What are the reasons that juveniles become murderers?
409593
I think that its because they feel liket they already screwed up (talking about the kids in jail). They are not loved by anyone, so they want to live an easy life style.
829876
It can be a combination of things, and in most real cases it is.  Poverty, upbringing, financial status, social status, can all have a push or pull when some one is deciding on commiting a crime.  In most crimes most people have a well structured plan of what they were going to do, which means that it wasn't some spur of the moment thing.  For example I did a case studie on Drug related crimes: selling, production and so forth.  Over 40 percent of the criminals admited that it was easier for them to sell and produce drugs than it was to actually go and get a paying job.  Now that can be considerd a social upbringin or classification.  \n\nFor some people crime is a way of life, Little Rock Arkansas has the highest rate of gang killings in the US Higher than LA, Okland, and New York.  There was a documentary that showed that little kids were raised up in gangs, hanging round drugs, sex, and crime.  It wasn't a case of these children choosing to joing the Crypts of the Bloods it was that they were raised in the enviorment.  Additionaly to the gang enviorment these children were raised in poverty, the social sturcture was messed up from the beginning weather it was parenting, education, and so on.  \n\nThen you have those that do it for the thrill of doing it.  Take for example kids killing for fun.  I forgot what show it was (was on A&E) but was over kids killing other kids for fun. 4 out of the 5 killers that were intervied said they wanted to know what it felt like to kill.  Now most of these kids were brought up living the american dream: mom, dad, house, minvan, dog, but yet these kids wanted to kill.  Now dose the killings that these kids in any way diffierent from the killing of those raised in gangs, no they were killing, but their social, education, and other aspects were worlds apart.\n\nso in short its can be alot of things that will push a person to commit a crime, weather it be petty thieving to premptive murder.
136296
He got tired of life, wanted something new.\nHis brother hit him, gang life got old, his best friend also needed to get away from his abusive parents, and he didn't like the socioeconomic class distinctions that existed in his town. Later, he also was involved in a murder, and if he stayed around would have ended up in a "reformatory".
480924
False.\n\nChildren are violent for the same reasons adults are violent.  Rage, Anger, Hatred, Ignorance, Fear etc...
303232
There is a class of individuals who have been around forever and who are found in every race, culture, society, and walk of life. Everybody has met these people, been deceived and manipulated by them, and forced to live with or repair the damage they have wrought. These often charming -- but always deadly -- individuals have a clinical name: psychopaths. Their hallmark is a stunning lack of conscience; their game is self-gratification at the other person's expense. Many spend time in prison, but many do not. All take far more than they give. \n\nThe most obvious expressions of psychopathy -- but not the only ones -- involve the flagrant violation of society's rules. Not surprisingly, many psychopaths are criminals, but many others manage to remain out of prison, using their charm and chameleon-like coloration to cut a wide swathe through society and leaving a wake of ruined lives behind them.\n\nIf you want more info try searching for it. I got the above info from a search.
447456
child sexual abuse,mental,and emotional abuse because these can lead to killing and suicide.They are severely messed up because of someone else and its hard to change them back to innocence, so they become dangerous adults......
792
Well there are a number of reasons> \n1. They feel like there parents were so old when they had them. \n2. Peer pressure is a big factor. (But all the other kids are doing it)\n3. There life is surrounded by sex, drugs/alcohol, & lies and they don't know really which one to turn to.\n4. Some were raised up that way ("Have children now because i want some grandkids")\n5. Lastly, some were raped as a child and dont know where else to turn.\n\nSo there are many reasons, but i just gave you some.
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I believe each human should be thoroughly evaluated and determined as to what kind of reform methods are possible.\n\nTake into consideration from what kind of environment they were raised in.\n\nYou never really know why someone has killed someone else. It could have been out of their own fear of retaliation, or mental distress.  "Threat elimination" is a thing that drives alot of people to murder.  Also, the person may have been under the influence of hard drugs or alcohol, and did something they wouldn't have done, normally (sober).\n\nFrom my own point-of-view, I believe most male aggression is caused from sexuality (hormones), so I'd vote for castration of murderers, rapists, child molesters, etc., instead of death penalty.  BTK is a perfect example of a guy who should have been castrated straightaway.\n\nIf we did "Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth", then the whole world would be blind and toothless...
657427
Some its because of the way they were raised and some because they were abused as children. And some just because they like to be assholes.
1002899
Exactly, we have become a nation of people who think everything is someone else's fault, especially if it gets us some money. Obviously not everyone falls into this category but far too many do. I think it started with the court system blaming "a bad childhood" for some 18 year old killing some poor dude minding his own business. People know what's right and wrong and they need to have guts enough to admit when they screw up. Okay off the soap box.
281690
A child has only a loose understanding of right and wronge, its 'why' people kill that makes it evil
93833
There are lots of studies on that and seems to be none that are concrete evidence of why.  So, take all of them into account.\n\nThink of a young boy who goes to church and his whole family respects the Priest, reverand, pastor, whatever.  This kid see's the respect.  So when he's molested by him he has no where to turn, he can't tell anyone because he is sure they won't believe him.  This eats away at his young mind and causes him to develop a personality where conflict builds.  He's taught that it's unnatural, evil, gross, etc. to molest young people but at the same time here's this highly regarded person who's looked up to by all doing it to him, then preaching on a Sunday morning all the good of the Bible.  This is very common in our society so I use it as an example.\n\nSo this boys developing mind has all of this going on in it and when he grows up he has deep seated emotional problems because of all the conflict instilled on him throughout his Developing years, and he finds himself with the overwhelming desire to molest little boys.  In this case it's a training.\n\nThere's evidence that these molesters are also having actual physical brain malfunctions as well.\n\nIt starts somewhere, but usually (not always) reverts back to something that happened in childhood, during the years of mental developement, that cause this.\n\nIt's an unforgivable sin no matter who you are, no matter why the molester did it nothing outweighs the fact that it's right on top of the list of the worst things you can do to someone.  Our world makes available many ways to help potential molesters when they start to develop, but how many people are going to actually seek help before they do anything and keep the ball rolling?  Not many.  So, in the end it turns out they are caught and spend their life in and out of prison and mental hospitals while they cause this same effect on more younger people who grow up with the problems this causes.  Like a never ending cycle.\n\nA way to stop it may be to really loudly educate people when they're young that no one on Earth is above the laws against molesting, raping, murdering etc. and make more available programs in confidentiality for potential molesters who are fighting the urge.\n\nI have three kids and know in my heart that if this were to happen to any of them, no matter who did it, I would end that persons life because the law does not protect people from them.
88913
If you commit a crime when you are a juvenile <18 yrs old you have commited a "Juvenile Crime"  Sometimes when you commit crimes like this when you reach the age of 18 they are wiped from your record so that you have a second chance at life.
918684
Well, put quite simply, Juveniles should not be tried as adults in court.  But the system is grossly misjudging both adults and children in their capacities to make decisions.\n\nPhysiologically speaking, humans do not fully develop their critical thinking skills until they are adults!  According to developmental psychologists, males' brains do not finish in their development of critical thinking until the age of approximately 21-23.  Women's brains mature a bit earlier, between the ages of 18-21.  \n\nSo this would explain a lot!  Why don't teenagers and young adults seem to make good choices?  Why do many young adults take risks without considering the consequences of their actions?  Because they are physiologically unable!  They have not yet finished developing the mental processes which allow them to do so.  Until the medical community brings forth research to the contrary you will be hard pressed to find juveniles consistently tried as adults...simply for the reason that they are *not* adults! \n\nHave a great day!
537076
by becoming what we loathe , killers\nand because it is applied disproportionately to minorities who are executed for lesser crimes than caucasians , who get prison time\nbecause dna has proven a significant numbers of minorites were wrongly convicted and on death row\n states that use the death penalty have a higher rste of murder and violent crime because this helps dehumanize us, \nit helps create a social darwinistic society as wealthy or educated people with resources will  have an awesome attorney not a public defender and will most likely demand dna testing to prove his or her innocence and wil most likely be in court in a suit looking nice if they are brutal butchers but the thug in the orange jumpsuit in shackles is guilty looking because he is to poor to be free on bail his clothes socially stigmatize him as guilty\n and because we are applying it to childern and no other country is, and we the US have executed two mexican nationals and a german with out providnig a translator for the whole process , elicited confession by signing a english confession and no translator and no translator to defend self in cort, and not informing the nationals of their rights to be in touch with their consulate or right to counsel until right before they were executed, \nbecause it is so flawed biased and ineffective , and revenge is not a deterrent,
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In some parts of the US, they have capital punishment. In those places, certain murderers are condemned to be executed by the state. There are two commonly cited reasons for this. First, public knowledge that a death penalty exists and can be administered is supposed to deter would-be murderers from killing.To say it in the easy, first-person way- If I know that I could get punished with death because I kill someone, that will theoretically make me hesitate to kill a person. Secondly, the people of some states are of the opinion that it is less costly to execute a convicted murderer than to keep that person in prison for life, but the calculations as to the cost-efficiency are not conclusive.  The expressed attitude seems to be that once a person has killed, that person cannot be trusted not to kill again and must be removed from society.\nIn actual practice, the families of murder victims frequently talk about seeking closure, saying that only the death of the murderer will bring them peace.  That seems like revenge to me. rather than a noble social aim.  It is pretty insensitive of me to even discuss such matters.  Can I declare myself morally superior to others and say that it is wrong to seek revenge? I have no such right.  I can only say that the desire for revenge is the driving force behind much of the violence in the world today. I can only say that if we could get away from the idea of revenge, many violent acts would not happen.\nI would like to give one last bit of food for thought: when humans act alone and independantly, we do not always take the time to fully justify our morality, but when we act as a society- by making laws- we need to have morals that we can explain.\nThank you for asking an important question.
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I don't think there is a good answer to this. But, we know from forensic and psychological research that serial sex offenders sometimes escalate to becoming serial killers. This seems particularly true for sex offenders who have a history of sexually violent acts or become aroused by violence. There is a theory that these offenders do not initially intend to kill their victims but as their violent behaviors escalate, they accidently kill a victim. The rush of this unexpected outcome reinforces a deranged desire to repeat this same behavior. It becomes a fetish of sorts. Very disturbing stuff.