If we want to deter crime, if we want a society with responsible and independent adults, and if we want to teach kids what is behaviors are proper or improper we need to stop coddling them and show them that actions have consequences. The problem with the juvenile courts is that they are more concerned with the age of the offender rather than the actual nature and reasons for the crime that they committed. If we hold back when it comes to punishing juvenile offenders for their crimes then it would only weaken the impact of the lesson that they are supposed to learn. If we hold back then what do the victims receive for compensation for their losses an apology letter? As Stimson and Grossman (2009) have stated in Taking Sides the public is given
