You call an eighteen-year-old boy a boy? In my country, these guys are already going to serve in the army. Where is childhood here? These are adults and already sexually mature people who must understand that upon reaching adulthood, a person bears full responsibility for each of their actions.....
Yes! A thief at age 18 is no child, those bad directions have been forming for some time and are not new thoughts. That kid needs to be forced to face reality, perhaps even go to jail for a while, or he will be at risk of always being a criminal.