In many parts of the world, children and teenagers are committing more crimes. What are the causes? How should these young criminals be punished?

In recent years,

crimes

in adolescence have become a growing problem as there is an increasing number of juveniles committing an offence.

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essay will outline justifications for these and suggest some feasible solutions. There are several explanations for the trend of young

crimes

, some of which involve the lack of parental care and the negative impact of social media platforms. As the former, parents have a tendency to focus on their full-time jobs,

therefore

they do not take care of their children. If parents failed to guide their emotional children, their teenagers would find other sources of care, which lead to

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higher chance of meeting evil peers. The

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driving factor of

this

issue is the media coverage of violence, drugs, and sexual harassment.

This

news could overwhelm children and accumulate their curiosity. Since they want to know what these

crimes

are, they would do it by themselves, and

then

they would commit an offence. To combat

this

issue, punishment should be made due to the level of

crimes

. Young people who are physically and mentally immature should not be put in prison.

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is because they would have to survive in a hostile prison environment with old prisoners,

therefore

they could not focus on changing their wrong thinking and

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. Teenagers who commit minor

crimes

like pickpockets should be put into rehabilitation to be trained

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skills,

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as money management, communication skills, etc.

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, young people who commit severe

crimes

, including murder, rape, terrorism,... should be sentenced

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prison or even

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capital punishment. These harsh punishments would be a great warning for potential criminals

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since they would be terrified and not have the idea of committing an offence. In conclusion, the increasing number of young criminals results from the absence of parental attention as well as

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impacts of social media. The possible solution to overcome

this

issue is that government should carry out punishment according to the severity of

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