...sentence a teenager to life without parole? Why are our laws and rules on this issue so inconsistent, and how do they affect you?” Contrary to what most americans believe the age of responsibility should be at least 21. I believe the age of responsibility should be 25 because the most important part of the brain the cerebral cortex (which is resposile for decision making) is not fully developed until your mid 20s around 25. We should not give these kids and even “adults” the responsibility until the decision making part of their brain is developed. Not all people under this age will make bad decisions but it would be a lot safer and i believe we would have a lot less accidents and casualties because the decision making part of their brain will be fully developed so they will not make that one dumb deciosion that could end another life....
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...Should the minimum age of criminal responsibility be raised? ‘Boys will be boys’, but at what age does this no longer apply? At what age is a boy expected to take on the responsibilities of a man? The Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (s.16) provides that ‘It shall be conclusively presumed that no child under the age of ten years can be guilty of an offence’. This means that once a child in the UK reaches the age of ten they are as exposed and liable to the full weight of the law the same as any adult. The UK currently has the lowest minimum age of criminal responsibility (except Scotland at 8 but cannot be prosecuted until 12) within the European Union. This places the UK significantly below the average of 14 years old. There seems to be little justification for this deviance from the norm in regards to the minimum age of responsibility in the UK and there have been considerable publications pushing for the UK to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility in the last decade, providing substantial evidence in favour of doing so. The evidence supporting the need to raise this minimum age can be found not only in psychology and scientific research regarding the brain development of youth and autonomy of children at this age, but also the severe social implications of criminalizing our youth. In order to argue that the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) should be raised it will be necessary to identify and evaluate this evidence, as well as identifying...
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...The Practical Application of the Age of Criminal Responsibilities It is crucial to understand the purpose and the consequences of having the minimum age of criminal responsibilities set at a young age. There have been many studies completed that give appreciation to the rights of children and give an understanding of their specific capabilities. Being informed about children’s culpability, their competence to participate in the criminal justice system (CJS) and the consequences of criminalising them at a young age are crucial areas that need to be looked at in detail when thinking of setting with a minimum age of criminal responsibilities (Farmer, 2011). Adolescents are around the age of maturity and go through many developmental changes in life. It is of utter most importance to focus on the culpability of young individuals when it comes to unlawful behaviours they engage in, how competent these individuals are when it comes to engaging in the Youth Justice System (YJS), and the consequences of getting them involved in the criminal justice system at a young age. These issues must be addressed and taken into consideration when creating the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Culpability Culpability refers to understanding and being responsible for the actions and consequences of a wrong. During adolescence, there are substantial developments in executive functioning (EF), emotional processing and social cognition (Farmer, 2011). These EF skills play a critical role...
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...wasn’t old enough. What is the age of responsibility when a person should become an adult or be able to do more mature activities than children? There shouldn’t be a specific age for adulthood that separates from childhood, everyone matures different. Some tasks and activities should be given at different ages for different levels of maturity. Such as drinking alcohol to serving in the military but differentiating from getting a tattoo or a license to drive....
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...There are many different things that come with a person coming of age. Some examples are being able to drive or being able to work somewhere to get a little extra money for college or some other personal items that you may want or need. When coming of age, being able to drive and having more responsibilities is an importance and a necessity for that person. When coming of age, there is usually changes for you that come with it. Such as having more freedom when you turn eighteen or possibly younger, have more responsibilities that you need to carry out, and also consequences when you’re of age or far after you are of age. Firstly, is freedom. When you come of age then you get more freedom than you already have in the past when you were younger....
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...Lowering the voting age is… One reason the voting age should be lowered is it would increase voter turnout. Aside from more ballots being cast, lowering the voting age would teach Americans at a young age on how to vote and why it is important which will increase voter turnout immediately and in the long run. Many other countries have lowered the voting age and it has proven to increase voter turnout. Lowering the voting age would also increase voter turnout among parents. Families will be engaged in conversation and parents will be urged to vote due to the enthusiasm of their children. Another reason the voting age should be lowered to sixteen is how stationary teenagers are. At age eighteen, most young adults leave the home and community...
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...I am against at early marriage because at very young age early marriage can destroy our lives and it gives us big responsibility and many problems. Responsibility has to be shouldered at a very young age. One has to take on household responsibilities, child rearing responsibility. There is no adult to guide or help out. Missing out on the fun of teenage life and being young. The hard of married life can get to you. They deprive you of your youth. Health also can get affected as early pregnancy can have a negative impact on overall health. Breakdown of marriage is possible. Often the young couple is immature to shoulder major responsibility and end up fighting with each other. Adjustment problems may arise. Education also gets affected. The young couple may not be able to pursue higher education as they have to take on the responsibilities of family budget. Work opportunities are limited for the youngsters. Since their education levels are low, they cannot get highly paid jobs. Bringing up children may be difficult. Their knowledge of child care may be limited and parental guidance is also not there. They may not be able to provide the appropriate care for their child. When your young your not yet mature, and haven't had the chance to live life, and at a young age, you haven't always finished school or secured a good job, your not financially ready and this causes many young marriages to end prematurely. At a young age, you really don't know what u want from life until your older...
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...until the age of twenty-one. The United States is one of four other countries with a drinking age of twenty-one or higher. The other three are Indonesia, Mongolia and Palau (Gillespie). The government does not trust anybody under the age of twenty-one to consume alcohol but trusts them to die and kill for them. They also grant 18 year olds the right to marry, vote, pay taxes, take out loans, adopt a child and buy tobacco. The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) should be lowered to eighteen to match the other responsibilities an eighteen year old is granted. The drinking age has been debated throughout history. Many states set the drinking age to eighteen to match the responsibilities given to them at that age after prohibition was ended. These ages were only raised because of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 put into effect by Ronald Reagan. If the states did not agree to this, they were cut back ten percent in their federal highway funds (Devon). The federal government states they give the right to control the drinking age to the state government. This does not make sense since they would cut back ten percent of their highway fund for just thinking about lowering the drinking age, which no state could survive without (Jolley). The supporters of the twenty- one drinking age believe that it has saved many lives. This is true to some degree. The deaths from drunk- driving accidents did go down, but some argue it wasn’t just the higher drinking age. Cars...
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...Drinking Age Snjezana Radic English November 08 , 2012 The Legal Drinking Age At the age of 18 we are considered adults, with the rights and responsibilities of make our own decisions in life. Turning 18 we receive the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote, smoke cigarettes, serve on juries, get married, sign contracts, be prosecuted as adults in court, and join the military (Markoff, 2012). Being considered as adults at this age and mature enough to make decisions like jury duty, we still aren’t considered old enough to consume alcohol. We get the right to drive a car at the age of 15 with someone 21 years of age. While at 16 we can get a driver’s license legally, and drive without supervision of an adult. The law of the legal drinking age was changed on Dec. 22, 1978 (Markoff, 2012). People believed that changing the law would stop 18- 20 year old from drinking, and reduce highway crashes. In my opinion the law don’t stop the 18 year olds from drinking, and the highway crashes haven’t stopped. The drinking has went underground, or behind closed doors. This makes it more dangerous for college students because they can’t have any drinks out in the open at a bar, or at family event like New Year ’s Eve. Also, the age of 21 don’t stop the DUI’s or the problem of too much drinking. Some may belive that the legal drinking age should not...
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...Drinking Age of the Military: Should it be Lowered Jason M. Stoudt DeVry University The drinking age in the military is currently set at 21 years old as it is set for the rest of the country. There has been an age old statement widely used by those in the military, “If I am old enough to fight and die for my country, I should be old enough to drink”. The debate is out there that the drinking age should be lowered for all young adults from 18 years old to 21 years old. The idea behind the fact that younger people tend to have less responsibility and are not good candidates for being allowed to drink is a valid point. Those serving in the military are different in that respect for the fact that they have more responsibilities than that of their counterparts in the civilian side of the realm. Anyone in the military from 18 until retirement has to be more responsible and is dealt with more severe consequences if they break the rules. Now the thing to look at is that it has not always been this way. In earlier years the military service members were allowed to drink if they were 18 years old and older as long as they were on a military base. It did not matter if the military base was overseas or inside the United States. In the middle of the 1980’s advocacy groups such as MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) as well as other groups lobbied Congress to have the rules changed. Per the U.S.C. 10, Section 2683, an amendment was made that changed the policy to reflect that the...
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...alcohol consumption is 73% for underage drinkers between the ages of 12-20. These statistics demonstrate that the laws prohibiting those under 21 to drink really only “encourages them to dodge the system” because they want what they can’t have (Glaser 1). Therefore, the current legal drinking age of 21 is merely unjust and illogical. The age for alcohol consumption should be lowered from the age of 21 to 18 years old in the United States, and they can achieve this by exposing youth to educational classes for alcohol use, by allowing the young to evaluate their tolerance at an early age surrounded by trusted people, and by having their parents let them...
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... the legal driving age is 16 years old. However, that is subject to change due to a proposal to change it to 18 years old. Changing the legal driving age to 18 will cause many issues for families that need their children to drive themselves to school, practices and to wherever they need to go. The life of a high school students is extremely busy with school, practices, sporting events and social outings. Many parents can not keep up with the hectic schedule of their high schoolers, and may not be able to drive them around everywhere whenever the child needs. With the driving age being 18, these students would not be able to transport themselves to required events and would be missing out on key events in their high school careers. I am the Color Guard captain here at MTHS, this requires me to be at rehearsals and events 30 minutes early, along with being at leadership meetings every monday. Both of my parents work full time jobs and usually can not be home in time to take me to wherever i need to go. With the driving age being 16, i am able to rely on myself to get there early and to be at every single event that i need to be at. If the driving age was 18, i wouldn't be able to make it to band, competitions and meetings unless i found someone else to drive me, which...
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...Philippine Copyright 2015 By the Researchers and the College of Business Administration Polytechnic University of the Philippines All rights reserved. Portions of this manuscript may be reproduced with proper referencing and due acknowledgement of the author. THE IMPACT OF MCDONALD’S CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO “BAHAY BULILIT” BENEFECIARIESIN MAKATI FOR THE YEAR 2014-2015 A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Business Administration Polytechnic University of the Philippines Sta. Mesa, Manila In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Course MARK 4113 Thesis Writing (Research II) by Aquino, Ronnie R. Arellano, Leziel A. Awid, Sharmaine Princess M. Chavez, Casmer Culala, Maria Margarita A. Madali, Alyana M. Panaguiton, Felisa L. March 2015 CERTIFICATION This thesis entitled THE IMPACT OF MCDONALD’S CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO “BAHAY BULILIT” IN MAKATI FOR THE YEAR 2014-2015 prepared and submitted byA RONNIE R. AQUINO, LEZIEL A. ARELLANO, SHARMAINE PRINCESS M. AWID, CASMER CHAVEZ, MARIA MARGARITA CULALA, ALYANA M. MADALI, AND FELISA L. PANAGUITON in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the course MARK4113 has been examined and recommended for Oral Examination. Evaluation Committee ESTELITA E. MEDINA Adviser CRESILDA M. BRAGAS, MBA ELENA M. MAÑO, MPA Member Member MELINDA M. DE GUZMAN, DBA Member ...
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...Twenty-one is too long The issue of alcohol consumption dates as far back as 4,000 BC. Currently the only limitation on consuming and purchasing alcohol is the twenty-one drinking age. It is an irrational law that should be changed to eighteen. Once an individual is eighteen they are legally an adult with the freedom to vote, enlist in the military, gable, rent a honey bucket, and many more responsibilities. If a person is allowed to vote, then they should be allowed to drink, voting is a higher responsibility than drinking. According to Szalavitz, at age eighteen the brain is still not fully developed and drinking only harms the developing brain. The issue isn’t about it being bad health wise, but rather it being illegal. It is widely known that people under the legal age drink regardless of the law. The legal age of consuming alcohol should be lowed to eighteen due to it being less of a responsibility than some responsibilities that are granted at eighteen, there would be less teenage criminals and less alcohol related problems. A shocking 80% of all high school students admitted to drinking alcohol (alcholnews.org). This high number shows that the legal age is simply being overlooked by teenagers; the efforts in place have repeatedly failed. Once a underage teenager does get caught with alcohol in their possession, they receive a M.I.P meaning “Minor in Possession” which is a misnomer offence. A MIP charge carries a fine and additional punishments which vary by state....
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...Quinisha Williams Mrs. Garcia EG 103 B 25 October 2017 Higher Drinking Age Almost anyone can agree that alcohol should not be allowed to children or young adults under a certain age. Alcohol is a substance that is very dangerous and if used incorrectly or immaturely the consequences can be great danger to the users or the ones around them. The topic of lowering the drinking age has been in discussion for many decades. Although the age has been lowered and raised again, this topic has not been resolved through the decades. Underage drinking, specifically under the age of 21, should not be allowed in any country because it can be very dangerous, when it comes to substance abuse, traffic accidents and the health risks involving alcohol. The...
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