Abstract The current study examined how a mentorship course, whereby students work with juvenile offenders, influenced their perceptions of the legal system and juvenile offenders. Undergraduate students (N = 13) enrolled in a course centered around mentoring juvenile offenders. Students attended lecture to learn the theoretical and conceptual background of juvenile justice and juvenile offenders. Additionally, students were expected to meet with their mentee, a juvenile offender, once a week. Measures concerning attitudes toward juvenile offenders were given the first day of class and again on the last day of class. Overall, attitudes were shown to change from pre- to post-testing; specifically, attitudes toward juvenile offenders were significantly more positive at post-test. As demonstrated in this study, both in-class material and hands on application of course material can influence student attitudes toward a given population and also encourages them to engage in higher order levels of thinking.

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参与少年犯辅导课程对学生对法律制度和少年犯认知的影响

摘要 当前的研究调查了学生与少年犯合作的指导课程如何影响他们对法律制度和少年犯的看法。本科生 (N = 13) 参加了以指导少年犯为中心的课程。学生参加讲座，了解少年司法和少年犯的理论和概念背景。此外，学生们应该每周与他们的学员——一名少年犯会面一次。在上课的第一天和最后一天都给出了关于对少年犯的态度的措施。总体而言，态度显示出从测试前到测试后的变化。具体而言，在后测中对少年犯的态度明显更积极。正如本研究所证明的那样，