To understand how juveniles in Brazil are managed compared to adult you have to understand what is going on within the country’s economy. Brazil has seen an unprecedented spike in crime in adults and youth. The surge is a factor of Brazil’s booming economy; this causes a dilemma when a wide gap exist between rich, middle class and the poor, with the poor representing the largest group.
The Brazilin children do not grow up with preschool and day care is almost no existent especially for the poor. These kids are hanging out on the streets right out of diapers. The problem with this scenario is the children grow up lacking empathy. In the booming economy with the pressures for you to buy and spend, the children will resort to crime to …show more content…
in respect they must be separated from adults in a safe location until the age of 18; the difference plays in with the oversight. Mandated laws for juvenile criminals are ignored regularly and the juveniles are put at greater risk. In the area of detention government regulations are grossly violated by holding juveniles in jail beyond the 45 days, which is the maximum time a juvenile can be detained before trail. In some reported cases, juveniles have been held in excess of 90 days without being formally charged of a crime (Hanmer, 2004, p. 3-4). This is most common within the poorer parts of the county.
On paper, laws protecting juveniles under the age of 18 are present but are not always enforced. The country, nearly 95%, want the required age of 18 for long term jail sentences to be reduced to the age of 16 due to nature of the crimes juveniles are committing at the younger ages. Activist are fighting back arguing that locking juveniles up like adults is not the answer. Brazil, has laws protecting children under the age of 12 as not criminally responsible, however, without effective rehabilitation Brazil is just giving them a pass until they reach the age for
The Brazilin children do not grow up with preschool and day care is almost no existent especially for the poor. These kids are hanging out on the streets right out of diapers. The problem with this scenario is the children grow up lacking empathy. In the booming economy with the pressures for you to buy and spend, the children will resort to crime to …show more content…
in respect they must be separated from adults in a safe location until the age of 18; the difference plays in with the oversight. Mandated laws for juvenile criminals are ignored regularly and the juveniles are put at greater risk. In the area of detention government regulations are grossly violated by holding juveniles in jail beyond the 45 days, which is the maximum time a juvenile can be detained before trail. In some reported cases, juveniles have been held in excess of 90 days without being formally charged of a crime (Hanmer, 2004, p. 3-4). This is most common within the poorer parts of the county.
On paper, laws protecting juveniles under the age of 18 are present but are not always enforced. The country, nearly 95%, want the required age of 18 for long term jail sentences to be reduced to the age of 16 due to nature of the crimes juveniles are committing at the younger ages. Activist are fighting back arguing that locking juveniles up like adults is not the answer. Brazil, has laws protecting children under the age of 12 as not criminally responsible, however, without effective rehabilitation Brazil is just giving them a pass until they reach the age for