Internet Activities
Unit 2: Crime and Punishment
 
Part One

Search the Web to learn about juvenile crime.

Go to one of the websites below and find three facts that you did not know about crime and young people in the United States. Give your opinion about each fact. How do these facts compare to the situation with young people in your country?

http://crime.about.com/library/weekly/aa040498.htm?once=true
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html
http://www.masspsy.com/leading/9902_covercrime.html


Part Two

Write a paragraph comparing juvenile crime in the U.S. with juvenile crime in your country. Include information about the most common types of juvenile crime and how young people are punished for their crimes.


Click here to go to student handout for this exercise.