Why They Should Not Be Tried As Adults During The Justice System

Juveniles should be tried as adults when they commit serious crimes as opposed to rehabilitation or various forms of lesser sentencing. The rate of juveniles in prison has increased over the years. Many young adults and children often seek for attention which leads them to cause trouble out in the streets. There are risk levels that officers have to make in order to help the juveniles or if committing a serious crime, they should pay the consequences. Many may oppose and think that young adults and children are not adults, but they should be punished for the crimes they have done.

There are times juveniles should not be convicted as adults because sometimes the “crimes” may not harsh enough to be charged as an adult. For example, if a 8 year old saw a gun in their mother's purse and thought it was a toy and grabbed it and began to shoot who would be at fault ? Plus children in adult prisons are 10 times more likely to be taken advantage of in their time. Research shows that children prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system are more likely to reoffend than those held in the juvenile justice

Many have discussed and argued if Juveniles should be charged as adults. Then there's others that believe that they shouldn't be charged as adults. However, juveniles should be tried as adults because they committed a crime in which they must pay for which they also knew it is wrong. They should be tried should depend on what age they are and what fractions have they encountered like rape, abuse, etc. If a 5 year old were to be playing with another kid and perhaps that 5 year old kills the child they have absolutely no idea of what they have done they are far too young to understand what they are doing or have done. Most of the time you have to take care of children because they are putting items in their mouth that they don’t know what it

Research studies have been conducted to demonstrate that adolescent brains are without full adult potential thus, adolescents should not be charged with adult sentences for crimes committed under the age of 18. Several doctors note that the under development of the brain, though it does not excuse criminal behavior, should not result in a life sentence or any other irreversible or extreme punishment (Beckman, 2004, p. 1). Beckman (2004) also states that “eight medical and mental health organizations, including the American Medical Association cite a sheaf of developmental

If judges and prosecutors didn’t care to learn how adult prisons affect juveniles, our juvenile crime rates would be very different than they are today. If juveniles were tried and put into adult prisons, we would be creating more criminals rather than trying to prevent them. According to U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, they said “If the point of juvenile courts is to deter and rehabilitate juveniles so that they can succeed as adults, then it is important to evaluate the success of that mission when a juvenile is charged as an adult in the criminal justice system” (Scialabba). Some judges and prosecutors believe putting juveniles in adult prisons will deter them from delinquency rather than the

Juveniles should be considered as adults at courts because they need to learn from their mistakes, they are old enough to know what they do, and they have to be considered as adults on how bad the crime was at court. Juveniles should be considered as adults so they can learn about what they did wrong.

For those who are simply interested in the costs, it may be fairly surprising. It is a common and misconceived ideal that incarceration is a cheap and easy way to contain criminals, in this case juveniles. However, due to the fact that the incarceration itself has not in any way hindered criminal activity rates or decreased juvenile recidivism, taxpayers are simply investing more money into these detention facilities and court proceedings than what is realized. Let’s look at a specific detention facility for example. The Cook

Everyday someone is getting away with more than they did before. Innocent lives are being taken away, and the murderers are getting away with it. The felons are told they have an excuse because they are a juvenile and the same rules for adults don't apply to them. Juvenile offenders should be tried as adults because at any age people know what they are doing, Juveniles are taking advantage of the system, and they should be equally punished as adults if they do the same crime.

I believe the court system should not prosecute a 15 year old who shot and killed someone at school, under the same rules and punishments as adults. The reason why I believe this is because at 15 years old the prefrontal cortex of your brain is not fully developed until the age of 25 therefore their brain lacks the ability to make decisions more on a deeper level. In one of the articles from "the Juveniles Justice website," it explains how 14 year olds do not have the same level of capability of thinking as 24 year olds do. This article relates greatly to this discussion because it explains all the reasons why children should not be prosecuted as adults. I also believe that social interactions play a role in shaping a child's behavior. In our

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 United States leads the world in the incarceration of young people, there are over 100,000 youth placed in jail each year. Locking up youth has shown very little positive impact on reducing crime. Incarcerating youth have posed greater problems such as expenses, limited education, lack of employment, and effect on juveniles’ mental and physical well-being.

In my own opinion, I consider juveniles as immature because they lack the ability to recognize the long term impact of their actions as they have decreased levels of responsibility. Therefore, the justice system should not charge juveniles in adult legal system and sentence them as adults.Trying juveniles as adults exposes the young offenders to state penitentiaries up to life in prison without parole and even sentenced to death. This raises a question on how truly effective treating juveniles as adults are to the young offenders. As the crimes committed by juveniles increase, there has been an outcry from the public and affected to prosecute juveniles accused of serious crimes as adults. It is true that juveniles do

I agree with the Supreme Court when they made a law that doesn’t put juveniles, life in prison. It is understandable because the kid might not know what is right from wrong. Like in the articles we have been reading the author Gail Garinger talks about the brain, saying that it isn’t fully developed, so that plays a big part. It takes a long time for the brain develop, so I agree with Garinger when she mentions it because you don’t understand what goes on into a teenager’s brain until you actually tested it. A juvenile should not spend their life in a prison because it will take a lot of time away from them and then they won’t be able to understand the real world when they get out.

Specifically, researchers have found that a massive amount of brain tissue is lost in the duration of these years. Paul Thompson, an assistant professor in neurology at UCLA, has found that ¨...brain cells and connections are only being lost in the areas controlling impulses, risk-taking, and self-control. These frontal lobes, which inhibit our violent passions, rash actions, and regulate our emotions, are vastly immature throughout the teenage years.¨ This statement validates the idea that teenagers tend to not think before they act is true, due to loss of cells that help them to make rational decisions. Although, these studies do not excuse actions committed by juveniles, they could give jourers some insight when determining the severity of the defendant's

Although many people believe that these juveniles should thirty-one accordingly. People will argue that these juveniles are conscious of what they are doing and that they forty-seven comprehend their actions and consequences. Opposing members would argue that the government spends $6 billion on juvenile corrections each year. As a result, individuals will claim this is a poor way to spend tax dollars if these criminals are not being punished but are instead helping a lost cause. Despite having other forms of punishment that are considered more effective. Forms of punishing that include longer sentencing and harsher prisons to correct these offenders. These forms of punishment can often prove to be more effective but sacrifice the psychological