Alonza Thomas violated the law by commit an armed robbery and sentenced for 13 years in adult prison. At this time, he was only a teenager. The court labeled him as the juvenile superpredators because he committed an adult’s crime. However, the court should looked at other factors as why he committed a robbery. The inner controls including morality and fear of punishment, the desired of being good that made Alonza Thomas to considered going home after he ran away home. In addition, he begged the store owner to let him go and promised to be good person. The outer controls such as his family and friends made him does not want to be deviant again. Furthermore, he was forced to commit the robbery by the man he met while he ran away from home.
