Juvenile Crime Prop 21
How should a juvenile criminal be prosecuted? That is the question at hand. Right now most juvenile crime cases are currently handled by the juvenile court system. If given permission, juveniles can be tried as adults, but current laws prohibit juveniles from being housed with adult criminals. So most juveniles convicted as adults are housed in juvenile facility until they reach the age of 18. There are about 100,000 juvenile offenders annually who are on probation in California. The majority of these offenders are on formal probation, which means that they appear in front of court to resolve their cases. In most informal case, they not need to appear in front of the court, because the probation department is able to directly impose needed sanctions. After the completion of informal probation, juveniles have their records wiped clean.For proposition 21 the government has come up with an initiative, which would try offenders as adults rather than juvenile. Proposition 21 would require juvenile offenders 14 years or older to be charged as adults. It would eliminate informal probation, and further limit confidentiality for juveniles who are charged with or convicted of specified felonies. Proposition would require that certain
Stratton Community Center. 7 Feb. 2000. Proponents of proposition 21 have proposed to implement the three strikes law on juvenile offenders. This is because recent studies have shown that crime has been increasing. In 1987, juvenile arrest for a violent crime has increased by 60%. From 1987 to 1996 there was a 50% increase for violent index crimes such as, rape, robbery and non-negligent manslaughter (Redding 93). Need For Proposition 21 Based on Extreme Crimes Legislative Analyst's Office; "The Three Strikes and Your Out Law:" A Preliminary
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