1) The relationship between substance uses and delinquency is a complicated one. Analyze the factors that can be related to both drug use and delinquency. In the event that you ever drank alcohol or used drugs as a teenager, consider how these various factors led (or did not lead) you to engage in delinquent behaviors. Or did you find that engaging in delinquent behaviors led you to start using drugs and/or alcohol? Explain.”
2) After watching the video on the neurological implications and relationship to delinquent behavior, how much of an impact do you think violence on television and in the movies (fictional violence) has on aggressive behavior in youth?
3) Post your response to the following discussion. The outcry over the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice is related to the widespread perception that their deaths were one of the violent outcomes experienced by youth of color after they are stereotyped and assumed to be dangerous.
What are some ways that people are challenging these stereotypes and assumptions?
What are some additional social changes that you think are necessary to prevent the use of deadly force against youth of color?
This is not a research discussion. Question 1 and 3 are your own thoughts. Question 2 has a video and the answer has to reflex the video.
