BLOG 2: Play,Deprivation, and Juvenile Incarceration

TRIANGLE
In the video, Play is more than fun, it was interesting to know that there are different levels of play. For instance, Stuart Brown makes various points when he talks about play. One of the point that he makes is that play could be important for our survival which he explains as depravation, because life without play would be difficult. We are designed to play thru our lifetime. The next point that was made was the play is curiosity and exploration which begins at a young age. It is imperative to do some self exploration to understand the meaning of play. Finally, he speaks about imaginative play; this also begins at a young age. Children tent to imagine many things when they are playing and this is important for them at a developmental stage. These points are important when it comes to Justice because as Stuart Brown points out everyone in any given situation enjoys play. This could mean that the Justice system could be seen a game because we try to figure out what has occurred or what is about to occur based on certain evidence which falls between the exploration process, as it is put in this particular film.

SQUARE
In the video, Juvenile Corrections Facility, I agree that if a child lives in a household that has a lot of violence or neglect they tend to do the same as the adults living in that household. Many times a teenager wants an easy way out and not take into consideration that whatever they are doing affects their family as well as themselves. Many teenagers that were in the correctional facility, looked as if they did not care what was going around them. Many blamed their parents on not paying much attention to them. This could be the cause of their delinquent actions, or this was what they believed to be true.

CIRCLE
A teenager that has been put in a correctional facility might encounter problems in the long run. It was said that almost 90 percent of the teenagers will come back to the system as an adult or later within the years. But it is important to know these correctional facilities also deter crime for some of the teenagers. For some this might be a learning experience as for others their last alternative. But, the question is, what can be done so that they don’t return to the system?