The Line Between Juvenile Delinquents and Adult Penalties Cristian Fernandez, a 13 year old boy from Florida, was charged with first degree felonies after beating his 2-year-old brother to death and sexually assaulting another 5-year-old brother. With this information of these tragic events, society might agree that such a violent act is deserving of adult time in prison. Even deeper into the story is Fernandez’s background that involves the abandonment of his mother who gave birth to him at only
Serious crimes such as murder, burglary and rape have raised questions as to whether the young offenders should face severe punitive treatment or the normal punitive measures in juvenile courts. Many would prefer the juveniles given harsh punishment in order to discourage other young people from engaging in similar activities and to serve as a lesson to these particular offenders. However, results from previous studies indicate such punitive measures were neither successful nor morally acceptable
Memphis When our thoughts turn to the criminal justice system it is only a natural instinct to assume everyone associated with policing, courts, and corrections will have to deal with juveniles sometime in their career. Young people in today’s society can be so easily influenced by social situations, peer pressure, and family members. The courts in the United States are faced with difficult decisions on a daily basis. Sentencing juveniles to adult facilities for their crimes is becoming a common
immoral behavior, generally among young people under the legal age of eighteen. In order to reduce these high rates of delinquency, parents, and other adult figures, must first ask themselves, what is causing this? What external and internal
Poverty and crime is a very common issue in America that not only affects adults but many young children. It forces people to feel unsafe and insecure, whether they are out in the public or within their own homes. Crime often occurs predominantly in low-income neighborhoods. The people living in poverty are one of the leading causes of criminal activity because they undergo more unfortunate circumstances. Based on many research studies and statistics, crime and poverty often occurs hand-in-hand.
because people under the age of eighteen do not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions, exposure to violence as a child influences their actions, and they are not legal adults and should not be held liable for adult consequences. "The teenage brain is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake. With powerful impulses under poor control, the likely result is a crash.” (Ritter). An adolescent does not have complete power over their impulses, unlike fully developed adults. “The frontal
Age and Crime, For years people have been trying to define crime and its causes. One such theory suggests a link between age and crime. In this paper I will further discuss what is age and crime theory, what causes young adults to commit crimes more than older adults, and how this theory is used in the criminal justice system. To understand the theory of age and crime, we must first understand what is meant by the words ‘age and crime’. Age obviously refers to the age of an offender or victim. Crime
and how they can change such behavior. The criminal justice system has reduced its importance on recovery, therefore there are far less parole and probation officers than there were at that time back then. This theory means to punish the offenders in the system. A crime is a crime and for that reason Juveniles who commit violent crimes should be tried in the same way as older adults. If minors who commit violent crimes were tried as adults and punished the same as adults, the number of violent crimes
Although the numbers of people in the general population that are diagnosed with this disorder are relatively low, they are 4 to 9% more likely to commit crimes and go to prison (Quily.) Still, many questions remain about this connection, including whether or not ADHD was diagnosed prior to entering the criminal justice system, whether people who had been diagnosed were medicated, and if so, what was their medication status when they began engaging in criminal behavior? This paper will discuss these
Summary #1 Television violence, and media violence in general, has been a controversial topic for several years. The argument is whether young children are brainwashed into committing violent real-world crimes because of violent and pugnacious behavior exposed in mass media. In his article “No Real Evidence for TV Violence Causing Real Violence”, Jonathan Freedman, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and author of “Media Violence and Its Effect on Aggression: Assessing the Scientific