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C-SPAN

C Span Classroom: Teaching About Criminal Justice Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
C-Span classroom examines criminal justice reform, particularly whether or not the federal government should reform minimum sentencing laws and reduce incarcerations for non-violent drug offenses. With lesson plan, vocabulary preview,...
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Other

Encyclopedia.com: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice: Gender and Crime

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines male and female patterns of criminal activity, looks at theories that have been developed to try to explain why males offend at a much higher rate, and at the debate over the reasons for increased female crime in recent decades....
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Now: Do Now: Should Teens Who Commit Serious Crimes Be Sentenced as Adults?

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on Watch on YouTube to watch the FRONTLINE film "Stickup Kid." Then Do Now activity, students engage in a conversation around teen sentencing and discuss the question: Should teens under 18 be tried and sentenced as children or...