Some people believe that young people who commit serious crimes should be punished in the same way as adults . Do you agree or disagree?

Recently, the rising

crime

among youth has led to the debate whether they should be tried in court as

adult

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adults

an adult

or treated differently because of their age.

Although

some people believe that they are too young to think before they act, I personally think that youth who commit serious

crime

should be prosecuted in the same way as

adult

offenders. Those who think juvenile offenders should not be punished as

harsh

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harshly

as

adult

criminals tend to focus on

it

of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

potential negative effects. The common concern

are

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is

it

of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

effectiveness and fairness. When people with criminal record

re-enter

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re-enters

the society, most of them are treated unfairly and likely to find it difficult to find a job. While

this

is particularly hard for former prisoners who committed

crime

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crimes

a crime

when they were young and didn’t go to school, it will lead to resentment and potentially

reoffend

cause to feel resentment or indignation

offend

.

On the other hand

, the long sentence could be totally unfair because of wrong conviction. In order to attract more viewers, the media may sensationalise

crime

and mislead the jury and judge.

Therefore

, it is unfair for young criminals

to serve

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serve

the sentences.

However

, there are some reasons

for give

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for giving

forgive

young criminals a longer prison

terms

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term

as same as

adult

counterparts. Unlike shoplifting, vandalism, and driving without license, offenders can released after pay fine and do some community services, kidnap, rap, and murder

are

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is

extremely serious crimes which involve someone’s life.

Thus

, long prison can stop the young criminals from pose a threat to others and make them reflect on their own behaviours in jail.

Besides

, criminals can still be reformed by the wide range of reformed programs provided in prison,

such

as counselling, vocational training, religious activities.

This

help

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helps

them increase the employability and become law - abiding citizens. To conclude, the harsh punishment can deter young criminals from re-offend and reform them into contributing members of society. I think it should not only be

introduced but

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introduced, but

also

should be as severe as the sentence for

adult

.