Being an adult means you get a job‚ getting a paycheck‚ and being independent. Getting a job was a sanctuary away from my family and friends. I also get a paycheck every week that’s going to buy me a car‚ so I can be more independent and drive myself to work. I feel that this will make a great transition from childhood to adulthood and that is to get a job‚ spend your paycheck wisely‚ and be independent. Working is one thing I’ve always wanted to do. Getting this job has made it so much easier to
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As more minors are committing violent crimes‚ (Greenwald‚ 1983) the question arises‚ Should minors who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? Based on the following scenario one would agree that minors who commit violent crimes should be charged as adults. In the case of a Middlesex teenager and his girlfriend‚ his punishment was severe and ultimately cost him his life. His girlfriend’s punishment was not quite as severe (unknown‚ www.clarkprosecutor.org‚ n.d.). According to the Journal of Criminal
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I negate that juveniles charged with violent crimes should be tried and punished as adults. To ensure there are no misconceptions in interpreting the resolution‚ I will provide the following definitions. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law defines juvenile as an individual who is under an age fixed by law at which he or she would be charged as an adult for a criminal act. Many state justice systems consider 17 and under a juvenile. In North Carolina‚ a juvenile is fifteen years and younger. Black
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eighteen‚ because he knows not what he did? Or does he spend the rest of his life in prison? Sometimes teenagers are tried for crimes as adults and face equal penalties that are subject to adults. This is a controversial issue among americans. There are two groups of people. Those who believe that teenagers under the age of eighteen who commit serious crimes should be held responsible as adults for their actions. Courts are said to be too lenient and the young juveniles are evolving into violent youth criminals;
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cities such as Chicago‚ Illinois and Phoenix‚ Arizona now enforce teen curfews. Supporters of teen-curfew laws such as President Clinton‚ Congress members and many law-enforcement officials believe that they are "effective crime fighting tools". Declining crime rates in these 146 cities solidly back up supporters and are proof that teen-curfews would be a positive addition to any community. Not only will crime rates decline due to teen-curfews‚ but so will the amount of juveniles murdered. Sadly‚ according
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about two hundred thousand minors are prosecuted as adults. Most of these are for nonviolent offences. This is two hundred thousand minors that are now subjected to so many negative effects from being falsely considered an adult‚ when they were not mentally or physically an adult yet. There are many reasons why minors should never be tried as an adult‚ their psychological and psychosocial maturity‚ social maturity‚ and the effects being in an adult facility has on a minor are the three reasons that
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juvenile system and the adult system. However‚ recently the boundaries for these two systems are growing weaker as serious juvenile offenders are getting tried in adult court. Juveniles are not authorized to drink alcohol‚ sign a document‚ gamble at a casino or vote till they are an adult. Regardless to the crime they have committed‚ a juvenile is a juvenile and an adult is an adult‚ therefore sixteen year olds should not be tried in adult court. Sixteen year olds being tried in adult court is wrong because
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murder. The shooter was sixteen. Teens being charged as adults doesn’t happen very often in the U.S. According to ojjdp.gov‚ for every 100‚000 minors between ten and seventeen‚ 157 of them commit violent crimes about. That’s 34‚650 teens who commit violent crimes such as this every year. Teens should be charged as adults for violent crimes because violent crimes are adult crimes‚ the victims suffer‚ and They aren’t safe in this world alone. Violent crimes are adult crimes. No matter who the person
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According to the article “many kids called unfit for adult trial‚” Greg Kerkorian states his idea by saying “The study did not address whether any youths were wrongly convicted‚ Steinberg said that thousands of juveniles went to adult trial when they shouldn’t not have because their ability to understand the proceedings was seriously impaired.” Basically studies are saying if an 11 year old and
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Issue: Sexuality of the Teen and Young Adult 1 Investigating the Social Issue: Sexuality of the Teen and Young Adult How can we educate our teen and young adults about sex in society today? This subject is very sensitive in the home‚ in the school and even in the church. Our teens today need to be educated on this subject as statistics show that there are growing numbers of teen pregnancies and HIV/ STD cases today. In an article written by Deborah Myers‚ Educating our Teens about Sex‚ she writes
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