capacity? There are countless disputes and problems regarding the justice system and its decisions. Among those decisions is the decision to sentence a juvenile as an adult and place them within a adult prison‚ rather than in a juvenile detention center. Just as in most things in life‚ the justice system is not black and white. Some agree with juvenile incarceration and others reckon children should be treated true to their age and as what they are‚ children. These academic journals‚ articles and opinion
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Should a Juvenile Be Tried as an Adult For a Violent Crime? Did you ever ponder that if a juvenile should be tried as an adult? In my opinion‚ I believe a juvenile should not be tried as an adult. For example‚ they can change themselves. Though‚ juveniles should not be tried as an adult since their brain isn’t fully developed yet so they can’t comprehend the consequences fully‚ in other words children are not mature enough to be adults. Also juveniles should not be tried as an adult since they
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29‚ 2012 Should Juveniles be tried as Adults? There are many controversies that surround juveniles being rehabilitated rather than going through the adult justice system‚ but studies show that juveniles are not fully developed to be tried as an adult. One of the main questions that it always boils down to is “should juveniles be tried as adults?” in my opinion juveniles should not be tried as adults because of their age. First‚ I believe that juveniles should not be tried as adults because their mentalities
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Juvenile Justice: Should Minors be charged as Adults? A movement has taken hold of our nation to change the juvenile justice system‚ and erase any distinction between young offenders and adult criminals. Almost all fifty states have changed their juvenile justice laws‚ allowing more youths to be tried as adults and scrapping long-time efforts to help rehabilitate delinquent kids and prevent future crimes. It seems to be plain and simple‚ a minor in this country is defined as a person under the age
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Juveniles Being Tried as Adults In the United States‚ anyone who is charged for committing a crime before the day of their 18th birthday is considered a juvenile and depending on the severity of the case shall be tried as a juvenile. There are some cases; however‚ where the juvenile justice system should be harder on the juvenile‚ but in most cases they should not go to an adult prison. There are most certainly some cases in which the juvenile should face the adult justice system‚ but for petty
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It’s Not Just a Number Not too long ago the House of Representatives approved “The Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1997” which would greatly increase the number of juveniles convicted and incarcerated in adult facilities. When I was made aware of this I took it upon myself to research juveniles tried as which in turn caused me to question whether juveniles should be tried as adult. Many claim that the age of the juvenile does not matter‚ if the child is old enough to do the crime they must do the time
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simplistic rhetoric. It’s also wrong. While young people must be held accountable for serious crimes‚ the juvenile justice system exists for precisely that purpose. Funneling more youth into the adult system does no good and much harm. Juveniles are not adults‚ and saying so doesn’t make it so. Besides‚ we don’t really mean it: When we try them in criminal court‚ we don’t deem them adults for other purposes‚ such as voting and drinking. We know they’re still minors — they’re developmentally less
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Juveniles should not be tried as adults because being an adult prison make their life so much harder and makes them face things that they shouldn’t have to face. Children in an adult penitentiary are at a higher risk of suicide‚ rape and also assaults (Horowitz-Prisco). There are many reasons on why they are at a higher risk of anything happening to them than someone who has been there before. One of the major reasons that they are at a higher risk is because they are young and have more energy than
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An advantage to juveniles being handled in adult court is that many juveniles would not be arrested anymore for crimes considered against the law presently for minors. Many adolescent offenders are arrested for minor crimes now and if they are already on probation many trivial acts such as a suspension from school for “anything” can push them into a juvenile placement long term. I have seen it many times. Kids that are on probation for something they did 2 years prior such as at the age of 14
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Youth Tried As Adults: Justice or Misguided Justification? When juveniles are exposed to state penitentiaries and sentences up to life in prison without parole‚ do these adolescents learn anything or even achieve the ability to fully understand the crimes they have committed? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s research indicates that the prefrontal cortex‚ the part of the brain that contributes to a person’s judgment and reasoning‚ is not fully developed until a person reaches his or her
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