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Some people think that young people who have committed serious crimes, such as robberies or violent attacks, should be punished in the same way as adult offenders. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Over the past few decades, young
crimes
 have become more common in society. Some maintain that the young need to get the same punishment as adult
criminals
 when they commit serious
crimes
such
 as robberies and violent attacks. I
similarly
 believe
this
, and my reasons are threefold. One primary reason is the fact that young
criminals
 still cause the same result of what they have committed.
For example
, if a teenager kills an innocent person, the person still dies whatever age the criminal is. The consequence of the crime does not depend on
criminals
' age, it depends on the behaviour
criminals
 done. Another reason is the fact that severe
punishments
 are the best way to deter the young generation from committing
crimes
. Some of the young have a concept that they will not get any serious punishment after committing a crime, and
thus
 they might be bolder to do bad behaviour.
Moreover
, severe
punishments
 need to be implemented to let young people reflect on their actions. It is another way of education. It might be claimed that the young are too young to understand the difference between right and wrong, they need more time to identify what can do and what can not do.
However
,
punishments
 are a method to compensate
victims
 and are a kind of apologization to the
victims
. For
victims
, the injury had happened and it is hard to recover, so
punishments
 might be an effective avenue for them to calm down. By way of conclusion, I believe that the young who have committed serious
crimes
 should be punished in the same method as adult
criminals
 because the consequence does not depend on ages, and
victims
' injuries will not disappear and it is difficult to recover.
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