Lucia's writer's chair

What we liked:
1. The links are interesting and the commenting on the links is effective. Lucia provides good commentary on links.
2. The topic is serious, but Lucia does a good job of breaking up the seriousness with humorous videos on the topic.
3. She does a good job of stating her opinion.
4. The design is eye-catching and makes you want to read more.
5. The topic is interesting.
6. Lucia's ethos is strong -- she appears to be concerned with justice, open-minded (considering all points of view), curious and passionate about the topic.

For Revision or Next Steps:
1. Do a piece on the politics of what gets covered by the media and what gets ignored. Why certain crimes get ignored, why others get tons of attention.
2. A post on how the media covers crime, what they focus on and why?
3. Put the links in a difference color so they stand out.
4. Make the color in the backgound extend to the whole blog
5. Have confidence in your choice of posts -- no need to apologize or explain why you're choosing to post on something.
6. Follow-up on police officer story (what happened??).
7. Connect police officer story to other police brutality stories and statistics.
8. Write a post on police officer who was dealing drugs.


BEFORE:
I am completely against children and teenagers doing life in prison. I know the crimes committed by them that led to this type of sentencing is uncalled for but these are still children. If a juvenile is behaving this kind of way then their is something going on with them and in their environment. Instead of sentencing them life in prison they need to find them psychological help. I do agree that they need to be punished for their actions but they do not have the full comprehension of life yet because their brain is not fully developed or mature. They cannot even take care of themselves. On the other hand, how did this kid get a hold of a kids size shot gun? Obviously, his parents need to be analyzed as well if the child was able to get a hold of a shot gun. Parents need to start having limits on how much freedom their children are getting. That brings curiosity which leads to unwanted behavior. I have previously taken Legal Psychology and I learned that these children have suffered some sort of trauma when they were younger and led to unwanted and illegal behavior. In this class, we watched a video on children who were serving life in prison and you saw an inmate as a child and the producer followed them years later as adults. When the interviews were conducted when they have become adults, you can see that they do not completely comprehend why they did what they did. They demonstrated a great remorse and told their traumatic stories that built anger, sadness, and pain inside of them which led to behavior and actions that got them in trouble.

ANALYSIS

I am completely against children and teenagers doing life in prison. I know the crimes committed by them that FOCUS IS LOST HERE led to this type of sentencing is uncalled for but these are still children. If a juvenile FOCUS IS LOST HERE is behaving this kind of way then their is something going on with them and in their environment. Instead of sentencing them life in prison they need to find them psychological help. NEXT SENTENCE SEEMS TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS I do agree that they need to be punished for their actions but they do not have the full comprehension of life yet because their brain is not fully developed or mature. They cannot even take care of themselves. NEXT SENTENCE CHANGES DIRECTION On the other hand, how did this kid get a hold of a kids size shot gun? Obviously, his parents need to be analyzed as well if the child was able to get a hold of a shot gun. Parents need to start having limits on how much freedom their children are getting. FOCUS GETS LOST IN NEXT SENTENCE That brings curiosity which leads to unwanted behavior. NEXT SENTENCE SEEMS TO INTRODUCE NEW TOPIC I have previously taken Legal Psychology and I learned that these children have suffered some sort of trauma when they were younger and led to unwanted and illegal behavior. EXAMPLE DOES NOT MATCH CLAIM In this class, we watched a video on children who were serving life in prison and you saw an inmate as a child and the producer followed them years later as adults. When the interviews were conducted when they have become adults, you can see that they do not completely comprehend why they did what they did. NEXT SENTENCE SEEMS TO CONTRADICT PREVIOUS SENTENCE They demonstrated a great remorse and told their traumatic stories that built anger, sadness, and pain inside of them which led to behavior and actions that got them in trouble.

AFTER
I am completely against children and teenagers doing life in prison. I am against it because children's brains are not yet fully developed and so we cannot hold them fully accountable for their actions. I am against it because children are too young to even take care of themselves and so they are obviously too young to handle the adult experience of incarceration.... I am against it because.

I know the crimes committed by them that led to this type of sentencing is uncalled for but these are still children. If a child committs a crime, we should assume that something is going on with them and in their environment. Instead of sentencing them life in prison we need to find them psychological help. This kind of help, rather than life imprisonment, might actually give the child a chance to develop full comprehension of their crime.

Another question to ask about juevenile crime is how children get access to weapons and opportunities to engage in criminal behavior. Or, to put it another way, how did this kid get a hold of a kids size shot gun? Obviously, his parents need to be analyzed as well if the child was able to get a hold of a shot gun. Parents need to carefully control the storage of guns because children are naturally curious about guns.

I have previously taken Legal Psychology and I learned that children who are imprisoned do not really learn to comprehend their crimes or the consequences of their actions. In this class, we watched a video on children who were serving life in prison and you saw an inmate as a child and the producer followed them years later as adults. When the interviews were conducted when they have become adults, you can see that they do not completely comprehend why they did what they did.

In the video, the children told their traumatic stories that built anger, sadness, and pain inside of them which led to behavior and actions that got them in trouble. Indeed, children who commit crimes have usually suffered some sort of trauma when they were younger. It's often the trauma that leads to unwanted and illegal behavior.