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''In all likelihood, a large number of juveniles who are being tried as adults are not competent to stand trial,'' said Laurence Steinberg, director of the MacArthur division that conducted the study and a professor of psychology at Temple University.
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www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0303-04.htm
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This topic in Society & Rights is about Juveniles Being Tried as Adults. ... Children should have the same rights as adults if they are to be treated as adults when they do something wrong. Our country was founded on being represented, and that did not stop at no taxation without representation.
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www.volconvo.com/forums/society-rights/21016-juveniles-...
www.volconvo.com/forums/society-rights/21016-juveniles-being-tried-adults.html
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Children being tried as adults: I can not believe that they would even think of trying an 11 year old CHILD!!!!! as an adult. He hasn't even reached puberty yet. How can you hold him accountable as... ... Re: Children being tried as adults...
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Adults tried when they were children ... Teenager Facing Two Charges Of Manslaughter In Fatal Crash NEWPORT CITY, VT - A 15-year-old boy is being tried as an adult for manslaughter, accused of crashing a sports car Aug. 24 in Westmore, killing two teenage passengers.
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Juvenile offenders in adult prisons are more likely to be sexually abused and commit suicide. The present system is not working. ... i think teens being tried as adults is compleatly a waste of time .If a teen commites a crime they could be brought to a rehad and at least learn and be helped .
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educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/teens_tried_...
educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/teens_tried_as_adults_a_failure
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Disproportionate representation or over-representation: The proportion of a group with a specific characteristic that exceeds the proportion of that group in the population being considered. ... Thus, if Latino youth in a certain county make up 25% of arrests and 50% of youth tried as adults, that group's proportion...
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www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/ycat/ycat.html
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Over the last ten years, nearly every state has changed its laws to make it easier to prosecute youth as adults. As a result of these changes, significantly more youth are tried as adults in the adult criminal court and held in adult correctional facilities.
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www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/issues/transfer/
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The issue of children being tried as adults is one of the most controversial aspects of criminal law. ... November 6, 2009 7:08 PM; Children Tried as Adults in TennesseeThe issue of children being tried as adults is one...
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www.tennesseecriminallawyerblog.com/2009/11/children_tr...
www.tennesseecriminallawyerblog.com/2009/11/children_tried_as_adults_in_tennessee.html
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Teen crime: more and more teens are being tried as adults - a good idea? -... ... Locked up: should teens be tried as adults? ... Should Juvenile Offenders Be Tried as Adults? - rehabilitation at issue...
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