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YES THEY SHOULS!!!!!
I believe that the offender should not be named unless they cops have proof of the matter as a youth myself i was put in the news i would have been fine if the news said what i was really doing not what the cop that that "caught" me assumed that i was doing something i wasn't and ruined my name in a small town. I was not charged with anything in this case because i was not "caught" doing anything bad but the cop assumed i was because of place and time
i think that the young offenders names shouldn't be revealed to the public... well it kinda depends what they did and how serious the crime was.
well im on the line i am a youth my self but i think that depending on the crime like murder etc.... then they should be named but if it was some thing like egging houses they should not be named....... we need to protect are youths.....
Yeah, I guess the "rehabilition" argument against naming names is valid. Sure, it's harder to make a comeback once you've been publicly tarred for a stupid mistake. However, most people are completely off base on this issue.
One reason given for naming names is to let the public know who "we need to watch". That would not only become a full time job, it's pointless and redundant. Not only do new young offenders come along every day, Cops already know who to look out for and most adults already view every young male as if they're a juvenile delinquent.
The best reason given to publicly name young offenders is that it will encourage "these little bastards" to think twice about committing crimes. The biggest reason against naming names is that IT WON'T WORK! Naming them will do nothing to discourage them from committing crimes. If anything, it will actually ENCOURAGE "these little bastards" to commit crimes.
I understand why law abiding citizens think there's value in naming names. The embarrassment, the humiliation and the potential of negative reactions that follow you into the future might just make a rational, intelligent, law abiding citizen think twice about committing a crime. The problem is that we aren't dealing with rational, intelligent, law abiding citizens who worry about their future. If we were, crime levels would be negligible because rational, intelligent, law abiding, people don't commit crimes in the first place. (Then again, there's Conrad Black.)
In general, young people have always had a harder time linking their actions to future consequences. That's why young people do stupid things. Criminals have the same problem. Few think they're ever going to get caught and most of them are either too stupid, too desperate or too chemically dependent to care if they do get caught.
"Disincentives" really only work for preventing white collar crime anyway. Ironically, that's historically the kind of crime that garners the least punishment. Little things like having your name in the paper don't even enter into the minds of adult criminals. Why would an aspiring young criminal worry about it any more?
If anything, getting their name in the news would only act as an incentive to commit crime. So much of crime, particularly youth crime, is about "earning a name for yourself". What better way to do that than to be on the front page?
Who are we talking about here? We're dealing with a generation of kids who've been brought up seeking self gratification above all else. As NIKE says, don't think about the risk or cost to you or others, "Just Do It." We're dealing with a generation of kids who've been trained by our culture to seek as much media attention as possible. We're dealing with a population who spray paint their names on buildings and confuse it with graffiti. We're dealing with a generation of kids who post every detail of their "lives" on the Internet for the whole world to see for all eternity. That includes putting video of their crimes on You Tube. How can anyone think that publishing their names will discourage them from committing crimes?
If publicizing their names does anything, it will give them the fame and attention so many of them crave. Sure, they may regret it later and it may increase the consequences of their actions a little bit more...until the next kid gets his name in the paper and we forget all about the last one. However, the damage they caused has already been done by that point.
Name them all. We need to know which little bastards in our community need to be watched. Most of us have had it with all the socialist dogooders coddling criminals. Those that damage public or private property must be made to pay for the repairs as well as receive proper punishment.
The teenage years are difficult and often filled with angst for individuals who have been mistreated or neglected throughout childhood. The results of a negative environment through a child's upbringing can have serious adverse affects especially in the teens when individuals are exposed to negative influences. An influential peer group, increased freedom and inability to see the consequences of immediate actions can lead teens to release their frustration and anger through criminal acts. The names of convicted young offenders being released to the public will have serious negative implications in the future. Why would the Government want to label these individuals as criminals in the public eye before adulthood? If the Canadian Government labels these individuals as criminals at such a young age these teenagers will know nothing else except a life of crime. For teens who commit summary offenses (NOT serious) should be enrolled into a restorative justice method where a the convicted is placed in a meeting with the victim who describes their pain and the community whom deals the teenager a sentence usually involving community service. This method would maximize community healing and rehabilitation of the offender without spending tax dollars. If the young offenders are told they are criminals and failures of society at such a young age they will be presented with minimal opportunities to succeed and cost the tax payers millions by occupying the correctional systems for years.
Absolutely. Teens and increasingly tweens see themselves as decision makers and in charge of their choices. Why shelter them from the reality of making the wrong choice? We aren't talking about public lynchings, just public shaming. Oh and yes unfortunately I've seen what happens to those who get asked nicely to promise not to do it again.
My YES deserves some nuance: it applies ONLY for the more serious crimes and repeat offenders. -- Young offenders doing a lesser crime should be directed to REHABILITATION and their names kept secret to help them amend themselves and become a normal citizen; this is a good invesment for the society.
It would really depend on the offense...Generally, young adolesents that commit incest/rape, murder or other terrible offenses, these children are, are more likely to be from broken homes,. low to poverty income status., and yes, also some from wealthy families, and or Children that have had to raise themselves, or children of convicted parents, either one or both. These children need our help, they do not need to be made a mockery by the media.
As we can all see how the media can purposely hurt,and be so very Disrespectfull towards people they do NOT even know..as they have done towards Sarah Palin. So if they will do that towards a very intellegent, accomplished women, Can you imagin what the Media would do towards a unprotected child??
Perhaps for the more serious crimes like rape or murder but definitely not for the lesser crimes. Society still has a chance of helping these young people, of changing them, and naming them will just make it that much more difficult. Why should they be punnished for the rest of their lives for one mistake. Now, repeat offenders may be another story.
Yes! Yes! It's about time something was being done about crime. sounds like the only government that will bring in any bills 2 support it is the Conservatives! the others are just thinking about how they can help themselves 2 everything- not consider the people.Punishment must be given as well as rehabilitaion where warrented - things are just getting out of hand- with the criminals holding the upper hand!!!!