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To Protect or to Punish?
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To Protect or to Punish?
The paper discusses the highly debated issue of young offenders and the juvenile justice system.
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages) |
3 sources |
MLA | 2007
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The paper explains that the original goal of family court was to make sure that children were protected. They were believed to be innocent because they were too young to understand what they were doing when they committed the crimes. However, in the 1960s, they began to be treated more like adults in their actions and this greatly changed the face of juvenile justice. The paper discusses how most of the children are arrested today due to felony crimes instead of minor things and this leads to a debate about whether these offenders should be tried as adults or remain in the juvenile system. The paper considers that the punishment should be appropriate; if it is not, the offender learns nothing. The paper concludes that there must be a balance between protection of children that have made mistakes and punishment for those children that are criminals in the deliberate sense.From the Paper:
"In the 1960's things changed and the treatment of children who broke the law was affected. Due process came into the picture, and children were suddenly allowed lawyers in the court. They began to be treated more like adults in their actions, and this greatly changed the face of juvenile justice (Loeber, 1990). Whether it was for the better or not still really remains to be seen, but it would appear that changing the juvenile justice system has not really accomplished much. The goal was to make things tougher for juvenile offenders, but this really has not happened."Sample of Sources Used:
- Butcher, M. (1998). Are they too young to die? MSNBC. http://www.straightway.org/karla/ refpages/tooyoung.htm. Loeber, R. (1990). Development and risk factors of juvenile antisocial behavior and delinquency. Clinical Psychology Review, 10, 1-41 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (2000). The death penalty in relation to juvenile offenders. Sub-Commission on Human Rights Resolution. http://www.unhchr .ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/09597876bb508210c125697300448a18?Opendocument.
- Loeber, R. (1990). Development and risk factors of juvenile antisocial behavior and delinquency. Clinical Psychology Review, 10, 1-41
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (2000). The death penalty in relation to juvenile offenders. Sub-Commission on Human Rights Resolution. http://www.unhchr .ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/09597876bb508210c125697300448a18?Opendocument.
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