Juveniles that are convicted in criminal court particularly for serious and violent offenders are most likely to serve more time in juvenile than those who are retained in the juvenile system. However, juveniles that sentence as an adult does receive a shorter sentence than the juvenile court. Offenders of any age should be punished for any crimes that they have committed and the harm they caused others. Children are intelligent and rational people who make informed decisions to commit a crime and this is based upon rather if they will benefit from doing so. The theories blame these type of behaviors on the lack of control, nutrients, a chemical in the balance of the brain, hyperactivity, and lack of intelligence ( Regoli, 2017). The most
