Case study
Simon and Lily are both 15 and studying at the same high school. They started dating since 14, and almost all of their classmates knew about it. One day, Lily invited Simon to visit her home when her parents were both out. Simon asked Lily for sex after a passionate kiss. Lily was hesitated, but she did not say yes or no, while let him take her clothes off. When Simon tried to have sexual intercourse with Lily, she was panic and said no to him. Simon thought that “when girls saying no means yes”, as his friends always say that to him. He finally had sex with Lily.
At the time when they just finished sex, Lily’s parents came back and found them naked in the bed. Lily’s parents were very angry and called the police immediately. Simon was arrested for having unlawful sexual intercourse with an under-aged girl.
Lily was feeling confused. She loved Simon so much, but shewasn’tsure if she wanted to have sex with him. On the other hand, she felt being hurt by Simon, as he did not stop even when she said no to him. She felt hurt as she was not being respected. However, she still loved Simon so much anddidn’twant him to be prosecuted.
In the paper, you are required to submit a 750 words recommendation report based on the case provided in the case study.
The recommendation report should include:
§The recommended options of the case – whether the case should be diverted to youth justice conference OR incarceration.
§You are required to relate the problems and needs of the accused to justify your recommendation. (No need to include too much details!)
§You are required to justify your decisions based on the concepts and arguments
§You are required to compare and contrast (i.e.the strengths and limitations)each of the sentencing option (conferencing and incarceration) to justify your recommendation, and why the recommended option fits with the nature of the case and accused.(This is the most important part of the assessment).
§You are required to include AT LEAST TWO academic articles (journal article or book chapter) in addition to the essential readings in supporting your arguments and analysis.
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