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Young people who commit serious crimes should be punished in the same way as adults. To want extent do you agree or disagree?

#young #people #crimes #adults
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society advances, it is disagreed by many that criminal charges against a teen should carry the same penalty as that of an adult. Examining the fact that they are still kids under the
guidience
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guidance
 of their parents without any
responsiblities
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responsibilities
 and that their immature minds
is
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are
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 too young to understand the gravity of
such
crime
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a crime
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 will give a comprehensive understanding of
this
 subject matter.
To begin
 with, Children are still under
guidience
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guidance
 and have no
sociatial
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societal
social
 obligation.
For instance
, in Nigeria most of the teens arrested for cultism thought it was a social group they could dress up in
unifroms
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uniforms
 and catch fun,
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 the end of the day, they just wanted to go home to their parents. Clearly, they would not have
join
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 those cult groups if they were adults because they
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 know
its
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 not a social club.
Therefore
, it is clear a child can not intentionally commit a
crime
while
 an adult would do
otherwise
.
In addition
, their maturity is low so can not grasp the consequences of their actions.
For example
, in Enugu state,
a
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jail time is the
penelty
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penalty
 for an accident with
fatality
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a fatality
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, teens are mostly
invovled
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involved
 in
this
 type of accident because they are ignorant,
moreover
, no one will want to spend time behind bars intentionally. Obviously, they
will
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 not want jail time history if they were adults and completely
understands
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understood
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 the consequences of
such
crime
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a crime
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.
Wherefore
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Therefore
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, we can see that teenagers will not carelessly cause a fatal accident if they understand the outcome. In conclusion, the fact that a
teanager's
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teenager's
crime
 should carry the same sentence as that of an adult is an idea that has been disagreed on by many individuals. Since they are still immature so not completely aware of the gravity of their actions and they are children still under the care of their parents with
any
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no
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 social
responsiblities
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responsibilities
.
Consequently
, it is obvious that a child's
crime
 should not carry the same punishment as that of
an
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matured
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 person.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Age of criminal responsibility
  • Juvenile delinquency
  • Brain plasticity
  • Culpability
  • Recidivism
  • Deterrence
  • Rehabilitative approach
  • Penal system
  • Capital offense
  • Minor
  • Mitigating factors
  • Precedent
  • Youthful offender
  • Heinous crime
  • Restorative justice
  • Moral compass
  • Peer influence
  • Socio-economic factors
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