Juvenile Court and probation case study.docx - Case A Brian...

Case A
Brian is a 13-year-old male who has come to the attention of a court for an offense of
vandalism. He and a friend “tagged” a school building with graffiti and broke several windows in
the school gymnasium. The school principal estimated the total damage and cleanup costs to be
approximately $1,300. Brian resides with both natural parents and two younger siblings. The
family income is $65,000 annually. Brian admits to the offense but refuses to identify his
cooffender. The family has agreed to pay complete restitution. Brian has no prior juvenile
record, although he has been disciplined several times in school in the past year for minor
violations of school rules. His grades, which were formerly A’s and B’s, have fallen off to C’s and
D’s.