Some people believe that young people who commit serious crimes should be punished in the same way as adults. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Recently, the question of how to punish young criminals has become the subject of heated debate. Some people assert that teenage offenders should be treated differently as adults, while others argue otherwise. And I wholeheartedly agree with the former stand. In the following essay, both views will be discussed before a conclusion is reached with my opinion.
On the one hand, those who claim that penalising teenage criminals as harshly as adults is necessary do so for several reasons. Proponents of this argument insist that the youth have to learn that not only does illegal behaviour have harmful consequences, but also it will not be tolerated. Furthermore, punishing juvenile delinquents severely could act as a deterrent, meaning that if youngsters witnessed their peers who commit offences receive severe penalties, such as life imprisonment and the death penalty, they would be less likely to break the law.
My opinion, however, is that inflicting the same punishment on adolescents who perpetrate crimes as adult offenders should be forbidden. Perhaps the most compelling reason is that obliging them to take the same responsibility as adults is unfair considering that the majority of minors have difficulty distinguishing right from wrong. In addition, if the authorities deprive them of a chance to change and become law-abiding citizens, they may enter into a life of crime, exerting a detrimental influence on our society. Thus, other methods of punishment, including vocational training and community service is needed in order to help young offences reintegrate back into society. In light of the above, I find these more persuasive.
In conclusion, it is undeniable that there are a variety of opinions about this topic. However, after considering this matter in a careful manner, I fully support the view that harsh punishment should not be imposed on young perpetrators of offences for the reasons discussed above.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, may, so, thus, while, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 13.1623246493 106% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 24.0651302605 116% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1644.0 1615.20841683 102% => OK
No of words: 306.0 315.596192385 97% => OK
Chars per words: 5.37254901961 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18244613648 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96566421785 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 197.0 176.041082164 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.643790849673 0.561755894193 115% => OK
syllable_count: 519.3 506.74238477 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.7749078767 49.4020404114 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.428571429 106.682146367 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.8571428571 20.7667163134 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.71428571429 7.06120827912 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.67935871743 35% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 3.9879759519 226% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.283710530098 0.244688304435 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0797320832243 0.084324248473 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0764870518414 0.0667982634062 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155054806651 0.151304729494 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.049781585791 0.056905535591 87% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 13.0946893788 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 12.4159519038 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.63 8.58950901804 112% => OK
difficult_words: 96.0 78.4519038076 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.78957915832 82% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.7795591182 93% => 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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