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Old Jul 9th, 2008, 04:27 PM   #1
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Old Jul 9th, 2008, 04:53 PM   #2
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Default Re: Do courts sentence kids basically the same way as adults for violent crimes?

Adolescents do not possess either the same
developmental level of cognitive or psychological maturity as adults.
Adolescents have difficulty regulating their moods, impulses and behaviors.
Immediate and concrete rewards, along with the reward of peer approval,
weigh more heavily in their decisions and hence they are less likely than
adults to think through the consequences of their actions. Adolescents'
decision-making capacities are immature and their autonomy constrained.
Their ability to make good decisions is mitigated by stressful, unstructured
settings and the influence of others. They are more vulnerable than adults
to the influence of coercive circumstances such as provocation, duress and
threat and are more likely to make riskier decisions when in groups.
Adolescents' desire for peer approval, and fear of rejection, affects their
choices even without clear coercion. Also, because adolescents are more
impulsive than adults, it may take less of a threat to provoke an aggressive
response from an adolescent.

The general principle that when sentencing a child or young person,
considerations of punishment and general deterrence may be given less weight in favor of individual treatment aimed at rehabilitation, is a
well established legal principle.
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