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A 5 page paper which considers the proper punishment in a hypothetical instance in which a 17-year-old boy was caught stealing merchandise from a department store by wielding an unloaded gun, and what is hoped to be accomplished by the recommended punishment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: TG15_TGteencp.rtf
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fact, many of the guns used belong to the offenders parents). What can be done to stem the ever-growing tide of the teenage crime wave? Consider the hypothetical
instance in which a seventeen-year-old boy is caught stealing merchandise from a department store by wielding a gun in front of employees that is later revealed to be unloaded.
In addition to attempted robbery, the boy is also guilty of being in illegal possession of a firearm, since a person must be at least 18 years old in order
to legally purchase one. The boy has obviously committed two serious crimes and needs to be punished. But the question is what would be the proper and most
effective punishment in this situation, and what can be hoped to be accomplished by the proposed punishment? Obviously, considering the constantly increasing teen crime statistics, the punishments being imposed
are not acting as a sufficient deterrent. The key is not simply to punish, but to punish wisely and constructively. In most real-life cases such as the one presented
in this hypothetical, the offender is formally charged before a juvenile court, and usually ordered to pay restitution, receive counseling and perform several hours of community service. However, this
same offender is likely to appear again, usually before the same juvenile court judge, which is a clear indication that these standard punishments are neither preventing crime nor discouraging the
offender from committing future crimes. In fact, there are states such as Maine, Maryland and Tennessee that are transferring teens such as the 17-year-old department store robber directly to
adult court, bypassing juvenile court altogether (Gest, 1998). The punishment issued by an adult court judge is considerably more harsh, and the youthful offender is in some of these
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