Young Offenders - What Should The Law Do With Them? Reviews

Yes it is an epidemic! Events occuring in the UK, are happening in the US! Certain children that were under-age when they committed a heinous crime, will soon be released. In UK it is the story mentioned in the caption, where an older boy beat a child to death. In the US, it`s those younger children in the school shootings in Arkansas! ...  Read the complete review

Prevention is better than cure. Most people agree with this when applied to medicine but seem all too quick to forget that this too can be true of children and young offenders. What must be looked at – as opposed the punishment and ‘justice’ to be inflicted upon a young offender – is why they were allowed to end ...  Read the complete review

Young offenders should be prosecuted exactly the same as the senior criminals. In my opinion, if a young offender is old enough to know what they are doing when they commit a crime, then they are old enough to stand in front of a judge and jury at a trial. The civilisation of Britain is being ruined because more and more people turn to crime. ...  Read the complete review

In todays society the amount of young offenders is gradually increasing, and the severity of their crimes is also growing. This is clearly a problem and has been brought about by many varying reasons. Firstly there home lives, and the treatment some receive from their parents. The increasing wealth of the country is another factor. Why should this ...  Read the complete review

Why do young kids offend these days? It seems to me from watching old movies, newsreel and more recently the 1940's house, that a major influence on kids these days has to be the affect of material wealth that has swept through society in the last 30/40 years. In effect the pressure from the outside is too strong for less well off ...  Read the complete review

This particular topic is one that is spoken about quite often. You often hear people in the street discussing it and their opinions range from throwing them in prison to teaching them a skill so they can make a professional of themselves rather than them living a life of crime. Myself I think that if they (the Government) really want to ...  Read the complete review

Young offenders are still offenders. Crimes should not be tolerated, no matter what age. I see the ghastly pictures of that poor, innocent toddler Jamie Bulger amd then I see his killers going to be released soon. This is what I call an injustice. I don’t care how old they were, there was no need for that. Imagine if your kid was ...  Read the complete review

Young offenders do not have a common background. The only similarity is that they have committed an offence and that they are young. The fact that they are young lends it self well to the possibility of intervention - intervention for change and improvement. At present it is perfectly possible to enter a youth detention centre ...  Read the complete review

With the release of this weeks national crime figures you can see how easy it is for a government facing an election to manipulate them to show erroneous drops to keep the fear of crime at bay.Which is ironically the only way it will ever fall. If you look at some of the stats in your local paper that your force are claiming to have solved, ...  Read the complete review

No matter how heinous the crime or how venomous the child's attitude, he is still just a child. Children do not know that it is wrong to take something that belongs to someone else. They do not know that it is wrong to tease others. It is only when parents or adults interven to correct and instruct children that they learn the difference ...  Read the complete review

Don't get me wrong, I don't condone the actions of Jamie Bulger's killers, but over the issue of their identities being withheld from the public, I think that is the right decision. With a case such as this emotions needless to say run high throughout the country and by publicising their identities, you are justing asking for ...  Read the complete review

In light of the recent revelations regarding the attempt to strangle another "inmate" by one of the Jamie Bulger child killers (Thompson), I have bitten my tongue for many days regarding this controversial topic of debate, but as I listened to the news less than 5 minutes ago I truly felt my blood begin to boil. I have stayed ...  Read the complete review

I think that offences committed by anyone regardless of age should be given the same penalties, when I say regardless of age I mean those who are of an age to know whats acceptable or not. I think that this country is far too soft on young offenders and we should introduce a "strike " system whereby anyone who offends regularly ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I will state that I feel nothing but sympathy for the relatives of James Bulger. Their grief and anger at the murderers of their son is understandable and naturally they want the two boys who took their sons life to be locked up and never released. However, although it is tragic that these events happened, I believe there are a number of ...  Read the complete review

I really have had enough of the sun reader mentality that pervades every newspaper story, every television programme, every 'rational discussion' concerning the release of Thompson and Venables. Children, 10-year-old children, do not have the same perceptions as rational adults, and even some adults also have legal excuses for ...  Read the complete review

I have read several of the views here, and most seem to be along the lines of 'they are only children, they don't know what's best because of their age and so we shouldn't punish them too hard'. OK so I see the point. If you get an eight year old who pinches some sweets from the local shop, yes the parents and shop owner should ...  Read the complete review

What should the law do with young offenders? Lets start by defining the type of 'young offender' shall we. There is the youth that has broken the law for the first time and is genuinely remorseful never to offend again and for petty crime he/she is recognised as such and dealt with by conditional discharge or probation. ...  Read the complete review

I can’t stand hearing authoritarian, old-fashioned views on crime and punishment - especially where “elders” are concerned. They take the view that the activities of each new generation are somehow “abhorrent” or “bad” when in reality they are just “different”. This is not surprising as each ...  Read the complete review

What is the best way to deal with young offenders? we hear all the time of horror stories such as Jamie Bulger and Damiola, plus some poor old person being robbed or attacked. The horrifying thing in all these case is that “children” commit these crimes. Why does it happen? and what can we do to stop it?. It’s easy to say ...  Read the complete review

I'm not much of a news paper reader. .until I joined Dooyoo that is!! Something caught my eye in a newspaper on sunday which appauled me. In big black bold print on the front page it says, "BULGER KILLERS' NEW LIFE ABROAD" It goes on to say that Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were to ...  Read the complete review