provisions for prevention or intervention, only incarceration. Forcing youth to admit guilt before the youth will be put into an intervention program. Not providing funding or supporting prevention programs.Taking all that into consideration it seems unbelievable that the Californians would allow for such a system. On the other hand proposition 21 could be considered an act that will 'toughen the law' to safeguard the citizens. The FBI estimates the California juvenile population will increase by more than thirty-three percent over the next fifteen years, leading to predictions of a juvenile crime wave. The laws must be strengthened in order to obtain serious consequences, protecting the citizens from violent juvenile criminals and gang offenders. Prop. 21 prescribes life imprisonment for gang members convicted of home-invasion robberies, car jacking or drive-by shootings; making an assault with a firearm against police, school employers, or firefighters a serious; and under the three strikes law strengthens anti-gang laws making violent gang related felonies "strikes." It doesn't incarcerate kids for minor offenses it protects Californians from violent criminals that have little or no respect for others. There will no longer be a "slap on the wrist" for gang members and murderers who cannot be reached through prevention or education but the 'criminals' will be severely punished and will pay their entire life. Juvenile halls are overcrowded with violent felony offenders, many of whom are entrenched in illicit gang culture. By putting the serious offenders in prison the juvenile court will be able to use their resources on less serious offenders leaving them with a better chance of rehabilitation. First time, non-violent offenders will be required to admit their wrongdoing in court and participate in a non-custodial rehabilitation program. After successful completion, their record will be expunged. Juvenile offenders will re...
