year. The majority of Rosie's incidents have been centered on her schoolwork, fights, loitering, and truancy. The principal has suspended Rosie several times from school. However, Rosie continues to engage in delinquent behaviors. Rosie's arrest has been widely publicized in the newspaper and on television because Rosie ran from the police after they caught up with her while being truant from school and smoking behind a pizza shop. You have been working with Centervale's City Government to propose a plan to reduce juvenile delinquency and prevent further incidents of younger children becoming involved in delinquent behaviors as they grow up. The principal has asked if you would help the School Board understand more about juvenile delinquency, the juvenile justice system, and particularly Rosie Greene's situation to help them appropriately respond to parent's questions and create a new policy. He has asked you to prepare a presentation for the Centervale City School Board's next meeting. Here's What You Need to Do . . . You are required to develop a 10–15 slide PowerPoint presentation with script for the Centervale City School Board. Use APA in-text citations and external sources that are referred to on a corresponding references slide and include the following: Differentiate between the juvenile and adult justice systems by first defining the terms crime , delinquent act , and status offense . Because of the School Board’s familiarity with Rosie's juvenile case, discuss the nature of her offenses by identifying which ones are crimes, delinquent acts, or status offenses. Explain to the School Board the origin of juvenile rights and the process of juveniles' rights while in custody. Address the concerns raised by the school board member who wondered what would happen to Rosie because she ran from the police. Did Rosie's choice change her rights? Compare and contrast juvenile rights to the rights of an adult under similar circumstances. Use Rosie's case to illustrate to the School Board the similarities and differences of the juvenile and adult justice systems. Summarize the juvenile courtroom process using Rosie's case. Include Rosie's rights, and identify the courtroom parties who will be present: lawyers, judge, etc. Predict a probable series of events for Rosie's case and describe how the outcome might be different if Rosie were an adult. Integrate in your presentation to the School Board your proposed Juvenile Delinquency Reduction Plan from LASA 1. Describe how the plan might address one or more of the issues presented in Rosie's situation. Explain the steps in your plan that the School Board may find helpful in their plight to reduce juven.

1. Assignment 1: LASA 2: Setting Minds at Ease
Here's What Happened . . .
On the first of May this year, Centervale Police Officer Smith
arrested Rosie Greene, a 15-year-old, for stealing several items
from a local convenience store. This was just one of several
incidents Rosie has been involved in this year. The majority of
Rosie's incidents have been centered on her schoolwork, fights,
loitering, and truancy.
The principal has suspended Rosie several times from school.
However, Rosie continues to engage in delinquent behaviors.
Rosie's arrest has been widely publicized in the newspaper and
on television because Rosie ran from the police after they
caught up with her while being truant from school and smoking
behind a pizza shop.
You have been working with Centervale's City Government to
propose a plan to reduce juvenile delinquency and prevent
further incidents of younger children becoming involved in
delinquent behaviors as they grow up.
The principal has asked if you would help the School Board
understand more about juvenile delinquency, the juvenile
justice system, and particularly Rosie Greene's situation to help
them appropriately respond to parent's questions and create a
new policy. He has asked you to prepare a presentation for the
Centervale City School Board's next meeting.
Here's What You Need to Do . . .
You are required to develop a 10–15 slide PowerPoint
presentation with script for the Centervale City School Board.
Use APA in-text citations and external sources that are referred
to on a corresponding references slide and include the
following:
Differentiate between the juvenile and adult justice systems by
first defining the terms
crime
,
delinquent act

2. , and
status offense
. Because of the School Board’s familiarity with Rosie's
juvenile case, discuss the nature of her offenses by identifying
which ones are crimes, delinquent acts, or status offenses.
Explain to the School Board the origin of juvenile rights and the
process of juveniles' rights while in custody. Address the
concerns raised by the school board member who wondered
what would happen to Rosie because she ran from the police.
Did Rosie's choice change her rights?
Compare and contrast juvenile rights to the rights of an adult
under similar circumstances. Use Rosie's case to illustrate to the
School Board the similarities and differences of the juvenile and
adult justice systems.
Summarize the juvenile courtroom process using Rosie's case.
Include Rosie's rights, and identify the courtroom parties who
will be present: lawyers, judge, etc. Predict a probable series of
events for Rosie's case and describe how the outcome might be
different if Rosie were an adult.
Integrate in your presentation to the School Board your
proposed Juvenile Delinquency Reduction Plan from LASA 1.
Describe how the plan might address one or more of the issues
presented in Rosie's situation. Explain the steps in your plan
that the School Board may find helpful in their plight to reduce
juvenile delinquency throughout the Centervale School System.
Submission Details:
Save the final presentation as M5_A1_Lastname_Firstname.ppt.
LASA 2 Grading Criteria and Rubric
All LASAs in this course will be graded using a rubric. This
assignment is worth 300 points. Download the rubric and
carefully read it to understand the expectations.
Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Differentiates between the juvenile and adult systems by
defining the terms

3. crime
,
delinquent act
, and
status offense
. Discusses the nature of Rosie's offenses by identifying which
are crimes, delinquent acts, or status offenses.
44
Explains the origin of juvenile rights and the process of a
juvenile's rights while in custody. Addresses anything that
could happen to Rosie because she ran from the police.
48
Compares and contrasts juvenile rights to the rights of an adult
under similar circumstances as Rosie's case to illustrate the
similarities and differences of the juvenile and adult justice
systems.
52
Summarizes the juvenile courtroom process, Rosie's rights, and
identifies courtroom actors. Analyzes predictions for a probable
series of events for Rosie's case and describes how the outcome
might be different if Rosie were an adult.
48
Integrates proposed Juvenile Delinquency Reduction Plan and
explains how it might address one or more of the issues
presented in this situation towards the reduction of juvenile
delinquency throughout the Centervale School System.
44
Writing Standards
Organization (16)
Usage and Mechanics (16)
APA Elements (24)
Style (8)
64
Total:
300