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    Abstract Through many different sources of research‚ I have come with a strong argument that states that juvenile delinquents should be treated as teenagers and not as an adult. Many will argue that everyone should be treated the same but evidence shows that courts have always treated crimes by a case to case study. Introduction In the law‚ a juvenile is defined as a person who is not old enough to be held responsible for criminal acts. In most states the normal age is 18. In Wyoming a juvenile

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    RUNNING HEADER: VIOLENT CRIMES | VIOLENT CRIMES | Hate crimes and Violence in Schools | | Maggie Gallegos Criminology | 9/1/2011 | Brookline College | Abstract Hate crimes are “any felony or violent crime based on prejudice against a particular group. They are prejudice’s

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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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    Should children who committed violent crimes be tried as adults? Children should be tried as adults because they need to take responsibility for their adult like criminal actions. Children who commit adult crimes should serve adult crime. Some disagree with this because they may feel bad or think children shouldn’t be in jail‚ or jail isn’t the place for prison. Well that may be the case but not for the children who commit the crimes. Children should be tried a s adults because if they do adult

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    Cause of violent crime Nowadays‚ the number of crimes did by young generation become increasing seriously in cities over the world. There is large amount of violent in films and on television. Although our country become more advanced than the past‚ but still have a lot of case that related to violent crime happen in our country. Political and social field are the common factor that affect the case of violent crime happen. There have a lot of perspectives have been prove that social

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    convinced Loretta Ragsdell’s writing style is very sarcastic and observant in which she explains why and when teenagers of this era‚ lie. In the first place‚ her writing is very sarcastic. This can be conveyed in the quotes from paragraph one and six‚ that states that‚ "Finally‚ the answer has arrived to the age-old question and unsettling mystery of why teenagers lie" and "Also‚ many teens have excellent adult role model in their lives who have mastered the art of lying." Clearly‚ she is being very sarcastic

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    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; And there are those who suggest that teenagers are less likely to understand

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    old sentenced to life without possibility of parolo. Now that is just 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

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    Juveniles Being Tried as Adults In the United States‚ anyone who is charged for committing a crime before the day of their 18th birthday is considered a juvenile and depending on the severity of the case shall be tried as a juvenile. There are some cases; however‚ where the juvenile justice system should be harder on the juvenile‚ but in most cases they should not go to an adult prison. There are most certainly some cases in which the juvenile should face the adult justice system‚ but for petty

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    to them to purchase alcohol or tobacco. Why we don’t let them get their drivers licenses until they’re 16. It can be agreed that children are not mature enough to understand the concept of cause and effect. Problem That is‚ until they commit a crime. As soon as someo ne under the age of 18 violates the law‚ it seems completely rational to treat them as adults. According to the U.S. Department of Justice‚ some juvenile cases get transferred to adult criminal court through a process

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