Should Juveniles (under 18) who commit a Serious Crime be charged as an Adult? The debate over the topic of juveniles in our justice system rages on. There are numerous of arguments and valid points for both sides. Barely tapping the surface of major controversial points of view; the examination of both sides may help you reach you own thoughts and ideas about this much debated topic. Everyone should be held accountable for their actions and like the Supreme Court concluded in Stanford v. Kentucky
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adolescents. Juvenile delinquency has been on the rise and as delinquency continue to rise so does the number of delinquents that go to correctional facilities to serve time for the crimes they have committed. Previously incarcerated youth return to the justice system at alarmingly high rates. Eventually incarceration youth have to come out of the correctional facilities and be re-intergraded back into mainstream society once time has been served. Juvenile delinquents are coming into the juvenile justice
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Juveniles Tried as Adults “The only effective way to reduce and prevent juvenile crime is to balance tough enforcement measures with targeted‚ effective and intervention initiatives.” Juveniles are children and children don’t know any better and obviously make mistakes. They don’t expect to be caught after committing a serious crime. Juveniles brains are not fully developed until they are 25‚ but young people recognize them as adults at the age of 18. About 25‚000 children a year have their cases
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Arrest‚ prosecution‚ trial‚ sentencing‚ and punishment are the distinct phases of the criminal justice system. Rehabilitation and therapy are near the end of this sequence of events. Rehabilitation in the criminal world is the idea of ‘curing’ an offender of his or her criminal behaviors and habits in hopes to alternate their outlook and personality to prevent committing future crimes. It seeks to prevent a person from re-offending by taking away the desire to offend. Depending on one’s belief of
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Juveniles Incarcerated with Adults Today I will be speaking about juveniles incarcerated with adults. Are adolescents really prepared to live in an environment with adults? ’They may be sentenced as adults but they’re still adolescents. The move to punish youthful offenders as adults came in response to a steep rise in the juvenile murder rate in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Teenage prisoners were increasingly seen to be as morally culpable and responsible as adults. Forty-five states
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be equal in the viewpoint of the law‚ no matter it is a youngster or an adult. There should be equal punishments for the juveniles and the adults because the wrong that they have done has lead to the breaking of the law and ethics. Therefore‚ there are a number of ways in which the young criminals can be punished like imprisonment‚ labor imprisonment‚ strict fines on them‚ they should be send to custodians and rehabilitation centers. Nevertheless‚ the degree of the methods of punishment can be a
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between the adult and juvenile justice systems. Siegel and Welsh‚ (2008 p. 272)‚ states that‚ “the components of the adult and the juvenile criminal processes are similar‚ but the juvenile system has a separate organizational structure.” There are more differences than there are similarities‚ but only because the juvenile system is there to rehabilitate the child and not punish them. The adult system is aimed at “punishing the guilty”‚ (Siegel‚ Welsh‚ 2008‚ p. 275). The juvenile system is very
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Kids are not adults. It has been debated over the years whether the juvenile system should be left with only one judicial system where the same rules apply to both adults and juveniles remaining. Children have been tried as adults without any consideration of their age or crime committed. Only after their teenage years does a child realize important concepts and rules society expects. Research shows that the prosecution of juveniles as adults does not help reduce crime and can affect some psychologically
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There is a plethora of research surrounding the phenomena of incarceration‚ however‚ the predominant theme is either the prisoner or prisons (Light & Campbell‚ 2006). This is also consistent with the myopic views of the media. Headlines surrounding incarceration typically use shock tactics to manipulate society’s attention to crime and punishment. What isn’t considered is the network of parents‚ siblings‚ partners and children who have existed in the shadows throughout every stage of the adjudication
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experienced a fellow persons murder by a juvenile they often side with the idea they should not. To those who have known someone who has they often declare that they should. There is evidence to support both sides but it is truly a personal decision. Should juveniles be tried as adults‚ I would go as far as to say that it depends on the circumstances. From personal experience I have had friends killed by Juveniles and had acquaintances tried as both adults and juveniles. This is a very touchy subject to
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