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This 4 page paper discusses the concept of trying juveniles as adults, the idea behind it, and whether or not it will have the effect of deterring other juveniles from committing crimes; or the original offenders from committing further crimes as adults. It further argues that the answer is "No, trying kids as adults does not deter crime later." Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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offenses, and at the same time deter them, and other youngsters, from committing further criminal acts. This paper examines the practice of trying juveniles as adults and argues that
it does not deter crime and is not appropriate. Discussion For most of the 20th century, "juvenile courts and correction facilities have treated youngsters between 7 and 17 not as
criminals but as delinquents, and (in theory at least) focused on rehabilitating the youthful offender rather than punishing the offense" (McCormick, 2006). The proceedings in juvenile court were not the
same as in criminal courts, but were "informal and confidential" rather than adversarial (McCormick, 2006). And the sentences passed in these courts sent the young offenders to training or
reform schools, or put them on probation (McCormick, 2006). There were "two underlying beliefs" that guided the way in which juvenile courts operated. First was the belief that "children
and adolescents are not responsible for their actions in the same way as adults; and second, that they are more open to reform and rehabilitation than their elders" (McCormick, 2006).
Juveniles are immature and easily influenced, and that led the legal justice system to weigh their guilt differently, and to put rehabilitation before punishment (McCormick, 2006). But the idea
of rehabilitation seems to have disappeared. Anyone who is aware of the new high-tech supermax prisons and the inhumane conditions that prevail there (Californias Pelican Bay is a prime
example) is forced to conclude that prison is now meant to be nothing but pure punishment, the tougher the better. But juvenile court justices did have the discretion
to transfer cases out of their courts to the criminal courts if the offenders were nearly 18, habitual offenders "or guilty of particularly serious crimes" (McCormick, 2006). A total
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