Thursday, January 27, 2011

Debate with motion "THB juveniles who commit serious crimes should be tried as adults"

 These are the arguements of both Government and Opposition side about the issue and please write some opinions about the motion, debate with each other!


Government Side arguements

 Noone can criticize or blame that even though some academies like detention center regulate juvenile offenders some serious crimes that are committed by juveniles do harm our society and threat other virtuous students and it become worse. Did you ever think about why this kind of phenomenon occurs? That's becsause juveniles who commit crimes do not get serious punishment. Most of the juvenile offenders get onlt light punishment with education as the purpose of the juvenile Court is rehabilitation. But this may occur much more serious problems. Juveniles recognize their huge mistakes not very seriously. As they get light punishment. Juveniles who commit crime should be tried as adults so that they can recognize their problem more serously. Sometimes force is much more effective than talk or education. Therefore juveniles who commit serious crimes have to be tried as adults as they have to get strict punishment rather than light punishment with uneffective education.

 Juveniles accurately distinguish which one is right and which one is wrong. And also they can control their emotions and actions. They are not "baby". Precisely speaking there are no big difference between adults and juveniles in the aspects of distinguishing right thing and wrong thing. What does it mean? It means that they should be responsible with their ability and the consequence and there is not big difference between adults and juveniles. Therfore it isso proper and fair that juvenile offernders are tried as adults.

 Therefore the government side strongly believes that juveniles who commit serious crime should be tried as adults as they have to get more serious punishment to reflect themselves about the serious problems that they've committed.

Opposition Side arguements

 Juveniles should get opportunities to be rehabilitated. It is so cruel to take opportunities from them. If they are tried as adults they can't get rehabilitation programs but only heavy punishment. Eventhough they commit crimes we have to give one more opportunity to them by education, not heavy punishment. If we just put them in jail with heavy punishment, they will loose their opportunities. For instance if a juve3nile go to adult prison, it is hard for them to get job when they are released, as the record remains. Also they can't get any opportunity of education when they are stuck in adult prison.

 Juveniles who went to adult prison have higher rate of ricidivism than juvenileswho went to juvenile prison. And this supports the fact that circumstances of adult prison is bad andit is not effective for juveniles' reflection. We should give opportunity to reflect themselves about their fault. But does adult prison can do that role? Never! The ultimate purpose for Juvenile Court is educate and rehabilitate the juvenile offenders. And putthem in adult prison destroy the ultimate purpose of the Juvenile Court. Asadult prisons are just focus on punishment no trehabilitation, it can't give juvenilesthe opportunity of reflection. Also the adult prison's circumstance is bad. The fact that children in adult jails and prisons are 5times mmore likely to be raped, twice as likely to be beaten by staff, and 50% more likely to be attacked with a weapon.

 Therefore the opposition side strongly believes that we should not tried juveniles who commit crimes as adults. Tried them as adults only brings juvenile offenders resistance and high rate of recidivism. And this is not good for our society as this is a vicious circle of crime.

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