If your home was burglarized and the burglar was caught and charged with the crime, would you press charges even if the burglar was a minor?

Yes I would. The monetary value is not important, the fact is that you have to pay for your acts and if its caught early on it might impress upon the minor that you can't walk away from breaking the law without paying for it, and I don't mean with money.

I don't think any of us do anyone any favors by letting things slide just because the perp was a minor.

Of course I'm talking old enough to know right from wrong, I wouldn't press charges on a three year old who took my diamonds thinking they were pretty.

If a burglar was caught and charged, you're pretty much out of the loop as far as pressing charges. That's up to the DA.

You don't have the option of pressing charges and prosecute. The DA decides that. IN a theft case, if they had enough to arrest the person, they are going forward whether you want to or not.

Yes

Let him go, he'll become an adult and still think he can rob people. Punish him as a child, he might learn his lesson before he is an adult and is stuck with his decisions.

Ethically, a citizen is responsible for the community he lives in. Allowing criminals to go free because it isn't convenient for you to stand up means you bear the guilt of that criminals future crimes.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

Especially if the burglar was a minor, but first he would have to make it out of my home.

Of course I would.

of course...what message would I be sending if I just "let it go" because of his birth date?