... the effect of the offence, find strategies for repairing the harm done and reintegrating the offender into the community. This is a very good point because it is felt that in "normal" school settings, the relationship between offender and the school staff is described as "one-way". The offender (student) is bogged down by authoritarian controls and is now the victim instead of realizing what they did wrong and whom they victimized. 2-Another strong point in this article is the ... the sentence is determined not only by those who have never committed any illegal acts but also by juveniles ...

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... it demonstrates the effects of how easily a child's mind can be molded based on what that child observes. Robert L. Burgess and Ronald L. Akers apply this theory to criminology with their own social learning theory. According to their theory, the same process occurs to adolescents who conform to society's norms and to those who resist them, meaning that social ... of the use of an illicit substance is a common type of differential reinforcement amongst today's youth. Akers and Burgess's third mechanism of the social learning process is imitation. Individuals who watch others act in a ce...

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