Juvenile Offenders And Prisons

I too believe that a criminal offense committed in youth does not automatically make an individual a career criminal. There are alternatives to sending our juveniles to detention centers and/or prisons; many of which could be cost effective. However, we live in a capitalistic society and prisons are very profitable. These prisons produce profits as well as provide employment for many communities. As a presentence investigator, I have come across many young black males that were peer pressured into committing felonious crimes; most of these were aggravated robberies, quite a few resulted in death. In these situations, it is hard to be sympatric when someone is dead as a result of immature risk taking juveniles. However, placing these children