Mike Males, in “Stop Blaming Kids and TV,” inscribes government officials have blamed today’s media on the acts of kids and young adults, how the impact of violence, drug, and alcohol abuse can ruin children’s lives. Parents need to notice that their own behavior has a major influence on their children’s lives and futures. He makes strong statements that the media does not influence adolescent violence, drug, and alcohol abuse. He supports his opinion with many examples including the comparison of television violence and real actual violence. Males notes, “Kids will witness at least 200,000 acts of television violence by the time her or she are completing high school.”…
Juveniles should be tried as adults depending on the level of the crime. Based on the information in , “On Punishment and Teen Killers ”, Jennifer Jenkins, explains how a teenager killed her younger sister ,which was pregnant with her first child, and her husband If the juvenile knew what they were doing they should be tried as an adult. Juveniles that commit huge crimes should face adult sentencing since they are responsible.…
Juvenile’s should be convicted as adults for violent crimes because teens are at the age of knowing right from wrong. In the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” Jennifer’s sister was shot, while begging for the life of her unborn baby. The teen had a friend who testified at his trial about his friends “Thrill Kill” the teen just wanted to “See what it would feel like to shoot someone”. The young teen knew what he was doing but still went through it knowing the consequences.…
“Five years ago juveniles were being tried for shoplifting, now we have murders, breaking out car windows … it all ties into gang activity. Six to eight months ago, a juvenile I represented said he wanted to be in a gang, so he robbed an elderly woman.” Juveniles should be convicted as adults for violent crimes because when they commit a crime and don't get caught or have any consequences after, they are basically walking around our streets with no one to notice they are criminals. If they did it once, they can do it again and get away with it. A crime is a crime no matter what the age of the criminal, they need to be punished.…
Did you know A child’s exposure to one type of violence increases the likelihood that the child will be exposed to other types of violence and exposed multiple times? Should everyone be tried fairly excluding age difference? A 14-year-old boy, Joshua Smith, shot his mother to death as she slept on the couch.Only because he wasn't allowed to hang with gangs and bring females over anymore.Joshua Smith wasn't tried as an adult because he was under age and they felt for him. So let’s say you were that child mother would you want your son to walk free over your death. Should children who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? Every 10.11 seconds a child commits a crime and every 1 out of 10 kids are tried as adults. I believe children who commit a violent crime should be tried as an adult due to the choices they make there should be no age limit.…
People still debate whether juveniles should be tried as adults. There are many juveniles creating adult crimes and getting away with little sentences and use excuses like being too "young" or inherited genes. Some juveniles really mean to kill or hurt someone and that is not acceptable for that person to get a little sentence. In the article "On Punishment and Teen Killers" by Jennifer Jenkins, it talks about how juveniles deserve to be tried as adults for committing commensurate crimes which is a good decision.…
Should teenagers accused of violent crimes be tried and sentenced as adults? Why or Why not?…
There are many teenagers who do violent crimes, but to many people it’s different on how they should be punished. Most people who I spoke to said it all depends upon the crime and then there are some people who think the teenagers’ accused of the violent crime should be sentenced as adults, because they chose to act like adults. While it is wrong to commit a violent crime for a young teenager, I believe that they should not be sentenced as adults, because they have not yet developed full cognitive ability, should have the opportunity to counseling, and they should have a chance at life for a new beginning.…
The sick part of it all is that there are teenagers out in the world that want to know what it feels like to kill someone and they plan out their scheme to get the feeling they crave. The article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” that we read in class has a horrendous case that was intentional. “When a teenager murdered her and her husband in 1990 in suburban Chicago, she was pregnant with their first child”(1,1). The teenager didn’t have any sympathy when the new mother begged for the life of her unborn baby, but he shot her anyways. On the day of his trial, his friend testified and said,” he just wanted to see what it would feel like to shoot someone”(1,1). What? This isn’t a teenager, this is a physiopathological killer who intentionally murdered an innocent family that was just beginning to sprout. He deserves to rot in prison for what he had done. He doesn’t even deserve to be breathing the same air we do. The author, Jennifer Jenkins wrote,” There are advocates who wish to minimize these offenders culpability simply because of their age”(1,4). No. Teenagers who intentionally murdered for their own well being do not deserve to get an easy punishment for what they done. No matter the age of them, they should get the same punishment as…
As long as governments exist, there will always be crime for them to combat. A portion of this crime is, and will continue to be, organized crime. The United States is constantly working to protect its citizens from transnational criminal alliances, but the streets of this nation are still being crippled by domestic organizations. The 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment declares, “Gangs are expanding, evolving, and posing an increasing threat to U.S. communities nationwide.” One of the most frightening and overwhelming atrocities in this country is the fact that a great deal of the gang-related violence suffered is being delivered by the nation’s…
We live in a very violent century. All over the nation, children and adults are exposed to different kinds of crimes, and that leads us to insecurity of what is next going to happen. Citizens commit scary crimes for different motives. Some of them violate laws out of desperation, for survival, or to support a drug habit. Outcomes of crime increase put impact on every citizen of nation, especially on children. Children take example from adults; they tend to copy what they see, and what surrounds them. Youth violence rises every year, and involves every child in the nation.…
Larry Siegel has been a professor of Criminal Justice for more than 40 years, including stints at Northeastern University, St.Anselm College and the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He is the author of 15 books on justice related topics including criminology, juvenile delinquency and criminal procedure. His articles have appeared in Criminology, Adolescence, Criminal Law Bulletin and the British Journal of Criminology. He recently published two new books, one on the American Court System and the other on Correctional Treatment. He is also a court certified expert on police and has testified in numerous cases.…
Read the attached article in its entirety and develop a plan to engage in a full debate on Tuesday.…
This essay will critically examine the strengths and weaknesses of the theory that young people offend because of their upbringing. The term ‘upbringing’ means the care and teaching received by the child from the parent throughout their childhood. There has been extensive research and controversial debate into upbringing being the root cause of youth crime and this essay will examine evidence to support this claim and evidence to dispute it. Although it is quite subjective as to whether a bad childhood is the cause of youth crime, the fact remains that a quarter of all reported crime is committed by young offenders between the ages of ten to seventeen. Home Office statistics show more than a half of all recorded robberies (51%), a third of burglaries (32%) and a third of vehicle crimes (31%) were the result of young offenders. (Home Office, 2012) Shockingly England and Wales has more young people in custody than any other European country.…
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