heartless to do something like that to a juvenile. The reason for juvenile being tried as adult is what happened in the 80s and 90s‚ many juvenile were in gangs and causing tremendous crime making the crime rate raise for the younger generation. Juveniles makes bad decision but it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re all bad‚ majority of them steal or choose a bad path. Everybody makes mistakes but doesn’t mean they all should get a punishment that makes them suffer for the rest of their life. Researches
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in the justice system‚ but one that stands out is‚ should kids be convicted as adults if committed a serious crime. In the other words‚ serious crime includes murder‚ rape‚etc‚ or are they just kids‚ that don’t know what is right from wrong. Juveniles should be convicted as adults for violent crimes because their crimes are severe and well planned out. America’s incarceration system should convict juveniles as adult if committed a serious crime. In the article On Punishment and Teen Killers states
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People commit crimes for various reasons. These various reasons got to do with social‚ economic‚ and cultural reason. These factors trigger an individual to do criminal activities. Social reasons are peer pressure‚ and school failure. Economic reasons are poverty. Cultural reasons are hatred. The combination of these factors is behind a person who commits crimes. To start with‚ people commit crime because of social reasons. The social reasons are poor parenting skills‚ peer influence‚ drugs
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reasons why people are rejected in society even after they have completed their term of punishment. The article “Stop labelling people who commit crimes criminals”‚ by Kimberly Brownlee (2017) talks about the unfairness of labeling people according
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horrible crime an adult can commit. I believe this type of crime does more psychological damage to its victims than any other type of crime. Who are child sex offenders? Do they look like monsters? The fact is a child sex offender can be anyone. A child molester is often a person the victim’s parents or the victims think they can trust. The devastation these people cause their victims is tragic. Their victims are certain to suffer a lifetime of emotional trauma. Child sex offenders should not get
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Called Unfit for Adult Trial‚” 200‚000 juveniles a year are being tried as adults in the United States. They are sentenced to life in prison and even the death penalty. But is that what is really best for them? Putting these teenagers in prison for life gives them no chance to change their lives around and learn from what they’ve done. I strongly believe that adolescents should not be sentences as adults but still deserve a huge punishment. Teenagers should not be tried as adults because teenager’s
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watch TV) would have been violent 3. Those who act violently are people which are naturally violent. The proof of that is that animals act violently too. animals do not watch TV. They act violently since they are naturally violent creatures. People don’t like to look to themselves when we think about our faults so we turn to a inanimate Scapegoat. While Television has violent programs‚ it is our decision whether or not to act on what we see or what we allow our children to watch. To blame tv is
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Committing Violent Crimes Teenagers‚ who commit violent crime such as murder‚ first degree murder‚ second degree murder‚ homicides‚ voluntary manslaughter‚ and involuntary manslaughter should be tried as adults. These teenagers knew exactly what they were doing and they also had the intent to kill. Families are blaming it on violent movies or violent TV shows‚ hello it is called parental control. Maybe if we start trying them as adults teens would think twice. Adolescents should be tried as adults
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old girls accused of plotting and attempting to kill a classmate in order to please a fictional character will be tried as adults. This decision came about because of the seriousness of the crime and because the court felt that if‚ convicted and sentenced in the juvenile courts that the girls would not receive long-term mental health treatment. However‚ does prosecuting them as adults really allow for their mental health needs to be addressed or is it rather a way to appease the public with a “get
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acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for educational‚ not-for-profit purposes. PREDICTING VIOLENT CRIME USING URBAN AND SUBURBAN DENSITIES Brian Christens1 & Paul W. Speer Vanderbilt University ABSTRACT: Violent crime is often studied with individual level variables‚ using population characteristics as predictors. This study attempts to predict an additional amount of the variability in violent crime using an environmental variable—population density—in a single U.S. city. Data aggregated
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