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Juvenile Crime and Punishment: Justice or Injustice
In recent years the crime rate for juveniles has escalated and violent criminal acts are now being committed by younger children. In hopes of deterring juvenile crime, many states are now wavering juveniles to adult courts. Once the youth is trialed, he or she is subjected to the same tough sentences as an adult, including imprisonment in adult facilities and in som ....
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.... being killed. Just recently there were several shootings involving children less than twelve years of age. According to children rights advocates, even in the most violent years in U.S. history, the rate of juvenile violence and victimization still do not equal today's current level.
In the past fifteen to twenty years there has been a major shift in societies attitude toward juvenile offenders. This change has also affected treatment of juveniles ....
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