What is the difference between an eighteen year old and seventeen year old? Actually the difference is not much. They are both still young growing people that have a lot to learn. In the American justice system it could be the difference between being treated as an adult or a minor. But can an eighteen year old adult really make better choices than let's say a sixteen year old minor? Many parents would disagree and …showed first 75 words of 1717 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1717 total…Incarceration packet: Schindler, Marc and Vincent Schiraldi "Adult Jails Are No Place for Kids" Los Angeles Times October 13, 2002: M-2 2) "Juvenile Justice" Supreme Court Debated; April 2004. Vol 7 Issue 4, p103-128 3) The CQ Rearcher "Kids in Prison" Hansen, Brian Apl 27, 2001. Volume 11, Number 16 4) Joan Petersillia "Behind Bars; Prison Can Be Cages Or Schools" Los Angeles Times October 15, 2005 (http:// proQuest.umi.com/pqdweb) 5) Incarceration packet: Domanick, Joe. "These Jampacked Joints Don't Make You Safe" Los Angeles Times 16 October 05: M-1