I'd like you to mention your country, if possible.
Your answer can help us try to modify the laws in Brazil to minimize the violence from teenagers.
Thanks
2007-02-15 11:40:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
when your brain reaches the stage when it understands consequences...
not only law consequences... but life consequences...
... when your brain reaches the stages in which your supposed to understand whats right and whats wrong...
the earliest, based on the severity and the details, is 7-10...
unless under extreme circumstances... the youngest someone usually gets convicted and punished for a felony or homicide charge is 13...
theres a difference between juvenile (18 and younger) and adult consequences...
if convicted as a juvenile, you may go to a "juvy," or possibly a bootcamp, or you may possibly be forced to do X amount of community service hours, etc..
if convicted as an adult, you are considered to have complete understanding of your actions, and therefore you're subject to harsher punishments... harsh punishments may include death penalty, a life sentence, jail time in an "adult" prison, etc...
less serious punishments may include community service hours and a few days in prison... (or a $ fine..)
the youngest i've ever heard of someone being convicted as an adult is probably 14 or 15... murder of course...
Now, you say "Your answer can help us try to modify the laws in Brazil to minimize the violence from teenagers."
from my experience, living in a generally low-crime country, the way to deal with crime is not to punish harder, neccessarily...
when you increase the severity of laws and only take steps to end violence through more severe laws... it will only increase the resistance to these laws...
when people are agitated, and you try to deal with this agitation by making more laws and harsher penalties for these laws.. it will only create more resistance and agitation to law enforcement officers...
new policies that appease these agitated people, without putting national or state security in any kind of potential danger, will lower the tensions...
Morales like family is the most important thing in life, manners, respect, hard-work, and dedication should also be tought to kids in schools at a young age.. people who live by these morales generally dont cause as much senseless crimes.
Crime isnt something that someone is born with.. Its not a genetic disorder, and its not a disease. Crime is influenced by what's around you...
To lower crime, you need to unite people by dedicating yourselves to your town and most importantly, to your country... not neccessarilly, however, your government...
clean up communities, require X amount of community service hours for kids in public schools, create elderly homes and organizations in which people can unite and give back to their elderly generations who have worked to give you what you have now... this will not only unite people.. but it will also increase your dedication to your community/country (in a positive way, unlike other places currently in the world..) and it will teach the younger generations the importance of working hard and making a difference...
ONTOP of these.. almost socialist sounding changes... harsher punishments and laws must be slowly, but smartly introduced...
You mention that these answers may affect the laws in Brazil (doubtful..lol, but worth 10 minutes of my time..) ... so im assuming your planning on using these answers to inform you about these things before you make a decision on what you support in regards to this matter in Brazil...
and from what i know, i dont want to pass judgement or anything...
Brazil is a very dangerous place for travelers...
ive heard that young-woman are put in great danger when going to Brazil because theres a lot of criminals in Brazil who have connections to Asain and South American child prostetution rings...
this is an unspeakable inhumane crime, which needs to be fixed in Brazil... Intelligence and Police detectives need to crack down on this in order for Brazil to start to be introduced to different cultures all over the world, including western cultures as i have spoken of above. Punishment for these crimes should include the death penalty!
Drugs are also vastly distributed throughout Brazil and surrounding countries...
To lower crime in Brazil, the drug trade in Brazil must also be terminated... Experienced tactical police squads (such as SWAT in the USA), along with local police forces should collectively work to not only stop low-level drug trading, but also high-end drug trafficking criminal organizations such as those plagueing America, crossing from Mexico...
so far, capitalism and democracy have proven to be the best governmental policies.. and much of what i have said comes from capitalist ideologies..
From official UN + US intelligence reports i have been researching lately... it seems to me the Brazilian government isnt too innocent itself... there are small links between Brazil's Government, Saddam's old regime, Russia, Syria, and Saddams hidden WMDs in Syria that suggest some Brazilian role in helping Saddam's Regime directly, in smaller-scale things.. such as the granted selling of Power Drives, used to power gun turrets on armoured vehicles, to Iraq in 1996...
also.. "to see German-style centrifuges in action, Iraqi engineers visited a secret site in Brazil, where Brazil was running centrifuges made with machines that the same German firms had sold to Brazil a few years earlier. Brazil could have taught Iraq what it needed to know about centrifuge operation."
HOWEVER! We, the U.S., are not completely innocent ourselves... The Clinton Administration signed the Oil-For-Food act.. which in turn, made it easy for Saddam's Regime to corrupt the OFF policy and acquire foreign exchange...
http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/CIA/isg-Comp_Report_Key_Findings.pdf
(3rd bullet)
I am quite skeptical about the Brazilian Government's involvement in the brazilian drug trade however...
I am also skeptical about the Brazilian Government's acceptance of Saddam's Engineers to travel to Brazil to learn about the hidden Brazilian centrifuges...
you cant expect to make a sugar cookie, if you dont have a sugar cookie recipe...
im not saying you dont have a sugar cookie recipe, im saying make SURE YOU DO have a sugar cookie recipe... before you try to make the cookie...
if you do have a sugar cookie recipe, great... now you have to make a sugar cookie.
Country: The United States Of America
[ United States of America : Criminal Law ]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law
2007-02-15 13:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by Corey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Australia anyone can be arrested for a crime and charged. Those that fall into the category of Minors are charged in the Childrens court. Depending on the severity of the crime they will be gaoled in a juvenile detention compund. Those that are arrested for minort infractions , grafitti, or proprty damage will receive fines and community service . Stealing of posseons or carjacking will be juvenile detention also. Those attaining the age of 18 will be sent to adult prison.
2007-02-15 11:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by Shelty K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-15 11:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by ReLL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are old enough to commit the crime, they can be arrested and charged. I believe you mean "At what age can they be tried as an adult?" This varies by jurisdiction. In most US states, anyone old enough to be call an adolescent is old enough too be charged as an adult for some crimes. If they are under 18, a hearing is usually required to determine if they should be tried as an adult.
2007-02-15 12:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
law enforcement officials are allowed to detain somebody throughout the time of the path of an study. you won't be under arrest, yet you at the instant are not loose to bypass the two. All criminal. that's generally accomplished for many motives. Officer protection is tops. human beings do very stupid issues whilst they get in difficulty. in basic terms by using fact the guy become appearing calm on the 2nd, that doesn't advise they're going to stay that way. The officer could be proactive and administration the situation. you do no longer wait until eventually you're scuffling with somebody to make certain to place cuffs on. the guy may additionally nonetheless be a suspect and the alternative to arrest won't be made yet. the guy won't decide for notwithstanding is going on on the 2nd yet they might pop a warrant that even the guy become no longer conscious of. that could reason the guy to then attempt and run or combat.human beings additionally think of they are smarter than law enforcement officials, that the cop won't in any respect discover the medicine, gun etc or maybe the guy is in basic terms waiting for the dazzling 2nd to run or attack the cop. in the event that they are already in cuffs, situation solved. anybody is secure. to respond to your question it incredibly is amazingly criminal for officers to detain somebody for the duration of an study. you at the instant are not loose to bypass and watching the consequence of the study the cuffs might become extra long term or you will be released. Oh, and US regulation enforcement does not save on with international regulation. we've our very own rules that are suited to the U. S. and that they provide officers extensive determination to do what they do.
2016-09-29 04:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by duktig 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US it varies from state to state.
2007-02-15 11:43:11 · answer #6 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋