You said a derange teen should be punish accordingly, but there is no right way to punish the teen. The court must make a decision base on the background of juvenile teen upon whatever crime he/she committed.
There is also a question of sanity, for example if the teen has some type mental problem then they should be sentence to mental institute, but for those who are sane should be punishable throught rehabilitation or in the care of the parent's. It doesn't help the fact that you put juveniles teen in the same place together because they'll just get worsen by abusing each other. Even if there are guard or patrol around it is not guarentee.
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By focusing on the backround of the teenager, some might overlook the future of that teen. Peter claims, "The court must make a decision based on the background of a teen, upon whatever crime he/she committed," but we don't need him to tell us that. Anyone familiar with the law has long known that if it is broken, justice is applied. Though I concede that some allegation brought upon certain teen cases deserve a lighter sentence, I still insist that punishment should be carried out regaurdless of their background.
ReplyDeleteteenager deserve some form of punishment for their crimes, but putting them in juvenile all together won't make them change for the better or for their future. It's like forcing them to go into locked up facility while giving them a channce of being influence by another juveniles. Although it for good cause, juveniles facility served as an area for studies rather than a change for teens. I for one aim for changes that the juvenile be force to do service for the victim rather than being locked up in facility.
ReplyDeletePeter, you mentioned that some of the trials need to include insanity. This may be true, however, the offender or juvenile must plead insanity before that is looked upon. After that plea, an investigation is brought foward and access to medical records is granted. You also stated "the court must make a decision based on backround." If a teen were to be charged with murder, but had no criminal backround, would you be willing to declare him not guitly?
ReplyDeleteOf course, not every juvenile should be tried as an adult, but if the circumstances are to the point where adult sanctions are necessary, adult trials should be issued. A statistic from the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), 51 percent of juvenile cases that were transferred into adult settings involved person-to-person crime. The other 49 percent were crimes involving drugs, property crimes, and public order violations including weapons, sex and liquor violations (Katel). In addition, most of the adult trials are for the more dangerous and chronic offenders (James C. Backstrom Are Sentencing Policies Too Harsh?) Frank Orlando, director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy states that putting harsh sentences on youth is not going to make public safety better and it will not make our crime rates drop. In fact, many suggest that putting youth in adult prisons will only make them worse than what they were to begin with. This may be true, but this still doesn't change the fact that juveniles can get away with violent acts because of what they could become. For example, Caspari was attacked by a teenager shortly after his neighbor was attacked by the same juvenile. Whether it was an adult who did it or a teenager, the same crime has still been committed. Again, justice needs to be served in an adult setting to the offenders who are a danger in society.
ReplyDeleteKatel, P. (2008, November 7). Juvenile justice. CQ Researcher, 18, 913-936. Retrieved September 14, 2009, from CQ Researcher Online.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Nic that majorities teenagers are aware of what right and wrong, on the other hand what motivate an average teen to commit crime compare to an adult are somewhat different in the perspectives. There is a lot of reason why a teen would commit a serious crime, but an adult have a much clearer motive. For a teen, family issues, peer pressures, communities or because they think they'll get off easy (Wickliffe). These become part of them as they grew up. Although adult may had the same experience as teen, they have independence from all their past relations. So if an adult did commit crime, then by all mean he/she is punishable proportional to the weight of the crime. But a teen committing a crime need to further examination. I don't think I've overlook the intents on the teen because they are dependent on the guardian so it's part of their responsibility as well; children does tends to look up to parent.
Wickliffe, A. Joseph. "00.02.07: Why Juveniles Commit Crimes." Yale University. Web. 13 Sept. 2009.
You said a derange teen should be punish accordingly, but there is no right way to punish the teen. The court must make a decision base on the background of juvenile teen upon whatever crime he/she committed.
There is also a question of sanity, for example if the teen has some type mental problem then they should be sentence to mental institute, but for those who are sane should be punishable through rehabilitation or in the care of the parent's. It doesn't help the fact that you put juveniles teen in the same place together because they'll just get worse by abusing each other. For prison Even if there are guards or patrol around it is not guaranteed.
Doswell, Toni"The effects of prison rape - by Toni Doswell - Helium." Helium - Where Knowledge Rules. Web. 14 Sept. 2009.