Three Strikes Law for Juveniles

In The World Book Encyclopedia, Don C. Gibbons states that juvenile delinquency usually refers to the violation of a law by a juvenile (169). More and more juveniles are committing more serious crimes everyday, and most of these juveniles are repeat offenders. Juveniles who break the law three times should have to go to a residential facility for treatment including some form of counseling.

If a juvenile doesn't learn not to break the law by the third time he or she gets into trouble, that juvenile needs to be punished. He or she needs to be put in a residential home where counseling is available. If juveniles had a "three strikes and you're out" law, it would cut down on the juvenile delinquency. When a juvenile commits a crime, many times the youth is turned over to the parents. After breaking the law several times, the juvenile may then be taken to a detention center, where there is no counseling available. Only after exhausting all other possible places for the juvenile to go, the youth i

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