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The severity of juvenile crimes has vastly increased from petty theft and vandalism to felonies. I think that because of television and the Internet, the parents inattentiveness, and our culture and society is why there has been such an increase in juvenile crime. Linda Collier, author of Adult Crime, Adult Time states, " Nearly every state has laws that send most youthful violent offenders to the juvenile courts, where they can only be found "delinquent" and confined in a juvenile facility typically not past age 21,"(Collier 219). I think if a child is over the age of fifteen and commits a malicious crime such as murder or rape then they should be locked up in an adult prison to teach them a lesson, but also get the help they need. JuliS34: I think that the internet and television has taught children how to be violent and it is easy access to find out anything and everything about crimes. Even c