Also known as “Grandma’s Footsteps”. If you are a Doctor Who fan you could think of this as similar to the Weeping Angels in the episode “Blink”. Traditional game for …
The delinquent child is still a child.
He is a child who has not given up yet but does not know who he is.
A punitive sentence could adversely influence his future sense of himself and his behaviour.
Because it is society that has failed him and made him behave this way.
The Court should not condemn the criminal, but the social structure.