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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most kids that are neglected still don’t end up murdering people. Unfortunately, there are just some children (and adults) that are prone to being violent people. Some kids are just mean and violent natured people and there he not much that can be done to help them. [/quote]

And let's face it, some of these kids [i]are being taught[/i] to be violent and criminal.   A 12 or 13 year old doesn't just spontaneously wake up and do armed carjackings.  It also can't help to be steeped in a culture of glorifying violent crime through drill rap and making things like "street cred" the most important thing someone can have, and that it is only earned through violence.  How many instances of "promising young DC rapper killed" have there been where they felt they needed to "up their street cred" to help their rap career by trying to rob a dealer or some other stunt only to end up getting shot in the process.  More than a few.  [/quote]

Some kids absolutely do wake up evil in the morning and commit crimes. Environmental factors do not explain everything and significant proportion  of crime (around 50%) is attributable to genetic heritability. There are kids that are inherently antisocial/violent who cannot be helped. For this group the best solution is to protect everyone else by giving them life in jail. [/quote]

For youth crimes, I would like some kind of 'parole board' before release. They shouldn't be automatically released when ("just because") they reach a certain age, but when they demonstrate certain behaviors, attainments and redemptions during their incarceration that would allow them to function in society-- for example. a GED, a clean record while imprisoned, some community service, testimony from a psychologist that they engaged productively in individual and group sessions, job training. If it takes them until 26 or 30 or longer to demonstrate this, so be it. To store these girls and release them arbitrarily at 18 or whatnot without any evidence that they would be productive and socialized would be a crime against society. I would like to see youth justice reforms that focus on what is happening WHILE criminal youth are in the system, to basically decriminalize them. Instead the focus seems to be on protecting their identities and releasing them as soon as possible with as few conditions as possible. That's a formula for repeat offenders.[/quote]

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