America being the land of the free and the home brave, justice for all should be priority to society as a whole. With everyone speaking freely about the current events going on in Ferguson and the Malaysian plane crash, no one wants to address home front issues. A typical phrase “Adult crime for adult time” may be catchy but it reflects poor understanding of criminal principles. Youth tried as adults face the same penalties as adults including life without parole. Youth are not mature enough to be placed
the others, and face a few years in juvenile detention. Otherwise, he would be transferred to adult court and if he was found guilty, he would spend a much longer time in detention and prison. He decided to take the risk and go to trial (Steinberg). Trying juveniles as adults has always been a controversial topic to the public. There are many different statistics that show different percentages of juveniles being tried as adults. Many people would say that we should be protecting the children and not
rights, but when it comes to juveniles there are no laws to protect them in the juvenile justice system whatsoever. Youth are not able to purchase tobacco until they are 21, they cannot have sexual intercourse until 16, and cannot drink alcohol until 21. Why is it that adolescents have to wait until all these ages to do certain things and aren’t officially considered adults until the age of 18, but there are juveniles as young as four years old being tried as adults? It is only fair that adolescents
Juvenile crime has been an increasing point of debate in recent years. Many people argued whether they should be sentenced as adults or not when convicted of a serious crime, such as murder. Some argue that juveniles deserve to be treated as such despite the crime they have committed, while others believe they are to be treated as adults. This resulted in many juveniles being sentenced to life in prison without parole. Some juveniles commit crimes without a thought of the risks, while others carefully
similarity between the adult Justice System and Juvenile Justice System. The Juvenile Justice System main function is to rehabilitate the delinquent juveniles who have committed criminal acts and to help them function in today’s society. It is more resolute to rehabilitate a minor than to punish them for things they do that they don’t understand. In some situation it may could be more necessary to punish a juvenile, but punishing a delinquent minor is usually the last resort. In the Adult Justice System
A child that commits a serious crime should not be tried as an adult due to a lack of brain development in adolescents. According to Laurence Steinberg, a psychology professor at Temple University, “Brain systems implicated in basic cognitive processes reach adult levels of maturity by mid-adolescence, whereas those that are active in self-regulation do not fully mature until late adolescence or even early adulthood.” As an individual gets older, so do things like their brain, and body. According
to raise a child” is an African proverb that has been used for centuries to explain the communal effort needed in the upbringing of children. According to Rev Joseph Healy (2005), this African proverb places emphasis on family values, parental
boys, who exhibit different behaviors yet, are living with the same set of circumstances and residing in the same household. The question at hand is; how is it both juveniles, who are so much alike, have different reactions to the conditions they’re surrounded by. Jon and Gem’s father, Leroy, is struggling and seeks a resolution as to why one twin is completely out of control and the other continues to excel academically and socially. This difference in behavior seems to very common in many households
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