Young people who commit crimes should be punished the same as adults. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

A recent trend states that underage offenders must legally answer as adults. The discussion over

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topic mainly exists due to the idea that adolescents benefit from

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impunity, perpetuating crime. The paragraphs below will outline a strong disagreement towards

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, explaining that there

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no

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information to support

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decision as well as educational methods are more effective to avoid

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problem relapse in the future.

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with, the main reason to justify is the lack

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to prove that lowering the age of criminal responsibility would be favourable to

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crimes. As a matter of fact, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef), at least 50 countries that had applied

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reduction in the past, did not experience any change in their rate of transgressions among adolescents.

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, the flawed examples of other nations

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more than enough for

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measure not to be applied.

Furthermore

, another cogent motive is that educational punishments are more effective to avoid relapse. Investing in violent methods for punishing as a solution would inevitably cause more violence and encourage these minors to rebel.

For instance

, in Brazil, young offenders who were convicted, but were inserted

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the socio-educative system, enrolling in technician programs, were less likely to transgress after being released.

Hence

, authorities should invest in education to resocialize these individuals and give them the opportunity to enhance their life

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. To conclude, I completely disagree with lowering the age of criminal responsibility since many countries tried and there is no information of success, not reaching its purpose.

Moreover

, to resocialize, studying and learning must be the main method, in place of

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.