In some societies the number of crimes committed by teenagers is growing Some people think that regardless of age teenagers who commit major crimes should receive adult punishment To what extent do you agree

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In some societies the number of crimes committed by teenagers is growing. Some people think that regardless of age, teenagers who commit major crimes should receive adult punishment. To what extent do you agree?

Criminal tendencies have nothing to do with age. It is observed that the number of juveniles committing serious crimes is on the rise. Some people opine that teenagers committing heinous crimes should receive the same punishment as adults. I totally agree with this view due to the fact that when teen offenders are treated like adults and given the same punishment, it will be a lesson for other teens on contemplating crime.

First of all, it is undeniable that the age of the offender is irrelevant in the case of grave crimes like murder or rape. Many teenage criminals these days are not afraid of the consequences of their act since most states currently protect them under the Child Protection Law and give them only light punishments. For example they are asked to do community service for 6 months or put in rehabilitation centres for just about a year for misdeeds likes robbery. Juveniles committing major offences are also treated rather leniently. Unfortunately, this sends the wrong message and encourages more teens to commit crime. Therefore it is paramount to give severe punishments to teen offenders so that neither they nor their peers will want to commit crimes again.

Secondly, if a child is old enough to commit a serious crime, he should definitely be considered old enough to be punished as well. This is vital to reduce the number of repeat crimes committed by these individuals. According to a survey by the Harvard University, countries that award severe punishments for all criminals regardless of their age had a significantly lower juvenile crime rate than the countries that protect children from receiving adult punishments. This is the reason why it is crucial to treat teen offenders just like adults. Moreover, giving them the proper penalties would somehow lessen the idea of doing some illegal deeds and would promote a positive advocacy towards the youth.

In conclusion, as the modernization expands its horizon ,the problem of growing juvenile crime can only be tackled by awarding them punishments in accordance with the gravity of the offence that they committed.

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Average: 8.4 (1 vote)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, for example, in conclusion, first of all

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 13.1623246493 129% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 24.0651302605 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 42.0 41.998997996 100% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1770.0 1615.20841683 110% => OK
No of words: 347.0 315.596192385 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10086455331 5.12529762239 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31600926901 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77881835041 2.80592935109 99% => OK
Unique words: 202.0 176.041082164 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.582132564841 0.561755894193 104% => OK
syllable_count: 560.7 506.74238477 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.3048017242 49.4020404114 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.625 106.682146367 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6875 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.625 7.06120827912 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 8.67935871743 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 3.9879759519 276% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.327827867034 0.244688304435 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.112948338442 0.084324248473 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0974458833087 0.0667982634062 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.203019698856 0.151304729494 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0977856091451 0.056905535591 172% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.0946893788 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 50.2224549098 100% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.4159519038 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.58950901804 101% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 78.4519038076 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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