tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636639242543972736.post5999446971136264483..comments2007-11-10T20:09:03.085-08:00Comments on Justice for America: Youth as Adults? Absolutely Absurd.VEnglish1http://www.blogger.com/profile/01045874932750130506noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636639242543972736.post-61354143071272136702007-11-06T17:35:00.000-08:002007-11-06T17:35:00.000-08:00Hmm, I see how teens definitely have a different w...Hmm, I see how teens definitely have a different way of thinking than adults. Young adults are also exposed to their immaturity of their peers in school as well. Societal demands when you are a youth have much more impact than when you are a kid because you are attempting to find your place in the world. I agree with you there, but I feel as though the solution to 'correct' these young adults shouldn't be placed in the hands of the government, or at least the federal government. There are after school programs that exist from religious based groups that attempt to rehabilitate these kids but I feel like they might be getting the wrong message. What these kids need is more after school programs from older adults they could look up to. But I agree with you though, the problem with correcting them is definitely a complicated one.Messihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515803815719895257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636639242543972736.post-10157125615065707782007-10-31T09:10:00.000-07:002007-10-31T09:10:00.000-07:00I agree with comments made by all but I have a tid...I agree with comments made by all but I have a tidbit to add -<BR/>While I don't necessary agree with trying children as adults I'm just as reluctant to agree with abolishing the ability to try a child as a adult for any case simply because there are so many reasons for youth committing crimes. What if a child is clearly dissociative or isn't developing properly and is a ticking time bomb? Or if they seem to have done an act with full knowledge and understanding of the consequences? Ideally, though it isn't economically feasible, it would probably be best to create a juvenile court that tried every juvenile case irregardless but that also gave the same sentences. Have you read much about the requirements of a child for being tried in adult court and what the differences are between juvenile and adult sentences for the same crime?annadelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727696647820316001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636639242543972736.post-33567087264149951772007-10-30T21:32:00.000-07:002007-10-30T21:32:00.000-07:00I agree with the basic ideas behind this post, but...I agree with the basic ideas behind this post, but I feel that the issue is much more complicated. The idea of punishing children who commit crimes in the same way that we punish adults is obviously wrong, yet the solution to adolescent crime is terribly intricate. Cultural differences have to be taken into consideration, as youth crime in a rural Minnesota town has to be approached differently than crime in New York City. Peer influence also has a huge impact on the judgment of many children and more often than not will be more influential than any kind of program targeting crime reduction.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053329937888366556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636639242543972736.post-30844502616374555382007-10-30T21:26:00.000-07:002007-10-30T21:26:00.000-07:00Hi Allison, I strongly agree with your opinion tha...Hi Allison, I strongly agree with your opinion that more needs to be done to improve intervention and social services available for youths. However, I think this issue that you brought up is much more complicated then asking for more support for such services. It requires we re-look at the priorities of our society and see how they are prioritized through capital allocation. <BR/><BR/>We live in a capitalist system (fortunately or unfortunately), and much of the services are dependent on monetary funds. I think that much of the problem is the allocation of capital. It takes about US$50 million to maintain a F15 and how many does the US have? So why does the US government spend so much money on defense? We are not short of funds, just short of human-centered priorities. I am not saying that military defense is not important, but what I'm doing is using this example to highlight the extent to which such areas are receiving such an amount of capital. <BR/><BR/>If we want to look at providing professional intervention, we cannot ignore the discrepancies found in capital allocation.Yeo!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17427857097020530126noreply@blogger.com