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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Trending Topics 6 for the textbook Identity B1+ with authors Elizabeth Sharman from Oxford University Press

Question

Answer the questions.

Answer

  1. The people who work in the youth courts are aged between 14 and 18.
  2. Before they start working in the youth courts, they have to study for 30 hours and pass an exam.
  3. The offenders in a youth court are between the ages of 10 and 18.
  4. The conditions to appear in a youth court instead of an adult court include being a first-time offender and accepting responsibility for the committed crime.
  5. The youth courts were first introduced because the youth crime rate in New York had become a problem, with some areas of the city having one in twelve teenage boys spending some time in prison.
  6. The main goals of the youth courts are to keep minor youth crimes out of the adult legal system, prevent offenders from repeating their crimes, and use positive peer pressure to help offenders understand the impact of their actions on the community.
  7. Sanctions given by a youth court might include work in the community, letters of apology, essay-writing, or tutoring to educate the offenders.
  8. Danny first got involved with youth courts when he appeared at the Greenpoint Youth Court to receive a sanction for a crime he had committed. He then chose to watch another youth court trial and became interested in the process. Eventually, he volunteered for youth court training and now works at the same court where he once appeared as an offender.

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