These curfews were made to enforce the law and try to lower the teen crime rate. These curfews would definitely help the overall crime rate because we would be taking the crime away from the kids, helping them achieve greater and get a better education. Through curfews, we could switch this generation from teen gangsters to teen geniuses. Since the years of our parents, and maybe older than them, teens have been discriminated as degenerates that are lazy and like to get into trouble. This has also been shown in a 1994 survey of 2,400 teenagers and about half of them said that society is biased against them (Discrimination Against the Young).
Another thing reporters say is that cops are doing all they should be to help. “ As much as the people would like to believe police are interested in cracking down on individuals and companies” (Thomas). By saying this it shows hoe the cops are trying to stop people selling alcohol to underage kids. Also cops are trying to stop companies from advertising to kids and distributing alcohol to them. Another point researchers bring up is saying punishing kids by law makes more people think before drinking and driving.
Not only are parents stricter, but the actual society as well. Politicians and municipalities “crafted anti-loitering laws and curfews to keep young people from congregating alone” (“The parent Trap”, Clive Thompson). I agree that restricting teens from doing whatever they want whenever they want is a very good way to protect them. Unfortunately it has a huge influence on their behavior. For
Cristy Martinez Period: 07 Mrs. Zachan Language Arts November 01, 2011 The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye should not be banned from schools. There are many schools who think that Catcher is a bad influence on teens however it is quite the opposite. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger should not be banned from schools because teenagers can learn from Holden’s mistakes and teens are mature enough to tell wrong from right. Many parents are appalled and think that the book should be banned because of the profanity, teenage sex, and other inappropriate behaviors. However, there is a reason to all his misbehavior.
Teenagers do not have the intellectual or mental capacity to understand the consequences of their actions; they lack the same capacity to be trial defendants. The reason behind juvenile court systems is to protect these immature kids instead of harming them. Parents and institutions need to work with young criminals to shape their brains onto the right path to
For example, it has new criteria for the transfer of Canadians convicted and imprisoned in a foreign country to serve the sentences. Also, it has stiffened punishments for youth criminals, allowing adult sentencing for certain cases, and put an end to house arrest for large range of crimes. I believe this will not help decrease the youth crime rate but actually contribute to an increase. Youths are not fully matured and are more prone to bad influences from the public. Their misbehaviors are likely to have been originated from childhood emotional traumas.
Given the chance, a child molester will commit the crime again. To not supervise these individuals would be a mistake and a chance not worth taking on the part of the criminal justice system. For years it has been argued that a sex offenders constitutional rights have been violated and stripped, but I believe when you commit such a crime the individual waives those rights. If convicted of a sexual crime, an individual should not be allowed back into society whatsoever, but
In most juvenile homicide cases, they are automatically put into the adult justice system for committing the adult-like crime. Some of these children are receiving punishments such as life in prison, even life in prison without parole. Although, the kids may have committed the “adult” crime it is unethical for youths to be tried as adults. Youths should not be tried as adults because they are too young to understand the adult criminal court and could receive cruelty from the state penitentiaries. Also, instead of sending the juveniles
To some extent I agree with the idea that juveniles should be tried as an adult when they commit murder or any other heinous crime resulting in the life of another person; however, I disagree that all juveniles should be tried as adults due to the fact that their brains aren’t fully developed in the sense that the crimes they may commit are out of spontaneous action. Proposition 21 talks a lot about adolescents and whether it is right to try them as adults. In the case of many teens they commit crimes that may or may not be worth the adult punishment. In my opinion, it should only be okay to punish them as adults when they kill someone. Proposition 21 states that juveniles 14 or older charged with murder or any specified sex offenses require
There's all kinds of ways for them to trick you or get around certain situations so that they can bust you for drinking. Most of time officers aren't allowed to enter a house unless a doors open or the owner of the house lets them in. To stop the drinking and driving the cops are more strict and will take you to jail if your under the influence while driving. I think if the drinking age was lowered the problems with under age drinking would not be nearly as high as they are now because of the age being 21. This solution could help solve the problems to stopping drinking and under age kids driving under the influence.