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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debated with of teenagers committing heinous crimes. Throughout the years serious crimes have been occurring more frequently by minors. These adolescents are a contradicting topic because they are just considered children. But adolescents are old enough to know that committing a crime is wrong. Also they know what is the difference between good and bad even though their parents could have been a bad influence. Teens today are not frightened by the law‚ which gets them to commit serious crimes. Even though
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person has it own opinion. Crime is the human conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction that has the power to make such laws‚ according with Schmalleger. The criminal behavior is the antisocial acts that a person commits for different reasons. This means that the person violated laws constantly for a long or short time period. There are many reasons why criminals commit crimes. Some of the criminals commit crimes for necessity‚ others for
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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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are being tried as adults in the adult court system and are sentenced to life in prison. These children are being tried as an adult for committing heinous crimes. These children are serving life sentences in prison that they do not deserve. They should al have the chance of rehabilitation no matter what crime they committed At that age they are still able to learn that what they did was wrong and change their ways. I believe that juveniles should not be in the adult court system and should not be serving
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308 10.28.2012 Why People Commit Crime How do people define crime? Some might define crime as an act of offence towards the morality of humans. Others might regard crime as an act that harms the universal human rights. In my perspectives‚ I think that crime is an offence made towards the law. Therefore‚ why do people still commit crimes? There are many reasons why people may commit crimes and it depends on the type of person they are. Many people will commit a crime everyday whether it be speeding
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Adults Assumptions On Tennagers Everyone knows that throughout life‚ assumptions and stereotypes are made. Whether they concern age‚ gender‚ race‚ class and so on‚ it does not matter. Stereotypes are always made in some form or another‚ some can be referring to positive aspects‚ while others can be bad. Whether good or bad‚ stereotypes should not be made‚ if a person has not met someone‚ they shouldn’t presume to know them or their type’. No two people are identical and so they should
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reasons why criminal choose to do criminal acts. One reason why people commit crime is because they want to. This can be classified as an individual making a poor choice in life. It also can be the result of the environment he or she surrounds their self with. The old saying is ‘‘You are who you hang around’’. Which is very true criminals tend to hang around other criminals. A lot of times criminals are brought up in very high crime areas where they tend to get involved in criminal activity because that
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Juvenile Justice: Should Minors be charged as Adults? A movement has taken hold of our nation to change the juvenile justice system‚ and erase any distinction between young offenders and adult criminals. Almost all fifty states have changed their juvenile justice laws‚ allowing more youths to be tried as adults and scrapping long-time efforts to help rehabilitate delinquent kids and prevent future crimes. It seems to be plain and simple‚ a minor in this country is defined as a person under the age
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Juveniles should not be tried the same way as adults are for the crimes they commit to a certain degree. For many kids being a juvenile delinquent isn’t even entirely their fault. Juveniles also just aren’t at the right mindset to be going to prisons at young ages. There are other courses of action that can be taken to help the troubled child out other then locking them up like adults. A juvenile is a child under the age of 18 but in some states the maximum age is 16 (find law)‚ a juvenile delinquent
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