Youth Violence

A detailed Summary of Youth Violence

Are we solving youth violence by sending minors to jail in adult prisons? In the article "Tough Justice for Juveniles" author Edward Humes discusses the underlining problems with the Juvenile Justice System. In this article Humes claims in paragraph 2 that: "Our national fixation with meting out adult punishments to young criminals has blinded us to the underling crisis-the juvenile system's shocking inability to impose meaningful penalties, or even supervision, on offenders before they become the "predators" we so fear." Personally, I agree with the Humes, the Juvenile Justice System is so readily willing to punish young criminals to the furthest extent of the law. In most cases without even considering, they're prior criminal history or the crimes, that they are currently being processed. Humes illustrated examples in paragraphs 4, 5, 6, and 7 by discussing two youth offenders and the punishment that they where sentenced to after being processed through the current laws used by the Juvenile Court System.

In this article, the author clearly illustrates an appeal to authority by displaying a rational tone that isn't offensive and the author appears to be personally knowledgeable about the subject matter making his views cr

In this article, the author's appeal to emotion is that of concern and sadness for the juveniles that are processed through the court system without a second thought as to what will become of these young offenders. I personally believe that something needs to be done about how the court handles these youngsters and how they are processed. This only added to my emotional response that the author leads the reader to feel and made me feel as though I should be personally involved in correcting what is wrong with the Juvenile Justice System. We need to consider whether we are out to teach them a lesson against committing crimes or turning them into better criminals by locking them up in adult prisons. The author gave alarming statistics that appealed to my emotion as a reader in paragraphs 10 and 11. In both paragraphs the author cited examples and used statistics to shock the reader's emotional response to the article. The authors' appeal to logic is argument from causation. Which he illustrates by comparing the cause which would be the harsh punishment of juveniles to the effect which would be how they become the predators that we fear they will become from spending time in adult prisons. I agree with the authors' views from this form of logic because the effect or outcome is a hardened criminal. From personal experience dealing with a stepsister that has been in and out of the Juvenile Courts since the age of 12, I have found Humes views to be correct. My sister is currently doing time in upstate Virginia for three felonies. I do not believe

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Approximate Word count = 1045
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Politics