Why should repeat juvenile criminals receive lighter sentences than adults?
Many believe that its time to treat juvenile offenders like adults by subjecting them to adult justice. At present, we send only a few juveniles to adult courts. Most of those charged even repeat offenders land in more lenient juvenile courts. And only 60 percent even get to juvenile courts: the rest are either warned, their parents are notified or they are referred to social service programs. Criminal Record Of Juveniles Disappear At Age 18: Felony and misdemeanor citations vanish from a minors criminal record when he turns 18 in most states. So many apparent first-time offenders in adult courts have already committed many serious crimes. Records Of Violent Juveniles Should Be Open To Public: Those who advocate getting tough on juvenile crimes say court records on violent juveniles should be opened so that the data may be used in investigations, trials and sentencing. Open records would also help prosecutors target the worst threats to society. • A University of Pennsylvania study det
