Answer the following questions below. Using outside resources or any resources given within the question, pull information and cite quotes to strengthen your answers.

1. A diminished capacity for rational thought is often used as one of the reasons that youth who come into conflict with the law ought to be treated differently from adults (or those over 18 years of age). However, minors between the age of 14 and 18 can be tried as an adult under the Criminal Code of Canada for especially heinous violent crimes. Watch the following video: Adult Crime, Adult Time: The Jacob Ind Story. LINK: https://youtu.be/vTzEThnv-vk?si=VNRaqjk7wbq5Pey7 Do you agree that there are situations in which a youth should be tried as an adult? What are the specific situations/crimes? What background factors (if any) should be taken into consideration when sentencing the offender? How does your opinion either reinforce or challenge rational choice theory?

2. According to social learning theory, a young person's engagement in criminal activity is learned via observation and modelling as they interact with peers, family, and the broader community. As you may know, young people are using social media platforms at an ever-increasing rate. How might a social learning theorist approach the use of social media in terms of a youth's propensity to engage in criminal activity?

3. How might social disorganization theory be used to understand the impact of Neighborhood Watch programs?

4. Locate an example of an organization or initiative that focuses on supporting youth. Describe the organization or initiative. How might social control theory be used to understand the impact of this organization or initiative?

5. Imagine you are a consultant for the Canadian government, who are looking to implement critical criminology principles into their youth justice system. What programs or policieswould you propose to address structural inequalities and power dynamics?

6. Read the following case involving youth crime. - R v. CK - LINK: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2006/2006oncj283/2006oncj283.html?resultIndex=1 What are the facts of the case? Choose one micro, one macro, and one critical theory that we discussed in this module. Briefly summarize the theories. Apply these three theories to the chosen case. More specifically, compare and contrast how a theorist would analyze the lives and actions of the youth involved through the lens of each of these theories