I believe that the Youth Criminal Justice Act benefits society. Because as a teenager/child we often do things that we wouldn’t do as an adult. If teenagers commit a small offence, then they do not go to jail or have a criminal record. This benefits society and is good, because they do not have a criminal record they can continue with their life without being restricted because of a criminal record. The act also gives many different punishment/sanction options, which is good because in many cases it would be better for the teen to see what they did was wrong rather then go to jail and be “grounded”. Also, the act makes them think about what they have done and why it is wrong, so it makes them less likely to repeat the crime. 

I believe the YCJA benefits society because it allows the kids under 18 to face their crime by helping their own society. They would learn not to do their crime again that they committed, and it might lead them to a path they could succeed on. It would let the people around the kids to teach them what’s right and what’s wrong. Overall the society would be better because having better kids around it would cause less damage on the people around them. 

                I believe the YCJA benefits society because it lets the youth learn from their mistakes. If you put a teenager in jail for a small crime it could ruin their chances at a good life. Teens are still developing and will make a few mistakes here and there, but that doesn’t mean you should throw them into prison. I also like how the YCJA provides a lot of choices for you to fix your mistake such as community service. Teens also need education and that’s hard when you’re behind bars. I like how the government would rather have you live at home with your family and go to school rather than go to jail for a small crime you did. But the youth should learn from their mistakes and try not to do it again. Its also a good thing that they don’t give you a criminal record for a crime you did when you were under the age of 18. The YCJA encourages kids to not do bad things and be the best person they can possibly be. 

Gavin B Slot 

I think the YCJA benefits society because they give young criminals a chance to either make up for what they did and serve work or time but in plenty of different ways not just jail. If there was a kid who stole a $1 chocolate bar and he went to jail for 1 week he isn’t learning anything about what he did wrong. But if he did some community service or helped for a community sports team he would be realizing that actions have consequences no matter what the crime is or how old are you are. You must make up for what you have done. YCJA is also good because there are people who specialize in that kind of work like youth crime, so you don’t have to call high class lawyers who focus on the rapists murderers and other serious criminals. Everybody has something they can do to pay back the victim or even the community for the crime or crimes they have committed and that’s what the YCJA does in the society. It lets teenagers make up for their crime so it won’t affect them later in their life. 

1)      I believe that the YCJA benefits society. I can stand by this statement because if you are a child under the age of 16 and you commit a crime you should not be punished severely. If you are punished severely under 16 then this could cost you your whole life as you would have a criminal record which would prevent you from having a good job. I also believe that after the age of 16 unless the crime is stealing small things such as chocolate bars I believe that you should be charged as in adult because they are almost at that age anyway. If we enforce the laws to charge them as adults at that age then there would be less issues in schools such as drugs because people would be scared to get charged as an adult. Another reason I like the YCJA is because it doesn’t just have you punished with no lesson to help you get better but instead it punishes you with a way to get better. If they punished youths by putting them in jail they may recommit the crime as the jail didn’t teach them anything besides them being grounded which is probably going on at home anyways. Lastly, the YCJA gives youths another chance to get there life back on the tracks which is super important. Without the YCJA teens that would commit a crime would all have a record for any crime which wouldn’t allow them to get a real full-time job. This is why I agree with the YCJA and think it makes society better.

I believe the YCJA does benefit society because it helps control and better discipline young teenagers and kids that what they did was not alright in society, its also a good thing that they get help from the YCJA, so they don’t get put in a real prison with older people who have done serious crimes, and that it doesn’t mentally scar the youth and it doesn’t allow the youth to get away with what they did, and depending on what the youth did like if it was an offense or an assault they would be held for a bit so they don’t cause any harm to the community or to society. 

 

I believe that the youth criminal justice act benefits society because as a teenager/child we get peer presser into doing something bad in which you wouldn’t do as an adult if a teenager commits a pity crime they shouldn’t get throwed in the slammer or get a criminal record because of there own stupidity. I think this helps society because it allows youths to learn from there wrong doing so there can not to commit any crimes against society again and help set the person who is in the wrong back on the right track any if this works it would most likely get rid of the stereotype with teenagers (most females) being thieves and pity criminals. But that’s just a theory. 

I believe that ycja benefits our society. People under 18 don’t have fully developed brains therefore can’t mature choices. They mostly do what they think is fun or cool and not think about the consequences. It would not be fair to judge them the same as some 30-year-old because their brain is actual devolved and they should have known better. When throwing a kid in jail they will not learn from there mistakes and it would be like a punishment. By making younger kids a chance to understand what they did wrong at to learn there mistakes you are saving there future and from repeating the same crime over and over. Like if they stole a bike form someone they should buy them another one. When you clean their criminal record at 18 you are giving them a fresh start and not letting their poor decisions when their brain wasn’t developed affect there future.