Children should not have access to dangerous items! This topic happens in both the real world and the play Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet they both have access to knives and other dangerous items. In the real world people that are to young to own a gun have guns. People under the age of 21 should not be able to have possession of a dangerous team such as poison or guns, because they can harm them self or even others.
Minors should not be tried as adults in court because they lose the chance at receiving rehabilitation services, the recidivism rate is higher, and the stigma of a criminal past on an adults’ life. The adult criminal system has no special programming and treatment needed for the rehabilitation of convicted youths. The American Government spends money for the prevention of juvenile crime, the rehabilitation, and transitional services for young offenders convicted in the juvenile judicial system. Young adults should have an opportunity to take advantage of these programs too, not shoved into an overburdened, underfunded, and inefficient system. Resulting in perhaps additional or false convictions from the lack of positive reform needed to rehabilitate young minds.
Some people seem to think there is. The real question here is; should the issue of teens being able to walk the streets at all hours of the night be left up to parents or should the government step up and take action regarding teen curfew to help keeps kids off the street and out of trouble? Being a parent often means being the “bad guy”. Setting rules and being strict isn’t fun for anyone but it is a necessary part of the job. They protect, provide for and teach their kids what they need to know to be successful in life.
This is why I believe parents should not be able to check their teen’s social media accounts. I understand that parents are also concerned with their teens safety. We hear a lot about the dangers of the internet and sharing too much information through social media. But as teenagers, we are expected to be more responsible and deserve some privacy. Parents rummaging through their teens’ social media accounts may do more harm than good as it shows no trust.
Maria Everson Zaborsky Infamous Crime Cases An infamous case that was solved by forensic evidence was the Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy case. He was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile. He assaulted many women and girls killing between 30-40 people throughout seven different states, which Ted Bundy confessed to. He also cut the head of 12 victims off and kept the head in his house as a memory to always have, he would also kill women and later return to the crime scene to have intercourse with the body until it began to rot or was destructed by wild animals. In 1975 Ted was arrested in Utah but was released due to the little evidence, Two years later was convicted of kidnapping and escaped.
Teenagers Should Not be Issued Credit Cards Teenagers are commonly viewed as indulging in a reckless lifestyle and ignoring their personal responsibilities in life. Teenagers often underestimate their financial responsibilities as they confine their view of life to instant satiety and gratification. Their irrational tendencies serve to undermine how they are able to fulfill their responsibilities as they view their personal pleasure as outweighing any possible consequences emerging from their actions. They often abuse their own financial resources for the sake of living more independently from their parents, but this kind of behavior illustrates that teenagers are in no position to have and use credit cards. Teenagers should not be issued credit cards as they are unable to fulfill their finanial responsibilities due to the fact they first need a solid education and strong credit history, and that teenagers turn to reckless spending that drains their economic resources.
Youth that hang around people their age that are making bad choices and not abiding the law will involve in crimes with friends who are doing the same. Their environment can cause them to act out in negative ways, the lack of positive adults, abuse and neglect, and too much idle time and not enough planned activities. Children should not be tried as adults. “The United States Supreme Court has ruled that there are limitations on the punishment juveniles can receive even when they are tried in adult court. The law considers youth crimes to be less culpable than adult, therefore juvenile punishment should not be as severe as those available for adults, even for the exact same crime.” The punishment of a 14 year old, Arkansas teenager who wasn’t the triggerman at a video rental store that he and his robbed was fair.
Personally, I do not wish to become a probation officer. My goal is to work with troubled youth as a counselor for juveniles. Many times after getting into trouble a juvenile will be turned away by their parents or guardian. As the parent sees the child as a liability instead of a child, the juvenile will often be left out in the street with nowhere to go. In many cases the juvenile will commit more crimes because they have nobody to turn to or look out for them.
Guns cause more suicides, mass shootings, and muggings. They are the fastest way to kill someone, and they can kill more people. The shooter for Newtown Connecticut killed twenty children within minutes because he had an assault weapon. He killed twenty-six innocent children and adults. That is a big number and he had more bullets to continue.
Plus teens wouldn’t be as broke, because they are not getting in trouble by the cops and getting minors. By getting a minor, it can ruin their whole life. If one got a minor in college, it may prevent them from getting a very good job in the future, it they were to look at their record. Which they may think is very sad, because one mistake when someone is young can ruin their whole life. But people that vouch for the drinking age to be lowered to 18 tend to forget that the body and brain is not fully developed