Murder of James Bulger

Should Juvenile Killers Be Treated As Adults in Prison and Court? Summer Ruth Pioneer Pacific College Should Juvenile Killers Be Treated As Adults in Prison and Court? Many people argue that juvenile killers are different from adult killers and as such, they should be treated differently. However, many other people argue that they are not different and that there should be no different treatment for them. Most juvenile killers do not have the mental capacity to understand their actions

to the reader in both his comprehensive novel, Lord of the Flies, and “Why Boys Become Vicious”, an article written for the San Francisco Examiner in 1993 after two ten-year-old Liverpool boys are charged with offenses of kidnap and murder of two-year-old James Bulger. Many different factors coincide to influence someone to act cruelly, but the

23 months old at the time, while James was 15. Many sources, such as Independent Co., believe that James’ case should of been held in an adult court, due to the severity of it. Despite this argument, it is absolutely critical to understand that although a teenager should have the common sense to know that commiting crimes is a bad thing, the human brain is not fully developed until we are about 25 years of age. Next, the News Tribune states that the case of James Prindle should of been chosen by

violent behavior would the be the “James Bulger” case where two kids led away a younger child and killed him off. They blamed the reason on certain movies, which we can apply the Copycat theory as the two children were allegedly recreate the scene of the movie they watched. However on the other hand people could argue that watching a movie doesn’t mean that a person will directly recreate action done in the movie. There are also cases for example the “Manhunt murder” where there was a 17 year old child

pocket; the film depicts a mass murder in a restaurant’ (Kopel, David B, Spring 1995) Devastatingly enough, the murderers are now as young as 11 years old. In England in 1993, two-year-old James Bulger was murdered by a pair of eleven-year-olds. The last video rented by on murderer was Child’s Play 3. In the film, a baby doll comes alive and its face is splashed with blue paint. The murderers put blue paint on James Bulger’s face. The film Includes kidnapping, and Bulger was abducted before being killed

have some of the highest crime rates in all of Chicago, making them ideal locations for security cameras. Evidence showed that the crime rate in Humboldt Park dropped increasingly since the cameras were put into effect, thus saving many lives from murder. While in West Garfield Park, though the

rate. In the modern world, media coverage overpowers our perspective and initial judgement of crimes, which can wrongly shape our thoughts of the British justice system. This was apparent in the ‘James Bulger case of 1993’, when outrage occurred across the nation due to the minimal sentencing given for a murder trial. Due to the media's negative portrayal of the British justice system, this has sparked my interest in Criminology, specifically juvenile crime. My passion for wanting to study Criminology

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Culture and ethical implications Culture and Ethics" - this problem has become in our time more urgent, for the development of civilization in the XX century has come to such a milestone. When deprived of the ethical culture of the beginning of the bourgeois society more threatens the well-being and existence of man on earth. It should be full assess the extent of the danger posed to the future of mankind so called "mass culture" of bourgeois society, with no solid the moral foundations of impregnated

I have always taken a strong interest in current affairs, particularly in regards to crimes and people who commit them. Criminal law fascinates me and I find the fatal offences the most gripping aspect. How the human mind works and the reasons behind criminal acts captivates me, and I would like to learn about the factors which drive criminals and what characteristics they typically possess. Studying Criminology at undergraduate level would enable me to explore the subject in greater depth and enable