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Essay Galaxy - Culture, Nature & Freedom: Treating Juvenile Offenders.
Culture, Nature & Freedom: Treating Juvenile Offenders.
In Kansas, Juvenile offenders are sent to �Youth Centers�. These are merely
Child prisons, lockdown facilities for kids. This style of treatment goes
against every idea of growth put forward in this class. In this paper I will try
to justify the use of residential treatment schemes through the ideas found in
several of this semesters authors; including T.Huxtley, Rousseau, DuBois, Freud,
A.Huxtley, and Mill. The Ideals set forth by these intellectuals should be the
basis for all treatment, to better the individuals and society.
First, We can look to DuBois. He believes that people can change their own
consciousness. He shows this through his Immersion narrative. This can't work
in a youth center. The only cultural ideal here is the Master/slave dial....
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