Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice

 

                I feel like what they are doing in the Connecticut juvenile justice system is great because that's why the system was created for in the first place, like it was supposed to rehabilitate the children not focus strictly on punishment. And I found it fascinating how they used to put kids in jail for minor crimes like skipping school, running away, or missing curfew. Like I feel like those are irrelevant crimes that shouldn't make you be put in jail. I feel like doing this will create less crime rates in Connecticut because they are giving those juveniles the attention they need and crave instead of being like everyone else in their life by not dealing with them and throwing them away in jail and not addressing their problems. But on the other hand with the video we watched in class with those kids that created heinous crimes as juveniles I feel like in order for you to commit such bad crimes makes you no longer a juvenile because you know right from wrong you should know that killing a person is bad you don't even need to be taught that its like societies norms. Take the 15 year old kid "iron man" he killed four people, not one but four. He didn't even have any remorse like that's not a normal juvenile that's a serial killer. Like he had a straight face when he was getting arrested like he didn't even care that he killed 2 little girls, their mother, and a teenage girl that at some point were all his neighbors. I feel like there is no excuse for those actions, like at that point you are an adult I don't care how old you are. This society doesn't need crazy serial killers like that roaming the streets because they say oh that's not his fault he cant be held accountable because he's just a kid. I feel like if you do the crime you do the time point blank period. Some cases come with exceptions but other crimes don't because they are two different situations. And the environment that someone grows up doesn't mean they are going to grow up to be like what their bad environment is like because I know a lot of people who didn't have a father or no guidance and they used that as motivation to get out of that situation not oh I'm going to become like this because it is expected of me. That's their fault they take for granted that life and use it as an excuse to kill people that isn't right.