Why would our government try to hurt kids? Well, kids are being hurt right now. Yousee, in America punishment, rather than rehabilitation is being emphasized for juveniles who commit crimes. This way of thinking must stop with the addition of rehabilitation and prevention programs for juvenile offenders. .
States vary in their legal definition of a juvenile. In Illinois, for example, a juvenile is defined as any person below the age of 17. Using each states legal definition, the FBI reported that 62% of juveniles arrested in 1992 were referred to juvenile courts, 5% to a criminal or adult court, 2% to a welfare agency, and 1% to another police agency. The kids sent to adult prisons were eight times as likely to commit suicide. It has also been evident that those kids incarcerated with adults are also more likely to become repeat offenders. .
Legislation pending in congress now is debating several issues. Among them are weather to have children as young as 13 be prosecuted and sentenced as adults for certain crimes, give prosecutors the discretion to transfer a juvenile to an adult court in certain crimes, and allow juveniles to have incidental contact and in some cases be housed with adults. .
I take an opposing point of view with that of congress. If a 13 year old is imprisoned, how can he become a functional member of society upon his release? How will he create a positive lifestyle for himself? The real question is: How can he turn in any direction other than that of crime? He simple will not be able to. If a child is sent to a prison to stay in a cell for hours at a time, the only life he will know is the life he came from, not the life that could be his. Also, a prosecutor shouldn't have the privilege to decide what court a kid is placed in. A prosecutor has a built in bias; the decision should be left to a judge who would look in the best interest of the convicted person.
Custodial sentences are used for punishments such as, imprisonment and periodic detention. ... Imprisonment is also one of the most expensive forms of punishments. ... This form of punishment is less costly than imprisonment. ... Another punishment used for minor offences is called admonishment. ... This sentence is rare and may not deter Tom's offences as it is for minor offences that don't bring harm towards society. ...
How, then, can we single out certain minors and call them adults? ... Minors should never be tried as adults in our society today. ... They have been shown to reduce crime substantially when compared to imprisonment after crimes have been committed. ... Discomfort with the death penalty and with imprisoning children with adults led to the creation of a separate court for minor hearings acting as the parent or guardian of young offenders. ... Our nation also has a tragic record of sexual and physical assaults on juveniles imprisoned with adult criminals. ...
In medieval times deviant populations - such groups as the poor, impotent, aged, mentally ill, intellectually handicapped, beggars, vagrants and minor criminals - were not distinguished, but lumped together in a single ill defined entity and essentially responded to in similar ways. ... An increasing crime rate and number of those imprisoned led to the demand for action to be taken, but at the lowest possible cost to society (Tomasic and Dobinson 1979, p.16). ... In regard to crime, rates of imprisonment were not diminishing, and it had not been established that community alternatives were a...
One is for adults over 18, and the other is for minors under the age of 18. There are, in certain circumstances, crimes where a minor is actually tried as an adult. This is where the severity of the crime is investigated, and where the minor's record and behavior play major roles. Minors also may get a shorter and less strict sentence than an adult. ... The Fine Supervision Order is when the minor is supervised by a social worker until a designated fine is paid. ...
A person is guilty of female genital mutilation when: (1) A person knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of a female minor, or (2) A parent, guardian or other person legally responsible or charged with the care or custody of a female minor allows the circumcision, excision or infibulation, in whole or in part, of such minor's labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris."" ... For example, in Michigan, House Bill 6095 is a felony and is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a ...
Summary offenses are minor offenses, such as motoring offenses and minor assaults. ... Nevertheless, there are mandatory offenses, like murder, that has compulsory sentence, which is life imprisonment, and has a starting point, which varies upon the age of the defendant. In a Magistrates Court, the magistrates can impose up to 6 months imprisonment and up to £5000 fine. ... The most serious offenses, like murder, manslaughter, rape and robbery, usually start in a Magistrates Court but are completed in a Crown Court, the less serious ones are trialed in a Magistrates Court, such as motor...
Introduction The quantity of kids with imprisoned parents is developing quickly in the United States (Mumola, 2000). ... In spite of the fact that children of imprisoned Parents frequently encounter critical interruptions in their family connections as a result of of changes in guardians and partition from imprisoned parents (Poehlmann, 2003, 2005a), few observational investigations of kids with imprisoned parents have concentrated on the nature of attachment, besides those exhibited in this "special cases". In the current study, Children's opinions about their associations with...
Finally, whatever their reason is, young people say they find it easy to obtain cigarettes despite laws banning the sale of tobacco to minors. ... Vendors and shopkeepers caught selling or serving alcohol or tobacco related products to minors face a fine of $500 or imprisonment of up to six months. Minors who violate the ban are also held accountable and must pay a $20 fine, which will be doubled if the offense is repeated. ... The banning of vending machine sales and self-service displays except where minors are prohibited, such as nightclubs, the prohibition of sale of single or loose cig...
He was originally sentenced to three life imprisonments, becoming the first person in Australia to be jailed for life for killing his own children. ... Most of them are of a minor nature, although there is one offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. ... The statutory provisions applicable are as follows:- 1.Section 19A of the Crimes Act 1900:- (1) A person who commits the crime of murder is liable to imprisonment for life. (2) A person sentenced to imprisonment for life for the crime or murder is to serve that sentence for the term of the person's natural life. 2. Section 21 ...
