Persuasive Essay On Juveniles

In today's society juveniles are being tried in adult courts, given the death penalty, and sent to prison. Should fourteen-year olds accused of murder or rape automatically be tried as adults? Should six-teen year olds and seven-teen year olds tried in adult courts be forced to serve time in adult prisons, where they are more likely to be sexually assaulted and to become repeat offenders. How much discretion should a judge have in deciding the fate of a juvenile accused of a crime - serious, violent, or otherwise? The juvenile crime rate that was so alarming a few years ago has begun to fall - juvenile felony arrest rates in California have declined by more than forty percent in the last twenty years. While

When it comes to kids, we tend to baby them. We organize their lives and set limits on everything. If they want to do something outside those limits we tell them they are not old enough or they have not experienced enough of the world yet. After all, what can they possibly know about love, major decisions, and what is best for them? Yet somehow, despite all this, when they commit a crime we turn into hypocrites. Magically, they are geniuses who know everything about the world. In society’s eyes, they are no longer a child, but a monster.

Every day, 70,000 juveniles are thrown into juvenile centers nationwide (Source: Juvenile justice system schools “do more harm than good”). The juveniles in juvenile centers often lose valuable education and knowledge, such as the knowledge they gain from living in the real world. Juvenile centers are not currently beneficial to troubled teens. Juvenile centers must take steps towards better education programs and must track the educational progress of the incarcerated juveniles.

Thirteen-year-old boy, Cristian Fernandez of Jacksonville, Florida was born on January 14 of 1999 to a mother who was as old as he is today. On March 15 2011, he was arrested relating to the alleged beating of his 2-year-old brother, David. At the time of his arrest, David was under care of St. Luke’s Hospital, receiving treatment for injuries he sustained the day before. It states that Cristian shoved his 2-year-old brother against a bookshelf, causing the young child to have severe head damage. Cristian’s mom, who was only 24 at the time, arrived at the apartment to reveal what happened just moments before. However, it states that his mom did not even call the police or take her son to the hospital

I was also, intrigued by Alexanders view on the war and drugs and it's relation to the African American community. African Americans are punished longer for the same crimes that whites commit, are likely to be critiqued for it longer as well. She further elaborates by explaining how black children are now raised by by single parents, due to the mass imprisonment of black fathers. The aftermath includes being "...denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in employment, housing, access to education, and public benefits, much as their grandparents and great-grandparents were during the Jim Crow era"(pg). In other words it can be clearly seen that blacks are selected and targeted, this system

Did you know, that in the United States alone, Over 200,000 children are charged and imprisoned every year as adults? Early in the 20th century, most states established juvenile courts to rehabilitate and not just punish youthful offenders. The system was designed for children to have a second chance at their lives. “A separate juvenile-justice system, which sought to rehabilitate and not just punish children, was part of a movement by progressives to create a legally defined adolescence through the passage of child-labor and compulsory education laws and the creation of parks and open spaces.”(How to reduce crime Pg 1) Although the view on juveniles committing brutal crimes is nearly inconceivable, it is not a solution to give juveniles adult consequences because the effects of the adult system on juveniles are not effective.

She points out how today’s incarceration problem in the African American community is just history repeating itself. American was build on racial control Alexander shines light on the Bacon’s Rebellion. It was after Nathaniel Bacon led an attack on the elite he openly condemned the rich for their oppression of

Despite their young age, many states continue to try teenagers as adults, often resulting in harsher adult penalties than youth processed in the juvenile system. As teenagers are still in the process of developing into an adulthood and are still learning about what they want to do with their lives, they deserve to be tried as teenagers and not adults. Although the crimes that teenagers commit can be just as bad as those of adults. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because their brains are not fully developed, most have mental disabilities and mental illnesses, the punishment is dangerous and traumatizing for the juvenile, and there is an age restriction that protects them from being tried as an adult.

According to Caldwell (1961) the juvenile justice system is based on the principle that youth are developmentally and fundamentally different from adults. According to Mack (1909) the focus of the juvenile justice system has shifted from “was the crime committed” to “why did the child commit the crime”, “how can we help the child”. When performing as it is designed and up to the initial intentions, the juvenile court balances rehabilitation (treatment) of the offender with suitable sanctions when necessary such as incarceration. According to Griffin (2008) in some cases juveniles may be required to be “transferred” to adult court. In this paper I am going to discuss the three primary mechanisms of waiver to adult court: judicial waiver

Complete silence. Terror seized control, and she ran at breakneck speed until reaching the safety of the open air. Adrenaline pumping through her blood, she stood beside the car gulping in short, shaky breaths.

Juveniles in adult prisons witness or go through so many life threatening and life changing situations. Once in the adult prison, “Prisoners witness inmate on inmate violence, they are also more likely to be victimized sexually” (Children Tried as Adults). That puts fear in juveniles leading them to search for protection; “The fear of being victimized or assaulted produces a need for security, which leads many young prisoners to rely on gangs and weapons for survival” (Scott). If this is the case not only will juveniles not rehabilitate but they will become more aggressive towards other people. Many juveniles forget the rehabilitation and just focus on surviving among the adult criminals.

Lionel Tate, who was twelve when he savagely beat to death a six-year-old. Claiming to be imitating his World Wrestling Federation heroes when he pummeled his playmate, less than third his size. Yet there's the case done by James Q Wilson, Harvard Professor and Crime Expert the youngest sister who was the joy of their close family who was murdered by a teenager. She and the husband were not the only ones to get shot, but her unborn child also was in the act of this atrocity. As she begged for the life of the unborn child, he simply pulled the trigger. His reasoning for this was that he wanted to know what it felt like to shoot someone. A claim that is very inexcusable, how is it that these kids. These adolescents. These juveniles have become a very touchy topic as of late on whether they should or shouldn’t be prosecuted as adults for violent crimes. The fact that this is a topic of discussion is very mind boggling, but these

Okay…To start off with, I think we should have a Juvenile Justice Centers because I think you adults need to teach and cooperate with us youth teens for us to try to understand the things we do, do have consequences. Also because we need to understand how the world works, we don’t really know what’s out there in the world, things out there are even bigger and stronger than us and we need to know how to stay in our place. We also need this because many of us students, teens have learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral problems, so we know you can help us get over these problems. Let me set higher information!. My first reason is because

Juveniles can be seen as a danger to society. Many people dislike childish kids that do not behave and that are a bother to society. But we should stop and think and ask ourselves, do we really know what they are going through in their household or at school? Society should not judge the juveniles by the way they look, dress or even by the way they interact with people. A juvenile should be should be convicted as an adult by court until found guilty.

Should juveniles get adult jail sentences? In today's society juvenile offenders are facing the law to full force, in two court systems. Not only are they tried in the juvenile justice system, but also charged as adults. The issue of charging juveniles as adults has stirred various views owing to the violent crimes committed by the young offenders. Politicians comment that the best solution is to lock up juvenile offenders for a long time and ignore rehabilitation. However, prior researches on the topic of juvenile delinquencies suggest that trying young offenders in the adult legal system and putting them in adult prisons will only lead to increased crime, higher costs, and increased violence(John & Jiangmin 568).