The following is from Gallup News.
Americans divide evenly on whether the criminal justice system should treat teens who commit violent crimes the same as adults (46%) or give more lenient treatment in juvenile courts (47%).
This marks a shift in attitudes from two decades ago, when majorities of 65% in 2000 and 59% in 2003 felt juveniles aged 14 to 17 who commit crimes should be treated the same as adult criminals.
The latest results are from Gallup’s annual Crime survey, conducted Oct. 2-23.
The issue of how violent juveniles should be treated is increasingly relevant given the increase in mass shootings, particularly at U.S. schools, with the majority of K-12 school shootings perpetrated by children under age 18.
On Dec. 8, Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 years old in November 2021 when he killed four classmates and injured seven others at Oxford High School in Michigan, will be sentenced after pleading guilty in those deaths.
He is being charged as an adult, as have many other school shooters. In September, a Texas youth tried as a juvenile was sentenced to four decades in prison, the maximum allowed, for killing a classmate.
Americans are more likely today than in 2000 to believe juveniles who commit violent crimes should receive more lenient treatment in juvenile court (47% vs. 24%) and less likely now to favor treating them the same as adults (46% vs. 65%).
The views of Democrats, independents and younger adults have changed more than the opinions of Republicans and older adults. However, all key subgroups show some movement away from believing that violent juvenile offenders should be treated the same as adults.
In fact, in 2000, the various political party and age subgroups generally held similar views, with between 60% and 68% of each believing juveniles should be treated the same as adults.
As a result of the disproportionate changes in opinion, Democrats and adults under age 50 now come down on different sides of the debate than Republicans and older Americans do.
Majorities of Democrats (61%) and adults under age 50 (56%) believe 14- to 17-year-olds who commit violent crimes should get more lenient treatment in a juvenile court, while majorities of Republicans (59%) and adults over age 50 (53%) believe such teens should be treated the same as adults.
Political independents are evenly divided on the issue.
College graduates tend to believe juveniles should get more lenient treatment in the justice system, while those without a college degree tend to think juveniles should be treated like adults. (Continued…)
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Shocked to see every category decreasing in those believing violent juveniles should be treated as adults. Does this NOT lead to more juvenile crimes being committed.
So a juvenile is not responsible when they commit a violent crime but are fully capable of deciding to mutilate their body without parent notification/approval.
I just leave it at that and let others decide why this nation is, as my parents would say, “going to hell in a handbasket”!
Shocked to see every category decreasing in those believing violent juveniles should be treated as adults. Does this NOT lead to more juvenile crimes being committed.
So a juvenile is not responsible when they commit a violent crime but are fully capable of deciding to mutilate their body without parent notification/approval.
I just leave it at that and let others decide why this nation is, as my parents would say, “going to hell in a handbasket”!