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1、Kids Who Kill Are Still Kids Presented by Jessica、Claire、Drama、FishWhy do they commit crimes? Some kids commit terrible crimes, like committing murder. What leads to those terrible crimes into happening?Family education35%Innocence, 15%Immature personality20%Environment20%Media10%Online discussionEx

2、ternal factors 35% Family education: Parents wrong education methods Psychological diseases 20% Environment: Where there are many crimes like murders More likely to commit terrible crimes. 10% Media: Violent TV programs Internal factors 20% Immature personality: Rebellious behavior Impulse 15% Innoc

3、ence: Curious Not aware of the seriousness Should kids be punished in the same way as an adult? If kids commit a terrible crime, should they be punished in the same manner as an adult?11302468101214YESNOOnline discussion YES: Really abnormal and disgusting; Be punished and reeducated NO: More innoce

4、nt of anything; Unconsciously Not mature; Concept dont developed well Hurt them mentally; Remain a shadowPunishment is necessary; Be different; Educate them firstlyKidsKids Who Kill Are Still KidsSummaryFirst, the author tells us three stories about himself to introduce the topickids who kill are st

5、ill kids and should not be punished as adults. Then he presents two cases about juvenile delinquency and some information from American courts to show that many children have been tried as adults. Finally, he states that using this way children wont get the message successfully because they are just

6、 kids.Graphic OrganizerPart1(Para.1):Three stories about author (heaved a cinder block; started a fire; threw a brick)IntroductionPart2(Para.2Para.7):Kids are still kids, even the worst of them.(Nathanial Brazill; Lionel Tate)The main idea and examplesPart3(Para.8Para.9): Many children have been tri

7、ed as adults, but, in fact, it dont work.(the fact in American courts)More supportive factsPart4(Para.10):Kids who kill are still kids because they dont mean to do it.ConclusionReflectionReflection: What kind of punishment is appropriate to juvenile delinquents? Reflection:How to prevent juvenile cr

8、ime?Tips for preventing juvenile criminal: Family education Use science and healthy method to educate teenagers School educationImprove the disadvantage of education systemSociety environmentPurify the culture environmentAbout the AuthorAbout the AuthorCharles Patrick Ewing is a forensic psychologis

9、t, attorney and SUNY Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Buffalo Law School where he is Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. Ewing received his Ph.D. from Cornell University and his law degree with honors from Harvard University. Before joining the law faculty, he taught at Mansfield Uni

10、versity where he taught psychology and at Brandeis University where he taught legal studies. At SUNY, Ewing has taught criminal law, evidence, torts, juvenile law, forensic science, psychology, and psychiatry and the law.Achievementsa. Ewing is the author or co-author of eleven books.b. In 1993, Ewi

11、ng received the Distinguished Contributions to Forensic Psychology Award.c.2001, he received the New York State Bar Associations award for outstanding contribution in the field of criminal law education.d. In 2003, he was named SUNY Distinguished Service Professor by the Trustees of the State Univer

12、sity of New York.About the BookTimothy Dwaine Brown, 16 years old, beat his brother to death before killing his grandparents in cold blood.Molested repeatedly by her father, 16-year-old Cheryl Pierson hired a classmate to execute him.Brenda Spencer, 17 years old, opened fire on a crowded elementary

13、schoolyard with a semi-automatic rifleTwo Missouri brothers, ages four and six, attacked and brutally murdered a baby girlMondays always get me down. she was uglyTimothy Dwaine Brown, 16 years old, beat his brother to death before killing his grandparents in cold blood.Molested repeatedly by her fat

14、her, 16-year-old Cheryl Pierson hired a classmate to execute him.Brenda Spencer, 17 years old, opened fire on a crowded elementary schoolyard with a semi-automatic rifleTwo Missouri brothers, ages four and six, attacked and brutally murdered a baby girlReasons to Recommend this BookReasons to Recommend this BookEwing provides some answers for a society reeling from the reality of this particularly distressing form of violence. Using excellent examples of documented cases, he states clearly the under