Some of you may have experience with gangs – as just one example. If we give passes to whatever aged juveniles, does everyone see how criminal organizations
Juvenile Justice: Another Aspect
Let’s address Juvenile Justice. Again – visit Instructor Insights for a great document to help better understand how it’s currently measured. Moving beyond that, let’s consider situations where juveniles ARE treated as adults for purposes of trial and conviction. This is a very controversial topic, scholars. It begs the question as to whether there are ANY actions that a juvenile could take to produce this type of treatment by our legal and criminal justice systems. Is there a limit to the proverbial “Pass” we give to juveniles, scholars? I think for very many, the answer is yes – but exactly what that limit is may vary, right? So… let’s focus on the more controversial point – advocates saying that juveniles ALWAYS should get a second chance – no matter the crime. In this particular area of advocacy… consider the direct publication(s) from an advocacy group. Do you agree? Disagree? Why or why not? Some of you may have experience with gangs – as just one example. If we give passes to whatever aged juveniles, does everyone see how criminal organizations may simply use them as tools to engage in crime – with limited exposure and consequence?
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I agree with the advocates’ saying that juveniles should get a second chance no matter what crime they committed. The reason why I agree with this is because I believe that juveniles are not mature enough to understand the nature and consequences of the crimes that they are involved in. I also think that having them go through life imprisonment would only serve to hurt them and the society at large because most of the time, these offenders do not understand the concept of crime and when they finally do, and they are imprisoned for life, they will never get a chance to live their life.
I think that when it comes to judging the cases involving juveniles, both Caldwell test which gauges someone’s behavior against a reasonable person’s behavior and Cunningham test which looks at an individual’s background….
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