Hannah Herring

ENG- 112

Mrs. Carroll

March 13, 2020

Juvenile Punishments

A juvenile is a young person or a teenager that is punished by a judge or the court to

determine their detention. After the detention is over and they have sent a year in detention they

will transfer them to jail or prison once they have reached the majority age. To understand more

about this, the essay will identify the history of punishing juveniles, punishment they have now,

causes of the teens becoming juvenile, and what programs can help them.

First, what is the past punishment for these juveniles? Back in the 18 and 19 hundred

crime punishments were taken very seriously. Punishments during this time included both

hanging and beheading but often depend on the crime´s severity. Certain things that you have

committed call for different punishments. You killed someone then you were killed or if you

stole something your hand got cut off. The law back then was called an eye for an eye. You did

something back you got the punishment handed right to you.

Teen crimes are not as serious as a felony. Misdemeanor crimes carry less serious

punishments. Most states only put these teens into jail for about a year. It can carry up to two

years depending on how bad the crime is. Once the crime was made, they will go to court and the

judge will determine what their punishment will be. Once they have served their year in jail and
if they are of age, they will be transferred to the prison. Today the punishments for teens aren't a

punishment. They are getting a slap on the hand and walking out.

Teens don’t just commit a crime to do it. They have a reason for doing it. In source one, it

says ¨this most likely happened from absent parents or fighting is the household.¨ Nine times out

of ten the child is doing these crimes because they don’t have a mom or dad telling them what is

right from wrong. It's not only the parent's fault, but it can also be the kid's friends pressuring

them into doing the crime. There are many reasons for these teens to do these crimes.

There are several different programs in the area that can help juveniles with their

problems. These programs are insight, rehab and teen court. These places can get them one on

one help with people who specialize in this community program. By juveniles being in the

program's they take you out of the real world. It gives them a chance to figure out who they are

and who they want to be.

When it all comes down to it, people are going to things that are bad a good. Over the

years the punishment are going to change. They can be better or worse. The punishment are now

less violent than what they use to be and that can be a good thing. Most people do not need to be

killed for stealing or getting into a fight. But if they killed someone then they need to have the

same done back to them.

From reading all these articles and reading different people's opinions about things and

how punishment used to be it changed a lot of things. Being able to learn and see what is going

on inside theses teen's life makes a difference in how anyone would see this. Understanding that

not only are the parents the problem but other teens are cause one another to commit a crime that

they don’t need to be in. This could be anyone children doing these crimes or even their child
pressuring the other kids into doing these crimes. The punishments should be pushed when they

are caught doing the crime. No child should walk away thinking it is okay to commit a crime.

They need to pay for what they have done.

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