Proposed topic - Assignment Example

I. Proposed Topic (6-14-11 This initial step will be quite preliminary. You may choose a topic of your own or use one that I provide. Please that many of the topics that I provide at the bottom of this document may be general and broad and would benefit from your narrowing and controlling ideas. You may write your answers on this form.1. I am researching and writing about whether or not juvenile offenders should be tried and punished as adults.2. I am arguing that or attempting to persuade my audience that juvenile offenders are not considered to be adults under the law and therefore should not be tried and punished as adults.

NOTE: You basically want to have the words “must/must not” or “should/should not” in your answers in to numbers 1 and 2. Prior to NC passing a law against texting while driving, someone may have written the following; “I am researching and writing about the reasons why texting while driving should be illegal.” “I am arguing or attempting to persuade my audience that texting while driving is extremely dangerous and the effects of this dangerous action should be curtailed by imposing fines on those do so. “3. My intended audience is those within the judicial systems who are involved with juvenile criminal cases and are not sure as to how to charge and try these cases.

(NOTE: Your audience is not just your teacher .)4. The point in writing this research paper is to persuade people towards the belief that juvenile offenders should not be tried as adults by providing facts that support this claim. 5. List one question that will help focus your research and find the information needed to address your topic: Why should juvenile offenders not be tried as adults?Information sources:http://www.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7Bb0386ce3-8b29-4162-8098-e466fb856794%7D/WILLINGNESSTOPAYFINAL.

PDFhttp://www.aic.gov.au/documents/4/2/2/%7B4227C0AD-AD0A-47E6-88AF-399535916190%7Dtandi409.pdfhttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,110232,00.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/kidslikeadults.htmlhttp://articles.cnn.com/2010-02-18/opinion/schwartz.kids.trials_1_justice-system-juvenile-justice-cameron-kocher?_s=PM:OPINION