¨kids Are Kids Until They Commit Crime: Article Analysis

This seems to be the whole fuss in the criminal justice system when juveniles commit an adult crime. Do they get off and get sent to Juvie? Or are they tried as an adult? How serious was the crime? Did they know what they were doing or how bad the consequences will be? In order to be charged as an adult for a serious crime, I think, they would have to fully understand what they did. They might not have understood fully, or at all, what the consequences of their crime was, but they knew what they were doing. In the 1st line of this article, Juvenile Justice in the U.S. Facts for Policymakers, it says: “Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop through-out adolescence, with the prefrontal cortex - the section of the brain

In the article “Kids are Kids- Until They Commit Crimes” Marjie Lundstrom states “Hey they’re only kids, that is until they foul up. Until they commit crimes. And the bigger the crime, the more eager we are to call them adults.” If teens seem to commit the same crimes as adults, they shouldn’t get less time. A child should be tried as an adult because a crime is a crime no matter who commits it. … Teens that

Many people believe adolescents should pay for the crime they have committed however, others believe they shouldn't because their brains are not fully developed according to scientists who have made this study. District Attorney Peter Weir, talks about Austin Siggs who committed a felony and emphasizes his opinion on siggs being fully charged as an adult. As a result, others disagree and strongly believe teenagers should not be charged as adults and say ¨His [Austin Sigg] brain is not fully developed. He can't make good decisions or be held fully accountable for his actions¨. In other words the quote above explains adolescents do not have the right mentality to be charged with an adult felony and this is not actual justice. Nevertheless many believe if teens have the mentality to commit a horrendous crime they should face the consequences and must know right from wrong by this age.

Approximately two million adolescents a year are arrested and out of that two million, 60,000 of them are incarcerated according to the American Journal of Public Health. The 60,000 incarcerated adolescents each year are being tried as adults in court because of the serious crimes they have committed. The crimes they have committed are anything from armed robbery to murder. Some juveniles might be first time offenders and others might be repeat offenders. Crimes have always been a major issue in the United States and can cause controversy in the criminal justice system. Charging a minor as an adult in criminal court varies from state to state based on each state’s jurisdiction. Some states consider anyone up to the age of 18 still a juvenile and would not be charged as an adult in criminal court, but other states may charge a juvenile as an adult at the age of 16 or 17. Jordan (2014) states, “Although states already had methods for transferring youth to the adult system, as a result of the growing fear of juvenile violence, most states implemented new laws to increase the number of youth entering the adult criminal system’ (Bernard & Kurlychek, 2010; Torbet et al., 1996)” (p. 315). While it sounds beneficial to incarcerate more adolescents in the adult criminal justice system to avoid juveniles from committing crimes in the future, that is not always the case. Incarcerating these juveniles can be life changing in a negative

The truth of the matter is a "kid", "teens" or however you want to call it; are not a grown ups we aren't given the same rights as grown-ups and majority of the time are ignored because we ar not grown-ups; however when it come to crimes we are most definitely taken into considerations. After considering both sides of the debate on juvenile justice, it is clear that juveniles should not face life without parole for the reason that we aren't taken in consideration most of the time as well as our immaturity.

As adolescents, we have all made mistakes, some big some small but it never crossed our minds that one of these mistakes could change our lives forever. In this day in age, it's ludicrous to hear youth suspects receive harsh sentencing; being forced to go to an adult jail or prison, or in rare cases getting put on death row. “The practice of charging young people as adults gained momentum in America in the 1990s, as youth crime spiked” ("Children in Adult Jails"). Some argue that these pre-teens and/or teens should receive harsh sentencing regardless of their age because they were old enough to know right from wrong. Others believe juveniles should be tried as adults in certain circumstances, depending on the crime and its severity. On the other hand, many people believe youth offenders should receive a higher juvenile sentence as opposed to an adult sentence. This

Criminals are on foot everyday around the United States and other parts of the world. Whether they are young children, adults, seniors, or any kind of human being, crimes are committed everyday by people who look like a bad influence or others that look innocent walking down the streets who have never committed a crime before. Juveniles ages 7-15 should not be sentenced to life without parole for crimes they commit because it would not be fair for them to spend the rest of their lives in jail for committing a mistake. Reasons can be found on why juveniles should be left inside a cell and arguments can build up if people disagree with one another. Some adults commit crimes and are left with freedom after a satisfied amount of time locked up. Young teenagers can still be immature and do not have the mind to think like a regular human being. Young people also do not know what is wrong or right to do since they are not of legal age. Some teenagers are also not fully educated yet for they might have grown up without parents to yell at them to lead them through the right path. Most juveniles are barely in middle school and have not really learned anything about the real outside life yet. Juveniles that are sentenced for a reasonable amount of time can also be rehabilitated once they are out of prison so they can be leaded to the right path again without having to be locked up. Many young men are in rehabilitation centers because they disobey their parents or because they are drug

The article “Kids Are Kids - Until They Commit Crimes” is about how kids and adults are treated differently in many occasions. But when it comes down to jail, the difference between both is challenged. The article talks about how kids have similar punishments as adults. Actually, they are so eager to call these kids adults, because the bigger the crime then they are going to want to trial them as an adult. Some disagree that kids that do crimes should not be treated as an adult because they are just kids. But some also say that they should be trialed as an adult because like the saying goes “if kids want to be treated as an adult and act like one then they will be treated as one including the consequences.”

The question to whether or not a juvenile should be tried as an adult for committing a crime is still quite complex. There are those that believe a crime is a crime and no matter who the person may be they shouldn’t be punished the same way as everyone else. Though other oppose that they shouldn’t be punished so harshly because it can severely fracture their mental health. Though there must be some other resolution to sentencing juveniles to life prison and therefore ruining their

“Kids Are Kids Until They Commit Crimes” Talks about Lionel Tate, was he a man or a boy? Lionel beat up a six year old to his death. He spent probably life in prison he was convicted with first degree murder at the time he was 12 but since he was 14 they considered him as an adult. There were 2 other crimes , a 15 year old named thomas was mimicking a TV program about little girls and got sentenced with 26 years to life in prison term , and a 13 now 14 year old named brazil shot and killed his teacher and was charged as an adult with first degree murder. Lionel was later then sent to jail which still doesn't understand bothering inmates is a bad thing. Should adults and teens get the equal amount of jail time ?

When teens commit a crime they have just as much responsibility as an adult has when committing a crime. As Marjie Lundstrom says in “Kids are Kids”, “They are kids that is, until they foul up. Until they commit crimes. And the bigger the crime, the more eager we are to call them adults.” In this quote I believe her words because there are some kids out there that do worse crimes than adults and there are kids that commit crimes when some adults don’t commit crimes at all.

As more minors are committing violent crimes, the question of whether they should be tried as adults has arisen. Children as young as 13 or 14 are committing violent crimes such as murder, rape, and armed robbery. Some of these children are being tried as adults while others are being tried as juveniles and receiving milder punishments. A juvenile offender may receive a few years in a juvenile detention facility and possibly probation following his release at age eighteen. An adult committing the same violent crime will receive a much harsher penalty, often years in jail, possibly a life sentence, with little or no chance of parole. The only difference between the two offenders is the age at which they committed the crime. Juveniles over

We live in a world where no matter we go we have constant access to media and what’s happening next door to us or even across the world. We hear constantly about what crime has been done or even when people have their court date. But, the debate about where teens and kids should go after they’ve committed a crime has many differences in opinions. Kids really are still kids even if they have committed an adult crime. Kids shouldn’t have to deal with violent adults, and have to deal with all the risks they have for being put in an adult prison. Being in prison with adults kids are at increased risks of being sexually assaulted, suicide, and even mental damage Yes, the kids have committed a crime, but they also are only kids and sending them to prison does a lot of damage to them. For that reason, I feel it is wrong for kids to be sent to prison.

I do not think it is a good idea to lock juveniles up in prisons with adults. For a child to set down and plan a murder for instance, there would have to be some kind of deep emotional problem. On the other side of this, if the child knows right from wrong and he can sit down and plan a murder, then you could say if he is old enough to kill someone then he is old enough to die. The juvenile criminal is rooted much deeper than right from wrong. It starts back from when they are small children. Most of them are usually outsiders or outcasts. Who can you hold fault for that other than society? If juveniles don't fit in with the popular kids in school they are considered an

“A child is not a man”. In the case of teenagers being tried and sentenced as adults the verdict is that they should because if they commit a violent crime such as murder,rape and treason they should be tried as an adult only if the person who has done the crime had no intention to do it or it happened as an accident.