1. In this situation, the judge has many different options. These options include probation, placement in a group home, being sent to a juvenile detention center, restitution, being fined, or doing community service. Probation is when a judge sets conditions for a juvenile delinquent that cannot be violated and if they are the juveniles will be sent to a juvenile detention facility, until he is 18. Being placed in a group home means the juvenile will be removed from his home and put into a home where there are people he must answer to and obey, who work for the state. Being sent to a juvenile detention center is just like being sent to prison, only it's for juvenile criminals. Paying restitution is paying for damages caused to the victims or the victim's family, depending on the crime. Paying a fine, is somet
3 & 5. I believe there should be a different penalty for the same crime
hing that is paid to the state. Paying restitution and paying a fine are often confused. Restitution goes to the victims or they're family, a fine goes to the government. Last is community service, this is when a juvenile works off his crime, in an amount of hours determined by a judge. Some of these punishments can be combined to create a suitable sentence.
2. In this case, a 15-year-old boy was found guilty of burglary. He has broken probation and is now considered a status offender. Probation has not seemed to work, due to the fact that he has committed another crime (breaking and entering). He now becomes a threat to the community so I would not choose community service. Placement in a group home would still leave him to be a thre
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