“I think they should have a place for youngsters, until they have reached adulthood. I don’t think they should be placed with adults while they are still kids because they will get abused.”

Statistics say that the peak hours for violent youth crime are between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. (key facts on youth crime & violence 2003) So instead of trying a youngster as an adult after he has committed his crime, how about if we come up with something useful to do, like after-school-programs, so that he/she would not have to be tried in any court. Let’s try to prevent crimes from happening, instead of punishing kids who don’t fully realize the consequences of what they just did by shooting someone.

“I have mixed emotions about this. Kids who are ages 16 and 17 should know better.”

“What would you do if a situation like at Columbine happened at our school?”

Some topics in this essay:
Hanna Chiou, La Cour, School District, Mitchell Johnson, John Allen, Miller American, University Indiana, Attack Again”, Michael Carnean, Ms Parmley, kids tried, chiou 2002, tried adults, kids tried adults, gardner 2002, steinberg 2001, adult criminals, william 1999, security guards, juvenile offenders, prevent crimes happening, competent mature juveniles, youth crime,