should juvenille criminals be tried as adults?
472543
I actually can´t give you a why NOT , If a person is brave enough to commit ADULT like crimes then they should be tried like adult criminals making exemptions will only make them think they can do whatever they want and keep on with a bad behavior and become worse , like here teens under 16 can not go to jail indeed they do whatever they please. a young criminal (26) said he would have prefered to have a severe punishment earlier so he would have learned his lesson now he can be proud of having a large criminal history from drugs to murder.
673077
i think each state should be mandated to try teenages as an adult, with no parole, no bail and a daily schedule made up for them in the institute that are assigned to. make it more military than just a sentence until they get out. they do not what is requested of them like the military they are punished again and again until they learn. it only takes 1 kid to kill someone and devastate a family.
622618
I would of course forgive them, and then convince them to submit to the authorities and face the consequences of their action. I would support jail, or even death if he murdered someone or committed some other crime worthy of capital punishment. If he were still a minor and the crime were committed against myself I would most likely press charges, though it would be difficult. Letting the guilty go free is a heinous crime in itself. It destroys the criminal and endangers the population. Just because you forgive someone does not exempt them from consequences. I am raising my son to understand that every action has consequences in the hopes that this will prevent him from becoming a criminal.
457445
they should face the same length of sentence (in a juvinile detention center) for the crime committed and if they turn 18 while serving their sentence, they should be transfered to a state prison.
893800
All interesting topics. Two sides to all the issues so you can choose any side you want. Juvenile justice I like. Some people think that we need to charge 14 year olds as adults and throw away the key. But there's a lot of info on the other side too. 14 year olds aren't adults when they're "good' so why are they when they're bad. It can be argued that we need a better system. There is science that teenage brains aren't fully developed. And it's a money issue-if you throw a 14 yr old in prison for life instead of rehabilitation, that gets expensive. Not to mention our prisons are full. And then the war against drugs. Another great topic. Do some searches using some of those terms-wikipedia.com is a good place to start looking for ideas....
790919
get sent to prision for your crimes at an adult level.
715322
Statutory laws must be adjusted to have the proper penalties between ages both for men and women.  Older people victimizing younger people should be more castigated than those whose victims are already on the age of majority.
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.
669378
I think any child that commits an 'adult' crime should be tried as an adult. He is certainly old enough to know the difference between right and wrong.......... blimey, my kids are 9 and 8 and they have known the difference for years!!\nIf we were harder on the younger ones, as they get older hopefully they will grow into better people. After the age of 16 I think it is too late to change them.\n\nChildren know these days what the age limits are and I have seen that younger ones are pushing it to the limits because they know they won't get punished for it. Don't always blame the parents, it isn't always their fault. They didn't tell their children to commit crime (unless they are twisted) so any child that does so should face the consequences of their actions!!
837282
Nah, I think it is crazy to think that you (or whomever!) would be punished for being raped by an underage person. It isn't as if you initiated the sex and it was non-consensual so you really couldn't be prosecuted.
841449
I think you need a little of both. I wouldn't condone "street justice" however I do not believe in calling the cops for every little thing. I don't think sticking a kid into the court system for something I did 10-20 years ago is right either. Teaching about better judgement is a start. A second chance maybe if not a serious offense. Once you hit felony or repeat offender I say show no mercy they are old enough to know right from wrong.
299654
Criminal activity commited by a child is just that. But, If the child is dangerous to society E.G.- murder, rape, predetory behavior, then just like an adult who does those things, the person needs to be thrown in a cell and kept there-4ever.
381569
I think that if someone goes to what the person believes is a minor's place with the intent of having sex with that minor is sick.  It's not like there aren't enough legal aged people out there to have sex with.\nThey are sick and should be thrown in jail, and then have there scrotal sac removed.
736179
I don't know that there should be an age applied to it.  I'm sure there are perfectly evil 5 year olds out there.  \n\nIf I had to pick an age at which it's POSSIBLE you would be tried as an adult, I'd pick 8.\n\nThat wouldn't mean every 8 year old who screws up is f'd for life - but if after careful evaluation it's determined that this is one bad-ass 8-year old, then off to adult court he or she goes.
901506
this is a very good question seeing as our criminals are getting younger and younger. i think that parents should be held responsible as a lot of them dont even know where they are half the time! but fines would be no good they would have to do some public service of some kind. it would improve parenting skills i think as they would do their damn best to make sure their kids behaved. discipline and morals are not present today as they used to be because like the police, parents rights have all been taken away and the kids know they have the upper hand, and can abuse the system and get away with it
273729
No. To assume that young people cannot control themselves is to overlook the fact that most of them probably can, and to let underfunded police and bad parents off the hook. It succumbs to the people who get nervous because they believe stories they got told. The people who got lied to get what they want, and people who didn't do anything get kicked off the street for nothing other than being young.\n\nAnd, no, because if you give governments an inch, they will take a mile.
970229
The age of consent is 17.