Why Juveniles Should Be Tried As Adults

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Larbie, Tatiana
Mrs. Cox
American Studies 3
10/04/2017

Why is a 16 year old only a delinquent and an 18 year old a criminal if they committed the same crime? Juvenile delinquents need to be tried as adult because ,rehab clearly doesn't work for the juvenile offenders they tend to just stay through the rehab and then they go back to their old ways. Also because repetition continues with these offenders within a year or so. Lastly they know they can get off as children so they will test the system before they're 18. Juveniles with multiple offences should be tried as adults because if you can drive at 16 you can commit a crime. Juvenile offenders should be tried as adults for multiple reasons but a main reason would be rehabilitation doesn't work on teens like it should. Rehab doesn't work because they usually end up back in jail right after. Changes made to most states. “Juvenile codes in the lados strike a proper balance …show more content…

But as a teenager you want to be a rebel and do whatever you want and not get that much of a consequence. “Youth who have a long history of conclusions for crime after crime disposition have been ineffective” In this quote it is stating how teens will continue to do crime after crime especially if they have had a bad childhood or something tragic has happened to them. They will be hurt and will just go out go out of control and try to rebel. If they were charged as adults parents, or any adult would have to worry about this because the teenagers would know their boundaries and know they need to stay inline or they would be doing serious time. Felonies can be very small, but it's the fact that teenagers continue to break the laws with no remorse. The last reason they should be tried as adults is because as long as they know that they can test the limits they will not stop until they’re in prison for the rest of their

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