Crimes that are considered delinquent crimes are the same as adult crimes the only difference is the age of the perpetrator. However, acts that would not be considered criminal in adults may still be considered delinquent in juvenile defenders. For example, running away from home would be considered a delinquent act when referring to a minor. Although, running away from is not breaking the law per se, it is a delinquent act for the reason that a child is expected to be under the care of their parents or a responsible adult at all times. In some of the states in the United States of America, children are considered juveniles until the age of 21 however; the majority of the states have eighteen being the cutoff between juvenile and adult.
Speaker number 2 stated, and I quote, “Juveniles are well aware of the actions they make and should be tried as adults for their heinous crimes.” end quote. However, this quote is not entirely accurate. My research shows that although juveniles may be aware of the actions they are making, they are not mentally capable of reasoning and making critical choices. Children are not typically ready to make choices that will effect their eternal life on earth. According to Dr. Mark Wellek, an Arizona psychiatrist and past president of the American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry, “The last areas of the brain to mature and fully develop are those
Some of our juveniles today are very misguided and are often following the wrong crowd. The parents of these juveniles feel that they have done all they can do for these children in trying to provide the best life for them but, as it will be seen in this paper it does not matter the type of background these juveniles come from peer- pressure is possibly the cause for some of the statistics that we see. Although There are many different theories about what influence juveniles to commit Delinquent acts the thing that influences juvenile the most is societies. The Reason for this is the fact that society labels an individual according to their upbringing, Their environment and their lack of education. The main purpose of the Juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate juveniles so that they can become a Contributing member of society and not another career criminal.
What makes an adolescent into a man? Growing up I was taught that what makes you a man is being responsible, showing maturity and having good judgment. According to the United States Government, being an adult is the complete opposite. Minors who have committed crimes which show their immaturity are being tried as adults. It is unethical for minors to be tried as adults because the government has already set the age of eighteen as the age where we are seen as adults, the adolescent brain is not fully developed, and it will ruin the adolescents future to try them as adults before the age of eighteen.
If the juvenile has been in a rehabilitation before, and the attempts have been unsuccessful, the juvenile may simply be too stubborn to try and improve. This would constitute as a juvenile willing to do something in order to receive something else that they believe outweigh the risks of consequence. Risks of Adult Court There are several risks (to the State) of having a minor in an adult court room, going through a traditional court hearing. In a juvenile hearing, there is no (aside from a few States) court jury, whereas in an adult hearing there is a jury, oftentimes leaving the penalty up to the sympathy of an adult court. Also, having a minor in an adult setting can often make the judge feel like he or she is using time that could be spent on something more important on someone of less importance.
(Reaves) Furthermore, juveniles to be tried as adults is that it'll not only make them understand the consequences of their action, but also prevent them from committing any further crimes, knowing fully well that they are not given any special consideration because of their age factor. It will thus lower the crime rate in society. When there are harsh punishments meted out on children who commit crimes, others will learn from their mistakes and deter from doing anything drastic like such. (Reaves) For example, when my niece sees one of my cousins get into trouble for something they did. For instance, take something that does not belong to them or break a toy that is also is not theirs, its helps and understand what my niece should not do.
Over time, authorities have began to recognize the differences of child or adolescent sex crimes to that of adults. It is becoming clear that children can be rehabilitated much easier than adults, especially those who are repeat offenders. It is still important to notify communities of any multi-offender who may move into the neighborhood, but those who are labeled on the sex offender web pages should be only those offenders who have a history of repeating his/her illicit actions and could potentially strike again. There are currently countless individuals labeled on the publicly available sex offenders web sites for the rest of their lifetime who simply do not deserve to be. Many people are listed who are not repeat offenders and have no indications to repeat again.
There’s a number of personnel who serve the court like judges, defense attorneys and prosecutors who work together to provide services to the public. However, current methods are not like the methods of Jane Addams and the Dauntless Women of Hull House. “Legislation moving forward in the current Congress would expand adult federal court jurisdiction over offenders as young as 14 and give prosecutors, rather than judges, the power to transfer a juvenile case to adult court”, (Anderson, 1998,
Other countries with low drinking ages do not have major health problems concerning alcohol and their young adults, thus proving alcohol is not necessarily unhealthy for developing young adults. The Federal Government should lower the legal drinking age to eighteen because citizens are treated as adults at eighteen so they are mature enough to vote, get married, go to war, and be prosecuted as adults so they should be able to buy alcohol. The law pushes students to drink in private places to avoid trouble, and with adults non-existent, inexperienced heavy drinking, assault, and sexual misconduct is far more likely to occur. Students find it very hard to get along with college faculty and police officers because of the harsh penalties students receive from them. Among young adults the high drinking age is a very unpopular law, thus faculty and police who are responsible for the enforcement the law become unpopular, creating animosity between students and their officials.
Therefore, the juvenile court was created to handle juvenile delinquents on the foundation of their youth instead of their crimes. However, throughout the 80s and 90s, the nation has motioned for becoming tougher with juveniles charging them as adults. In addition, several states have approved laws making it simpler to try juvenile offenders as adults. For instance, in current years the number