What are Juvenile Offenders? Juvenile offenders are youths under the age of eighteen who are accused of a crime or have committed a crime and they are processed through a Juvenile Justice System. I learned about Juvenile Offenders through a class assignment, the class was instructed to read a novel about Juvenile Offenders in a Juvenile Hall facility. This topic is very controversial and it can go either way; it’s very intriguing to see how and why Juvenile’s end up in the justice system.
Delinquency behavior is steered to a component of many things, those including: living in poverty, being abused or neglected, and even maltreated. (Chambliss p. 29) Those who don’t yearn for an education or have an outlook on life tend to distinguish this …show more content…
Those that say yes, Chambliss states that the “Doctrine of Parens Patriae” became the main ethics of execution against young people. Those include, youths’ who came before the court for both criminal and child welfare concerns. The more that young people insinuate oneself into the juvenile justice system, the more damaged they become, and the less likely they are to refrain from offending. (Chambliss p. 7) Before the age of ten, there is a lack of proportions to make moral decisions based on the recognition of one’s actions or on others. Children at the age of thirteen lack moral self-determination from adults and research has shown that moral understanding continues to develop until the age of seventeen. Both cognitive and moral expansion continues into the early twenties. As a matter of fact, research shows that a juveniles’ brain is not fully developed until the the age of twenty-five. (Chambliss p. …show more content…
Those that say no, Chambliss suggest that the idea that children are not capable of committing a crime is seen as absurd to some and there are a number of leading cases that have lead to public outcry. (Chambliss p. 9) In legal terms excuse means complete dismissal so the young person is not accountable for the harm and should receive little to no punishment. The application for this type of excuse is only reserved for the mentally impaired or extraordinary circumstances. The age at which criminal responsibility is assigned as being in the point of life when it is absolutely convinced that the young person did not have any knowledge of “right” and
Delinquency behavior is steered to a component of many things, those including: living in poverty, being abused or neglected, and even maltreated. (Chambliss p. 29) Those who don’t yearn for an education or have an outlook on life tend to distinguish this …show more content…
Those that say yes, Chambliss states that the “Doctrine of Parens Patriae” became the main ethics of execution against young people. Those include, youths’ who came before the court for both criminal and child welfare concerns. The more that young people insinuate oneself into the juvenile justice system, the more damaged they become, and the less likely they are to refrain from offending. (Chambliss p. 7) Before the age of ten, there is a lack of proportions to make moral decisions based on the recognition of one’s actions or on others. Children at the age of thirteen lack moral self-determination from adults and research has shown that moral understanding continues to develop until the age of seventeen. Both cognitive and moral expansion continues into the early twenties. As a matter of fact, research shows that a juveniles’ brain is not fully developed until the the age of twenty-five. (Chambliss p. …show more content…
Those that say no, Chambliss suggest that the idea that children are not capable of committing a crime is seen as absurd to some and there are a number of leading cases that have lead to public outcry. (Chambliss p. 9) In legal terms excuse means complete dismissal so the young person is not accountable for the harm and should receive little to no punishment. The application for this type of excuse is only reserved for the mentally impaired or extraordinary circumstances. The age at which criminal responsibility is assigned as being in the point of life when it is absolutely convinced that the young person did not have any knowledge of “right” and