Analysis: Should Teens Be Tried As Adults
The main point of this article is whether teens should be tried as adults by reasons of not being fully developed cognitively. Per the article by the age of 16 adolescents stop maturing, intellectually, but their psychosocial capability continues to develop well into adulthood. Also, the article mentions ‘short sight decision-making’, saying that adolescents don’t look at the consequences of their actions and are more driven by immediate gratification. So, this leads them to having poor impulse control and more likely to succumb to peer pressure.
What should be done and how should juveniles be treated in our legal system? Well, I think that since adolescents reach their intellectual ‘peak’ at age 16 they should be tried as adults at the age
What should be done and how should juveniles be treated in our legal system? Well, I think that since adolescents reach their intellectual ‘peak’ at age 16 they should be tried as adults at the age