Juveniles should not be tried as adults because being an adult prison make their life so much harder and makes them face things that they shouldn’t have to face. Children in an adult penitentiary are at a higher risk of suicide‚ rape and also assaults (Horowitz-Prisco). There are many reasons on why they are at a higher risk of anything happening to them than someone who has been there before. One of the major reasons that they are at a higher risk is because they are young and have more energy than
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The debate on whether parents should be held responsible for their children’s misdeeds has been going on for ages and people are divided on the issue. I believe that parents should be held responsible if their children commit any crime. A number of arguments surround my opinion. To begin with‚ if parents know that they will be held responsible for their children’s inappropriate actions‚ they will see to it that their children are well supervised and well cared for. Parents are responsible for
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Do you think if it was to be your child doing this you should be held accountable for their crime? I believe parents should not be held responsible for crimes that their children committed because they did not force their child/children to do the crime. Since people do have a mind of their own and would probably still do these crimes even if their parents told them not too. The question is‚ are parents really the core of the problem or are there other bigger issues we have to consider? Many parents
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Teenage Suicide Each and every year teenagers take their own lives. Some reasons that teenagers commit suicide‚ or contemplate committing suicide are family stress‚ issues with school‚ and problems with relationships among friends‚ peers‚ and love. Firstly‚ a reason for a teenager to commit suicide is complications with family life at home. The teenager’s parents may fight a lot causing the teen to feel that the fight is because of something that they did. If parents become divorced it can
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Against Juveniles tried as adults 3/28/2011 Sociology 101 Juveniles deserve a second chance at succeeding. The people have to remember that the children need our help and get them focus in positive things and give them the right guidance they need to succeed. There is various ways that a kid can get back on the right path‚ counseling‚ after school programs‚ rehabilitation‚ and‚ a positive role model. Each of these things have they own way to get the child involved. Counseling could also help
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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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about two hundred thousand minors are prosecuted as adults. Most of these are for nonviolent offences. This is two hundred thousand minors that are now subjected to so many negative effects from being falsely considered an adult‚ when they were not mentally or physically an adult yet. There are many reasons why minors should never be tried as an adult‚ their psychological and psychosocial maturity‚ social maturity‚ and the effects being in an adult facility has on a minor are the three reasons that
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the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that almost one million people commit suicide every year. Within an hour‚ about 90 people killed themselves and a similar action in every 40 seconds. Meanwhile‚ 60 per cent of the total annual suicides occur in Asia where most of the nearly 200‚000 cases of China‚ India (100‚000 cases) and Japan (32‚000 cases). In Malaysia‚ in the past ten years‚ between 10 to 13 people out of 100‚000 people are estimated to commit suicide. However‚ the rate is
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juvenile system and the adult system. However‚ recently the boundaries for these two systems are growing weaker as serious juvenile offenders are getting tried in adult court. Juveniles are not authorized to drink alcohol‚ sign a document‚ gamble at a casino or vote till they are an adult. Regardless to the crime they have committed‚ a juvenile is a juvenile and an adult is an adult‚ therefore sixteen year olds should not be tried in adult court. Sixteen year olds being tried in adult court is wrong because
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Article Rebuttal - Children Should Never Be Tried as Adults Dena Cox BCOM/275 March 24‚ 2013 Lynda Sohl Article Rebuttal – Children Should Never Be Tried as Adults Article controversial subject: Should children be tried as adults? Robert Schwartz is the co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center in 1975 and has been the executive director there since 1982. This is a nonprofit public interest law firm that ensures the youths in foster care and justice systems are treated fairly and have the
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