Institutional analysis
The aim of this study is to demystify the effects of charging and incarceration minors alongside their adult counterparts. The papers explore the judicial process and how juveniles cannot handle the stress that comes with the trial processes. Minors will be compared with their elderly counterparts in their undressing of the rights including waiver of Miranda rights. The paper also explores the psychological and socio-behavioral implication of holding minors in adult prisons (Siegel, 2014). The research will use literature and court's published data to justify the need for separating the mainstream legal system from juvenile system.
Thesis
Criminal Minors are disadvantaged if tried and incarcerated alongside their adult counterparts.
Scope of study
While the idea of taking criminal minors through an equal legal process as adults is in some instance justifiable, it is imperative that social, physical and psychological aptitude of the children hold through such a rigorous process. In line with Grasso's claim that children are neither competent nor psychologically prepared to press for rights waiver, I expound on all other factors that will disadvantage juveniles in the mainstream local proceedings (Umbach, Berryessa, Raine, 2015).
Research Design
In this research, I intend to use data from the legal system to analyze factors that that teenagers stand disadvantage. Research in the same field shall be a review for consistency with my proposal. “And psychological competence” by Grisso (2013) is the central literature in this work and will be interrogated for consistencies with other inquiries and the current.
Work Cited
Grisso, T. (2013). Juveniles’ Waiver of rights: Legal and psychological competence (Vol. 3). Springer Science & Business Media
Siegel, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2014). Juvenile delinquency: Theory, practice, and law. Cengage Learning.
Umbach, R., Berryessa, C. M., & Raine, A. (2015). Brain imaging research on psychopathy: Implications for punishment, prediction, and treatment in youth and adults. Journal of criminal justice, 43(4), 295-306.
