Blog Post #5 Vocabulary & Discussion Questions

1) Vocabularies

-juvenile delinquent: juvenile offender. A person who is under 19 and has committed crime

-social stigma: The phenomenon whereby an individual with an attribute which is deeply discredited by his/her society is rejected as a result of the attribute.

-youth detention center: A facility for convicts who are 9~19

it is different from Junior Correctional Institution in that the criminal record is not left

-recidivism rate: the rate of convicts who have committed crime for more than two times

(the number of ex-convicts who commited crime for more than two times)/(the number of ex-convicts)X100

-domestic violence: family violence. violence by a spouse against another spouse

or by parents against the children in the family

-peer pressure: influence on a peer group, observers or individual that encourages others to change their attitudes, values, or behaviors to conform to groups.

2) Discussion Questions

• Have you ever seen juvenile delinquents in your life? (They don't have to be the one that has been to the youth detention center) What did you think of them? Did they strengthen your stereotypes? Then, how? Please share your stories.

• Are there any articles, video clips or interviews that have contributed to uncover your hidden bias?  

• The article, 'Finding the cause of juvenile delinquents', insists that the responsibility of juvenile delinquency lies on the society. What are the specific aspects of Korean society that lead to juvenile delinquency according to the article? 

• follow up question: Do you agree with the idea of the article? 

• Some people argue that since the stigma that work against juvenile delinquents can be justified as that stigma is what juvenile delinquents have earned. Do you agree? Or disagree?