Reality Meets the Theoretical

In Chapter 4 of the text, our author talks about risk factors and protective   factors. Select a juvenile of your choice or one that we have already studied   (such as Greg Ousley, Colt Lundy, or Paul Gingerich from the video in Week   One, “Young Kids, Hard Time”) and conduct a search for additional   information on their case, their trial, and their situation. Give us a short   history of the individual selected, and then identify the risk factors and   protective factors you see with the juvenile. Evaluate these factors through   the lens of the lifecourse theory. Does the concept of persistence or   desistence come into play with this juvenile?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims   with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources,   and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’   posts who use a different juvenile than from your initial post by Day 7.   Continue to support your arguments with examples from the required   material(s) and/or other scholarly resources.
Review your classmates’ opinions in light of your understanding of the   juvenile justice system. In your response post, you must evaluate the   juvenile based on one of the theories found in Chapter 3. Identify the theory   you intend to use and give a short explanation of the theory. Explain how it   applies to the case of the juvenile identified in the original post of your   classmate.