Discuss the five of the following community responses to child maltreatment: child protective services, identification, reporting, intake and investigation, assessment, case planning, treatment, evaluation of family progress, case closure, involvement of juvenile or family court, or termination of parental rights.

Lesson 5: Family, Schools, and Community
Instructions:
Part 1: Family
1. Identify four family factors that may influence delinquency (1-2 sentences). Offer a descriptive scenario that best explains each (3-4 sentences).
2. Discuss the five of the following community responses to child maltreatment: child protective services, identification, reporting, intake and investigation, assessment, case planning, treatment, evaluation of family progress, case closure, involvement of juvenile or family court, or termination of parental rights (3-4 sentences each).
3. “Child abuse is the mistreatment of children by parents or caregivers.” Explain one of the following types of child abuse: (1) child abuse has a profound influence on shaping the behavior and attitudes of adolescents and adults, (2) physical abuse, (3) emotional abuse, (4) sexual abuse, or (5) kinds of incest like brother-sister, father-daughter, mother-son, and father-son incest (7-8 sentences).
Part 2: Schools
1. Discuss how acts of criminal school violence have changed today from what they were in the 1960s (7-8 sentences).
2. Explain and describe two issues of school failure that relate to delinquency (3-4 sentences each).
3. Explain in detail the case of New Jersey v. T.L.O. Include (1) issues examined, facts of the case, the verdict, and the Supreme Court decision (7-8 sentences).
Part 3: Community-based Corrections
1. Discuss the three philosophies that underlie community-based corrections: reintegration, continuum of sanctions, and restorative justice/peacemaking (4-5 sentences each).

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