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A short, 3 page argument about how the juvenile justice system is failing and youthful offenders are not being deterred from committing more crimes. The writer argues that a 15 year-old delinquent should share many of the same penalties for committing an offense that a 22 year-old delinquent would for committing the same offense. Most important to the discussion is the idea that a juvenile's record should not be "hidden" after they've reached adulthood. Individual members of society should be able to make judgments based on someone's entire record and then determine whether or not crimes of their childhood are worthy of special attention. No Bibliography.
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to the thematic rationale for corrections and actually correct the delinquent behavior patterns of young offenders. As Greenwood & Rand cite, the actual number of crimes and the severity of
crimes committed by children has increased dramatically in recent decades. Certainly, such is indicative of the need for an improvement in the focus and fashion in which juvenile penalties are
instituted. If we are not achieving the goals of deterring crime and preventing its repeat, then we are not truly adhering to fundamental purpose behind our penal system. If
juveniles are not responding to existing measures, they must indeed become more severe. The reason that I feel a 15 year-old convict should be treated much
like a 22 year-old convict is particularly applicable when considering repeat offenders-- of whom there are quite a few. Children who commit crimes are often quite cognizant of the fact
that their records will not follow them around for life, and they maintain an ideology which compels them to continue committing more serious crimes throughout their youth while they
can still "get away with it." Factually, there is not enough reason to think that a 19 , 20 , 21, or even 22 year-old committing a crime should
be held any more responsible for his or her actions than a 15 year-old. While certain differences in criminal treatment should prevail (re: age of prison population, educational issues, etc;)
I do not feel that there is any reason for a repeat juvenile offender to receive any special reprieve that an adult offender should not also receive. Criminal records should
follow us all around for life. If society is to be accepting of the fact that juvenile crimes can be "treated" differently than adult crimes, then our juvenile justice system
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