Analysis Of Remember The Victims Of Juvenile Offenders

Giving consequences to the juveniles not only allows adolescents to understand what is good and wrong but to care for the victims like Bishop-Jenkins, who has lost her beloved sister and her sister’s husband. For instance, Bishop-Jenkins writes in her article “Remember the Victims of Juvenile Offenders”, “Our society is appropriately concerned, as this forum demonstrates, with helping juveniles. Let’s also remember that the victims of violent juvenile crime need just as much of our support.” (Bishop- Jenkins) Although many might think it is cruel to sentence life in prison to adolescents, their action has ended one's life. Similar to adults getting sentenced to prison whatever the reason is, whatever the age is, it should be mandatory to be sentenced to life in prison. Like Bishop-Jenkins, people always feel devastated to lose a loved one and it affects the people negatively,

Likewise, the article “Juvenile Justice” by Carl Stoffers, tells the reader the importance of receiving consequences. In the article, Noah Schultz, a teenager who was sentenced to prison, talks about his experience. ‘“It was a struggle,” says Schultz, “but I was able to completely reinvent myself, and a lot of that is due to having the opportunity to grow while I was incarcerated.”(Stoffers) Parents punish their children when they do something wrong in order to teach them. Prison is similar to it. Just more harsh because they did severe action. Like Schultz, even though prison can be harsh, in the same way a child that learns from getting punished by their parents, by experiencing prison, adolescents can also learn and change as if they received rehabilitation. Two of the sources each highlight the point that juveniles who have made severe action should receive consequences, as it helps both the killer and the