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

In today's world of technology and
modernisation
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the
crime
rate has started shooting up. The main reason
of
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high
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the high
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amount of
crime
rate is
people
are
vurneable
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vulnerable
and can easily fall
in
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the trap. In the essay, I will discuss whether young
people
should be treated in the same way as
adults
for the
crime
committed.
To begin
with, kids
nowdays
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have
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enornmous
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enormous
amount
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amounts
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of exposure, they are easily attracted towards negative thinking or content. Young
pupil
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pupils
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are watching television, reels,
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and youtube
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youtube
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YouTube
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videos to
such
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that are eventually becoming addicted to the screen. The content on different platforms
evoke
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the
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emotions in
such
a way that young
people
dont
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don't
understand
on
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apply
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how to handle it, and they tend to commit
the
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crime
. Teenagers feel very low in
self esteem
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when they are not given what they are expecting. If they want expensive phones and
parents
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their parents
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can't afford
it
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them
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, they tend to steal the money. In a recent media
reports
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report
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, one
14 year old
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14-year-old
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boy stole
the
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money from his father's
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ATM
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and after lodging the
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they came to know it was their own son. The pressure to look cool
infront
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in front
of society often
push
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the
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young minds to
inclined
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be inclined
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towards the path of
crime
.
On the other hand
,
adults
are committing
crime
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crimes
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to sustain their livelihood, to feed their
family
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families
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and some
people
are doing it to
fulfill
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fulfil
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their evil intention. When
adults
commit
the
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a
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crime
they
understad
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understand
the consequences of doing
such
a heinous activity and
dont
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don't
even give a second thought
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to
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not going forward.
To conclude
, I would say that young minds need
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of guidance and life lessons
,
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so that they can become responsible
adults
,
whereas
older
people
know the result very well before committing the
crime
.
Nuturing
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Nurturing
the young generation
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to
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civilised
citizen
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citizens
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doesn't
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dosen't
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doesn't
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need harsh punishments but
need
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proper support and care.
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Task Response
Your introduction sets up the context well but focus more on the specific argument about whether young people should be treated the same way as adults for committing crimes.
Coherence and Cohesion
Improve paragraph transitions for smoother flow; for instance, use phrases like 'Furthermore' or 'In addition' to link paragraphs.
Coherence and Cohesion
Make sure that each paragraph has a clear main point that ties back to your thesis. For instance, your paragraph discussing adults can be made more relevant by directly addressing how their reasoning for committing crimes differs from that of young people.
Task Response
You effectively use examples to illustrate your points, which helps in making your argument more relatable and grounded.
Coherence and Cohesion
Introduction and conclusion are well-framed, giving a good structure to your essay.
Task Response
The points discussed in both main paragraphs are relevant and add value to your argument.

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