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The United States sentences more juveniles to death than any other nation in the world (Justice, 2009) and our juveniles are being sentenced as young as ten years of age. These are juveniles being tried as adults, and something has to change and change fast. The younger generation is supposed to be our future leaders. How will our juveniles or the citizens of this country prevail if this continues we won’t be able to because most of our future leaders will be prisoner. (B, 2005) The U.S made legal history in 1989 when the world’s first juvenile court opened in Chicago (Rank, J.) Since 1990 many states have also adopted the “get tough” approach to juvenile justice as a response to the increasingly violent crimes committed by children. Juvenile crime escalated to an all time high, and then started to decrease in 1995 when images on television, such as the Springfield, Oregon, rampage of 15-year-old Kip Kinkel who shot both of his parents and then two of his classmates. The impression of citizens in the United States was that juvenile crime is out of control. (Levinson) Now Juveniles are being prosecuted a lot more than adults in adult courts. Out of our fifty states “twelve currently set sixteen years of age as their minimum age to prosecute juveniles, four states set the age at 17 and fifteen states (including the federal government) requires that the offender be eighteen in order to receive the death penalty”. (Monroe, 2009)States that do no specify a minimum age for prosecution of a juvenile can sentence to death anyone sixteen years of age and older. The main idea is to see if it’s really justice to prosecute a juvenile as an adult knowing that their mental capacity is not of an adult. (Levinson) Since 2003 many states ha... ... middle of paper ... ...tics: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezaucr/asp/ucr_display.asp Rank, J. (n.d.). Juvenile Law. Retrieved 08 14, 2010, from Juvenile Law-Trying Juveniles as Adults: http://law.jrank.org/pages/7957/Juvenile-Law-Trying-Juveniles-Adults.html Steinberg, A. P. (2005). Model for Change. Retrieved 8 14, 2010, from System reform for in Juvenile Justice: http://www.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7Bb0386ce3-8b29-4162-8098-e466fb856794%7D/WILLINGNESSTOPAYFINAL.PDF Strieb, V. L. (2005). Crime about.com. Retrieved 8 14, 2010, from about.com: http://crime.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=crime&cdn=newsissues&tm=316&f=10&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php%3Fdid%3D204%26scid%3D27 Taylor, A. (2003, February). The International Child and Youth Care Network. Retrieved 8 14, 2010, from CYC Online: http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cycol-0203-offenders.html

In this essay, the author

  • Opines that the real justice in prosecuting a juvenile and placing them into an environment with harden criminals is exactly where they should be when they commit such crimes.
  • Explains that there are many programs to help prevent or teens from committing crimes that will send them to prison, such as "redirection" and "xrayd".
  • Describes teen life lines as a variety of affiliated schools and programs that help families find the best programs for their teens. the boarding school provides education, discipline, and personal growth for troubled teens, while the treatment center provides drug and psychological problems.
  • Opines that the united states is the first nation to prosecute juveniles. the crimes they are committing range from violent acts such as rape, murder, forgery, and counterfeiting.
  • Cites taylor, a. (2003, february). the international child and youth care network. retrieved 8 14, 2010.
  • Explains that the united states sentences more juveniles to death than any other nation in the world, and the younger generation is supposed to be our future leaders.
  • Cites b, p.b., and hawley, j. levinson's encyclopedia of crime and punishment.
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    • Quotes edward humes to summarise how the fundamental question that juvenile court was designed to ask is often lost in the process, replaced by a point system that opens the door, or locks it, depending on the qualities of the crime.
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    • Explains that the united states bureau of prisons handles two hundred and thirty-nine juveniles and their average age is seventeen.
    • Explains that juveniles can be tried in one of three ways: concurrent jurisdiction, excluded offenses, judicial waiver, and mandatory waivers to adult court.
    • Opines that the bop pays $99.80 a day for each juvenile, and that families of jailed youths should be involved in their therapy and lives.
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    • Explains that clayton joel glowers is awaiting execution in holman prison. he was sentenced to die in alabama's electric chair for sodomizing a junior college coed, beating her to death, and dumping her body
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    • Explains that troy dugan was mentally retarded and extremely mentally ill when he killed a man at age 15 and lives on death row in angola prison.
    • Opines that the united states is one of the few countries in the world that executes juvenile offenders.
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    • Argues that juvenile justice is based on the cognitive capacity of juveniles at certain ages.
    • Explains that the supreme court rejected a 14-year-old's bid to offer expert testimony about his inability to understand his miranda rights when he confessed to killing the robbery victim.
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    • Explains that griffin is serving 40 years imprisonment, suspended after 30 years, with five years probation for the 1998 shooting of an 18-year-old robbery victim in a convenience store in new haven.
    • Opines that the decision to reject the bid was correct because the juvenile justice system is ineffective as deterring crime.
    • Argues that the strict mandatory sentencing for juvenile crimes is founded on the belief that juveniles will know how harsh the juvenile justice system is cracking down on certain crimes.
    • Opines that juveniles should have had the rights of adults if they are to be tried as one. juveniles are not adults and to try them as adults is ridiculous.
    • Explains that more policies leaning toward incarceration than rehabilitation have led to the increase of prisons being built.
    • Analyzes how the course entrepreneurial corrections: incarceration as a business opportunity brings to light the lucrative business of prisons.
    • Explains that the prison industry is a "billion" dollar industry. pelican bay state prison is cresent city and del norte county's largest employer.
    • Explains that prisons were created to punish the criminal law breakers and rehabilitation was the goal. the media plays a major role in portraying crime as rising when in reality the crime rates are going lower and lower.
    • Explains that the most extensive research on transfer of youth to the adult criminal justice system has shown that children are more likely to re-offend when they are tried and incarcerated.
    • Opines that the u.s. supreme court ruled recently that it was cruel and unusual to sentence anyone to death for crimes committed before the age of 18.
    • Opines that with the supreme court decision being so close, the juvenile justice system is always going to have its controversies.
    • Cites lisa siegel, law tribune staff writer, juvenile justice reforms aim high, and greg sukiennik, the america's intelligence wire.
    • Analyzes how the supreme court nixes the juvenile death penalty and the need to reform georgia's practice of sending youth to the adult criminal justice system.
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  • Juvenile Justice System And Juvenile Justice
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    Bennett 1 Donald Bennett Ms. Merchant English IV, 1st hour 8th April 2014 I am here today to talk about the juvenile justice system and juvenile criminals in general. Currently in the United States, if a teen under 18 were to commit a violent crime of some kind, there would be a very fair chance that these teens would be let off pretty easily. Now I ask you, is that right? Is that fair to the victims?

    In this essay, the author

    • Opines that if a teen under 18 were to commit violent crimes, they would be let off pretty easily.
    • Opines that if a criminal felt the need to physically harm someone, they should be considered dangerous and have punishment for their crimes.
    • Explains that the fbi arrests 33,000 juveniles under 18 for various crimes, according to huma khan at http://abcnews.com.
    • Argues that 10-18-year-olds are too young to fully understand the justice system. they know what they're doing, blatantly breaking the law and feeling invincible because of the current standards.
    • Opines that the system is lax at best but it still gets the point across that you will be punished in some way for your crimes.
    • Opines that we need to understand that young adults can be devious, anyone with a desire to exploit this system can get away with crime.
    • Opines that the law enforcement system exists to show criminals that they can't get away with their wrong-doings no matter what.
    • Concludes that the paper has focused on justice, both for the young and the old, and hopes that it has shed some light on the subjects and given a better idea of the justice system.
    • Explains that they collected most of their information from various sites, their own personal opinions, and personal knowledge of juvenile law.
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