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    children nowadays should be given freedom by adults Freedom is meant by someone can do whatever they want in their life as long as they do not against law. Nowadays‚ many parents did not trust their own children and some of them take an action by control their children’s life and also their activities. This is not the best way for children because it makes they feel stress and it will lead them to do crime and vandalisms. In my opinion‚ children should be given freedom

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    eighteen you are recognized as an adult but scientifically our brains are not fully developed until age twenty-five. So how can a judge hold a fifteen year old fully accountable for his or her actions when he or she can’t even fully understand the consequences? The United States government has set up two different types of court systems: juvenile and adult court to separate children from adults; within both of these court systems you have a drug court. Juvenile drug courts are dockets

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    Old is Old Enough? Should juveniles receive the death penalty for murder? In my opinion there is no yes or no answer to this question it all depends on your personal views and beliefs. Juveniles have been executed in the United States as far back as 1642. That first execution took place in Plymouth Colony‚ Massachusetts. There have been 361 people put to death for crimes committed when they were under the age of 18 in United States. There are other countries that execute juveniles‚ such as Iran‚ Saudi

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    Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile delinquency‚ referring to the crime committed by teenagers between 14 and 25 years old in China‚ has become a problem difficult to handle for the whole society. Juvenile delinquency occupied to over 70% of all the crime in recent three years [1]. Many social scientists‚ who have studied the deep causes for juvenile crime‚ found that the juvenile delinquency results from a mixture of different factors‚ not only criminal himself or herself‚ but also family‚ school

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    Proper Justice For Juveniles  If a teenager commits a crime‚ it doesn’t make it any less a crime. Whether it is a  misdemeanor or felony‚ the age of the adolescent does not alter the level of offense. It does not‚  however‚ mean that the juvenile should be tried as an adult in court. Juveniles are not adults and  the seriousness of their crime cannot change that either. It is not right to give a teenager an adult  sentence for a violent crime because kids are not competent to stand trial in an adult court‚ even 

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    More than 2.3 million adult drivers and passengers were treated in emergency departments as the result of being injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2009.2 Adult seat belt use is the most effective way to save lives and reduce injuries in crashes. Yet millions of adults do not wear their seat belts on every trip. Body How big is the problem of crash-related injuries and deaths? I. Motor vehicle crashes are a major public health problem.. A. More than 2.3 million adult drivers and

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    inconclusive on exactly how many juveniles have been waived into the adult system. Figure 2 shows that in 1998‚ the Department of Corrections provided some idea of how many juveniles were handled by the adult criminal justice system ("Alaska Juveniles Waived into the Adult System‚" 1998). Implementing the 2 types of juvenile waivers has proven inconclusive as to whether or not there has been a decrease in juvenile crime. Threatening a juvenile that they will be waived to adult status and held accountable

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    Citywide Curfew Yes the citywide curfew should be changed for various reasons. I think that there shouldn’t be a curfew on weekends. There would be less crime and there would be fewer teens in juvenile. Logically there shouldn’t be a curfew on weekends because if there wasn’t the police wouldn’t be so worried about teenagers under 17. The curfew van wouldn’t be picking people up at all. The parents should be able to raise their children or child how they please‚ and of they allow their child to

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    Why drugs should not be legalize We ask ourselves what are these great risks on us consuming illegalized drugs. We are constantly exposed to all sorts of illegal drugs especially young adults at school‚ parties and even on the local beaches. Were surrounded by it all through out of lives‚ being pressured to consume them and take risk on becoming addicted. Not only this‚ but we are presented with all other types or drugs‚ such as over the counter for a simple cold‚ pain relievers

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    Juvenile Delinquent Renee Washington American Intercontinental University   Abstract This report is in regards to our young people today that need to be helped to a point that they have meaning in their lives. There are ways that can be presented to insure that young offenders can work through the pain‚ and rage surrounding their emotions which causes negative behavior. Healing programs have been a recommendation thru the court systems to analyze juvenile delinquency‚ and find the factors

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