Juvenile Crime

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This paper discusses the criminal justice approach to juvenile crime and correction. It specifically discusses the issue of juveniles being tried in adult courts and the pros and cons of this step. The paper also discusses the changes in the ways that juveniles have been tried over time.

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"The Approach to Juvenile Crime: Arguments and Alternatives The issue of juveniles being tried in adult courts has become vigorously debated in the past few decades. The juvenile justice system was established to prevent juveniles from experiencing adult punishments, a system that is now a useless inclusion in the justice system in the opinion of many. This is evident as there are those in society who believe that juveniles that commit crime should not receive special treatment due to age, but should be equally prosecuted with their adult counterparts to deter the rising youth crime rate in the nation - a crime rate that is accented by the occurrence of violent crimes by youth at a growing rate. Others contend that trying juveniles in adult courts has become too common in society, and results in America's youth being aggressively sentenced, abused by adults, and influenced by criminal minds in state prison systems."

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