Law

Does it make more sense to group juvenile offenders on the basis of what they have done and not their age, why or why not

It is a lot better to have juvenile offenders grouped according to their age and not according to what they have done. There are a number of reasons to support this. First, young people tend to be at an age where development is very rapid. As such, they are very much prone to emulating behavior and actions of others almost subconsciously. Usually, the younger ones will copy the behaviors and actions of those who are older than themselves because they believe mature or big people always do what is right. Given this state of conditions, it is only realistic to group those of the same age together regardless of what they have done so that they will have nothing to emulate.

The second reason why juveniles ought to be grouped according to their age and not the offense committed is that people of different ages tend to copy a lot from each other. In essence, it is very easy for young children who are still novices in crime and other acts of law breaking to get hardened. Most of the hardened criminals in society today have become what they are because they got a chance to get exposed to more advanced delinquents who instilled in them the desire to go on in lawlessness. When they stay with people of their age, delinquents are less likely to get radicalized and hardened. Finally, people of the same age tend to think in more or less the same way. Consequently, they also behave in a similar manner. Based on this and on the fact that behavioral therapy is one of the best remedy approaches for social and juvenile delinquency, it is a lot easier to manage delinquents who are of the same age than those who are of varying ages.  

What are some benefits of sealing juvenile records List three.
Sealing juvenile records has a number of benefits which apply specifically to the juvenile, but also to his family andor his country, especially the police and the courts. The first benefit is that by sealing juvenile records, the reputation of that juvenile 3 years after finishing serving his sentence will be protected at least from the general public, so that the juveniles past behavior record is not exposed unnecessarily.

The second benefit of sealing juvenile records is that the juvenile is able to be claim, legally, that heshe did not commit any crime, or has any juvenile record. This is especially when certain institutions request to know about whether or not one has any criminal record. Only the one whose record has been sealed has the legal right to deny this. This is especially during adulthood. Finally, the other benefit of sealing juvenile records is that the police and the court can be made the only legal institutions given the mandate to have access to the records. This makes the work of the institutions easier and also protects the privacy of the juvenile.

C. Is there such a thing as a born delinquent
There are no born delinquents. Every person is born without any such a thing as evil in himher. At birth, there is no single baby or child who can claim to have had an idea of what evil is. In fact, as science has proven, a child has a pure mind which has not been distorted in any way. Theology also confirms this when children are compared to angels and are therefore symbols of the holiness or purity. As far as this is concerned, every little child is without sin and delinquency is sin (theology calls all lawlessness sin).This means then that no child is born a delinquent. What brings about delinquency in the child is what heshe gets to learn from the environment around where the child lives. Bad company has been cited as responsible for corrupting otherwise good morals. That is the same case with delinquency  it brought about by influence from others.

Apart from other people, the environment brings about delinquency. In certain cases, the lack of or availability of certain resources will drive people into ways of life that are contrary to the traditional norms of society. For instance, engagement in crime has often been blamed on poverty or peer influence, while drug abuse is a character that has been attributed to both economic and social conditions. Classical criminologists usually insist that the cause of delinquency is an innate drive within the victim. As such, these juveniles will keep breaking the law regardless of the environment in which they are raised. They seem to be inspired to commit crimes or to engage in illegal acts by some self interests that usually very rational.

Is school failure responsible for delinquency, or are delinquents simply school failures
Delinquents are not at all school failures. In fact a good number of delinquents are juveniles with a wonderful academic record. Instead, failure in school has been responsible for causing juvenile delinquency. When juveniles fail in school, they tend to cover up this weakness with lawless acts.

Should individuals who committed murder while under age 16 be legally executed Why or why not.
People who commit murder while still young ought not to be legally executed. This is because under the law, juvenile crimes are not to be punished ten or more years on.