The Crime Committed By The Three Boys - 1087 Words

The crime committed by the three boys; Lorenzo, Michael Sullivan, Tommy, and John were not an act of intentional crime. It was an impulsive adolescent joke that went wrong. Such behavior is expected from young teenage boys. The juvenile delinquency act is associated with a person who is under 19 and commits a crime and would be charged as if he/she were an adult. This act would have dealt with this situation according to different types of judgments. Depending on race, sex, and most of all if the crime is observed to be repetitive or if it’s a misconduct that was committed due to normative adolescent behavior. Since these boys did not deliberately plan and have a motive in this crime, it would be believed to be a norm in behavior due to†¦show more content†¦The youth criminal justice act is a less severe penalization for the youth. The objective of this act is to demolish crime in the society, rehabilitate, and rebuild young children into society; and ensure they kn ow consequences involved with crimes. It also states that the circumstances must be taken into consideration before conviction. Further actions would have proceeded if it was a motivated violent offence and if they are aware that the crimes would be repeated continuously if released. This act would have highly been considerate of the boys’ case, since the charge that was set on them for bodily harm was not intentional and there were no motivational intent. Intense sentencing would have only been prevalent if the offences were repetitive. The age at which the belief of an adult sentence can apply was fourteen. This act was designed to discharge the child at the moment and be charged and convicted at age 21. Thoroughly looking at all three acts, its noticed that the most coarse of judgment is given by the juvenile justice act, then the young offenders act, and the least would be youth criminal justice act. The judgment that would have been the most lenient and considerate of the situation would be the youth criminal justice act. These children did not commit a crime of bodily harm and theft