Heriberto Rodriguez
Dr. Kim Turnage
English 112
September 28, 2014
Should Juveniles be Tried in Adult Courts? The questions of whether juveniles should be tried as adults have been ask more often then ever. This topic brings controversial within the public. Splitting the public into two sides. Crimes committed by juveniles have increase by 30% in the past couple years (Khan). This causing the debate of whether juvenile’s delinquent should be tried in adult court is the right thing to be doing or not. The people who are for juveniles being tried in adult courts have their own opinion. They believe that by punishing juveniles for their crimes as adult it will set an example to the other juveniles that they can be punish the same way if they …show more content…
The article tackles the cons that young children are committing crimes at a young age of “9 and 10” (Borkar). This kids who commit crimes at such a young age don’t have the capacity to plan a crime out and implement into action and don’t relies the consequences of their actions (Borkar). It also explains that children are not the ones to blame for their actions, but the parents are the ones responsible for the blame. Parents have the responsibility to raise their children and teach them standards, principles, and right from wrong. Its also said children who commit crimes at a young age are not likely to commit crimes when they grow up to an adult, but if they are punish as adult it may change the outcome. Children who are sentence as adults are more likely to forget about the crime over time, but in the other hand adult will think about the crime and will regret their …show more content…
Their ages ranged from 22 to 56. The first question I ask was do you believe that juveniles should ever be tried as adults? Only 10 participants answer yes to the question. Then I ask why or why not? Most of the ones that said yes answer something like this, because a crime is a crime and they must suffer the consequences of their outcome. The 5 that said no answer that they deserve a second chance to change their way of being. For the 10 that answer yes, I ask them another question saying in what situation should they be tried as an adult? The majority of the answers said whenever they commit a serious crime. What I concluded from the survey was that most of the people agree to juveniles to be trial as adults.
From the information gather from the article and the survey is that both cons and pros have good arguments. Juveniles should not be tried as adults if is their first offence and should get the chance to get help, but juveniles that have cause constant crimes and have not improve from therapy should be tried as adults. A lot of factors go into consideration in deciding if a juvenile should be transfer to an adult criminal court or not, but still causing the debate whether or not it is right to tried juveniles as
Dr. Kim Turnage
English 112
September 28, 2014
Should Juveniles be Tried in Adult Courts? The questions of whether juveniles should be tried as adults have been ask more often then ever. This topic brings controversial within the public. Splitting the public into two sides. Crimes committed by juveniles have increase by 30% in the past couple years (Khan). This causing the debate of whether juvenile’s delinquent should be tried in adult court is the right thing to be doing or not. The people who are for juveniles being tried in adult courts have their own opinion. They believe that by punishing juveniles for their crimes as adult it will set an example to the other juveniles that they can be punish the same way if they …show more content…
The article tackles the cons that young children are committing crimes at a young age of “9 and 10” (Borkar). This kids who commit crimes at such a young age don’t have the capacity to plan a crime out and implement into action and don’t relies the consequences of their actions (Borkar). It also explains that children are not the ones to blame for their actions, but the parents are the ones responsible for the blame. Parents have the responsibility to raise their children and teach them standards, principles, and right from wrong. Its also said children who commit crimes at a young age are not likely to commit crimes when they grow up to an adult, but if they are punish as adult it may change the outcome. Children who are sentence as adults are more likely to forget about the crime over time, but in the other hand adult will think about the crime and will regret their …show more content…
Their ages ranged from 22 to 56. The first question I ask was do you believe that juveniles should ever be tried as adults? Only 10 participants answer yes to the question. Then I ask why or why not? Most of the ones that said yes answer something like this, because a crime is a crime and they must suffer the consequences of their outcome. The 5 that said no answer that they deserve a second chance to change their way of being. For the 10 that answer yes, I ask them another question saying in what situation should they be tried as an adult? The majority of the answers said whenever they commit a serious crime. What I concluded from the survey was that most of the people agree to juveniles to be trial as adults.
From the information gather from the article and the survey is that both cons and pros have good arguments. Juveniles should not be tried as adults if is their first offence and should get the chance to get help, but juveniles that have cause constant crimes and have not improve from therapy should be tried as adults. A lot of factors go into consideration in deciding if a juvenile should be transfer to an adult criminal court or not, but still causing the debate whether or not it is right to tried juveniles as