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The problem with records at such a young age and putting children into a criminal system while they are still developing is that the environment rubs off. Brand someone a criminal at such a formative age and they will become one. They are entered into a system where they are likely to be deprived of education and removed from family—and, if they make it out, they are left with an impression of that system upon them. If they make it through all that, as some remarkably do, they are faced with stigma and difficulty for evermore because they did something terrible in primary school and, for whatever reason, did not get away with it like others do.