Juvenile Justice System Research Paper

The Juveniles justice system intervenes in teens behaviors through police,court to correct their involvement with the goal of rehabilitation. Juveniles who commit first or second degree murder receive a mandatory sentence of Life without parole. I agree that it is unfair and teens should not be sentenced without parole because their brain isn’t fully developed, minors do not have the right of an “adult”, and some teens grow up in a negative environment. “Teen-brain research is the finding that a massive loss of brain tissue occurs in the teen years” (Thompson1). Since teens brains are not fully developed would that affect teenagers decisions? Most of the time a teenagers decisions is based on emotions, impulses, risk-taking, rash actions and violent passions. Often times teenagers see on television and they start to think they can also get away with crimes that is portrayed on TV. “In Sacramento, a fifteen-year-old Yuba City youth who reportedly claimed he was mimicking a TV program about little girls who rob a bank was given a …show more content…
I grew up with my mother telling me right from wrong and some teens don’t grow up with that privilege. Some teens grow up with family members in gangs, addicted to drugs, domestic violence or a traumatic event which makes them see it normal and there's a fifty fifty chance they do the same. It’s also their opinion if they want to be the same or use that as a motivation and succeed in life, but sadly they follow the same path. Jennifer Jenkins article “ On Punishment and Teen Killers” says “Whenever he got in trouble , his parents fixed it.” he did not have to worry about his consequences, which made him irresponsible for his actions, and made him think he can get away with anything without getting