The first opinion seems to be correct, but only when it comes to the cases of delinquency. However, in the cases of heinous crimes there is no excuse for the juveniles, and juveniles must be undoubtedly tried as adults. In general, it is quite obvious that juvenile offenders should be treated as adults. It will help to maintain social order and teach children about inadmissibility of any crime.…
The article, “Juveniles Should Be Tried As Adults” by Mary Estudillo, brings up many strong arguments as to why juveniles should be tried as adults, but the opposing article, “Juveniles Should Not Be Tried As Adults” written by Hannah McCrea strongly claims they should not. Estudillo cites examples of cases in which juveniles committed first and second degree murder, and were thereafter tried as adults. She explains how juveniles should be tried as adults because they are criminals, and criminals need to held responsible for their actions. She also brings up how rehabilitation does little to sometimes nothing for the child, so when they are released, they commit another crime. Alternatively, McCrea authored “Juveniles Should Not Be Tried As Adults,” and states how adult prisons do more harm than good for juveniles.…
Imagine this. You are happily married with an amazing son who is your whole world. He is currently fourteen years old and nothing could be better. One day he is peer pressured into holding a gun for a friend who claims it is no big deal. His friend tells him to shoot if anyone comes around the corner while he breaks into the closed store.…
Adolescents need to know what results from their actions. Because of this, it is followed that juveniles should be tried as adults. If children want to act like adults and commit crimes, then they should be treated as adults and…
When it comes to the criminal justice system, there are many varying elements that contribute to the process through which accused offenders are counseled. As is expected, there are also numerous moral and ethical disputes that come with the territory, such as whether or not children, or 'juveniles', should be tried as adults in court for the violent crimes they commit. Some may say any child over the age of five should know the difference between right and wrong; for an individual to plan out a crime and act on it, the punishment should fit the offense, no matter the age. However, there is a thin line between vice and neurosis when it comes to juveniles. The incarceration of individuals under the age of sixteen at adult correctional facilities…
Adult jail is not the solution. Therefore, juveniles should not be tried as adults because they have not yet experienced this world as an adult long enough to fully understand their actions, and also they themselves may not be fully developed physically. As people, juveniles are still in the process of developing. Juveniles that commit crimes may not have a clear, complete understanding of the crime they have committed.…
Children are being charged as adults and being sentenced to life in adult prison everyday, yet it does not seem to be a big topic of conversation. For many years there has been a growing controversy regarding how to properly deal with juvenile criminals. Many believe that the young adolescents who commit heinous crimes should be sentenced to adult prison for life, although some believe that the convicts should remain in juvenile detention centers. Juveniles who commit serious crimes should not be sentenced to life in adult prison due to their underdeveloped brains, the lack of support for rehabilitate,and the Extensive research conducted by specialist has revealed that the teenage brain is drastically underdeveloped compared to a fully grown adults brain. It is stated in the article “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” by Paul Thompson while he explaining the degree of damage the loss of brain tissue has on teens, “ Gray matter, which brain researchers believe support all our thinking and…
Children are usually seen as innocent, as they play around with others and are just balls of energy. Often seen as simply kids who have no experience in the outside world until they grow older. However, sometimes a child’s play can go wrong and can affect another’s life. When these incidents happen where a death is involved, it’s often easy for society to look at the offender as a murder who should be in prison for the rest of their life despite what age the offender may be. While juveniles committing heinous crimes should be punished, they should also be given the chance to rejoin society at an appropriate age; therefore juveniles who redeem themselves should be able to get released earlier and be able to put their life together.…
My thoughts on juvenile offenders are being tried as adults is if they have done something bad enough to where the judge thinks he/she deserves to be tried as an adult, I believe they should so they can get bad people off the streets. A juvenile is a person under the age of 18. 27% of…
The craziness about this is the saying “the punishment should fit the crime” is like saying the murder should be murdered, and the rapist should be raped. What benefit is there in killing children, saving the taxpayer money or obtain revenge there has to be a better means for criminal justice agencies in the handling of young offenders. Placing juveniles in prison with adult criminals only creates criminals, because the juvenile would then learn how to survive within the surroundings of the adult population Instead, there is a chance youth offenders are of ages 12 to 16 placed in rehabilitation for a chance to develop as productive adults. More than likely juveniles have gone through life in a poor environment, abusive home, or have been neglected they could even lack in education. Some candidates pass through the justice system, most often placed on parole or…
The child is a criminal or the criminal is a child was a question asked at the beginning of the semester, the stance I took then is the same stance I take now, the criminal is a child. While I don’t believe every single child can be compared to one another without the ability to exclude some from the group, I believe looking at this approach as the criminal is a child is the best way to go. When deciding why I stand by my earlier stance, I looked at what our goal was and why we have consequence for our actions. Our country has the goal that by sentencing children to jail or prison we want them to be rehabilitated to re-join society. Our goal is for them to learn a lesson from the punishment and never commit another crime . . .…
There have been many opinions on juveniles being convicted as adults on the crimes they have committed. When it comes to some of these harsh crimes, who could not punish the individual to the fullest? It does not matter how old a person is because everyone knows the difference between right and wrong. If someone is raised differently and believes it is okay to murder another human, than they cannot just change their mindset. An individual that makes and adult decision should have the same consequences.…
There has been on average 293,066 people who have been tried for rape, even though only 2 out of 100 get convicted there are still 287,205 people in prison who have been convicted of rape of children 12 and older. Also many of the juveniles in prison do not learn the basics of life like they would If they were in juvy. Most kids get out of prison by the age of 21 and they then don’t know what to do with their life. Sentencing juveniles as adults is a violation of the 8th ammendments ban on cruel and unual punishment. Many people believed that sentencing juveniles as adults would lower the juvenile crime rate.…
Juveniles should not be tried as adults for it is wrong to hold adolescents, under the legal age, to adult standards. If children do not even receive the same rights as adults in the first place, it makes no sense to try them in adult court. These juveniles should have the opportunity to be rehabilitated in a positive manner, for they tend to come from troubled households and violent neighborhoods. In over half of the cases these troubled kids don’t know any different way than a life of crime when surrounded by both social and environmental factors that influence their delinquent actions. One must commemorate that juveniles are mentally underdeveloped, and still have time to innovate if their issues are dealt with precisely and accurately.…
The decision of juveniles being tried as adults in the world of criminal justice has usually been an object of controversy. Some agree that an adolescent who commits a serious crime like murder deserves to be penalized exactly like an adult; while others declare that a minor should not face the same punishment as an adult. However, no matter how severe or appalling a crime may be, juveniles should not be tried as adults; the reason being that everyone should be granted the chance to learn from their mistakes. Juveniles should not be punished as adults, simply because they biologically distinct from adults. Teenagers are the midsection between children and adults.…