CASE SUMMARY
“Hannah Leflar's teenage killer sentenced as an adult to life in prison” by Alex Soloducha, discusses the tragic murder of a teen girl in Regina, Saskatchewan. In January of 2015, Skylar Prockner murdered Hannah Leflar by stabbing her multiple times. 16 at the time, the teen had become furious when he learned that his former girlfriend had started dating someone new (Soloducha, 2017). Typically in a case involving a young offender, the name of the convicted criminal would not be released, as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Unfortunately for Prockner, he received an adult sentence for the murder. This means that he is no longer protected by the Act, and will instead be treated as an adult in the system. Prockner planned the …show more content…
The tragic death of Hannah Leflar should never be minimized or forgotten, but it is a pertinent case when focusing on youthful offenders. Skylar Prockner was a deeply troubled individual, and his actions serve as a reminder of what can occur when a young person experiences heavy amounts of trauma. There is no excuse for what Prockner did to Hannah Leflar, but there are certainly reasons why things happened the way that they did. The goal of this analysis is not to make excuses for Skylar Prockner’s horrifying act, but instead to raise the question “Is there anything we can do to prevent youth from committing violent acts?” so no person or family have to experience what happened to the Leflar …show more content…
In the nature versus nurture debate, Bandura believed that parenting and social environment played a major role in a child’s behaviour and development (Bell, 166). The theory suggests that when a child views a parent or role model committing acts of violence against others, their level of aggression rises and they are more likely to act violently towards others (166).
While many individuals apply this theory to media consumption, it is relevant to this case for one major reason. Soloducha, in his brief mention of Prockner’s background as a victim, states that the convicted murderer “told a psychologist his mother tried to kill him as a child” (2017). This is an event that could have seriously impacted the ways that he was able to understand anger and appropriate reactions. His mother attempted to kill him in a moment of anger. Violence, in that moment, likely became an appropriate response to negative feelings. Prockner was angry with his former girlfriend for dating someone new, and responded to that anger by viciously killing her. The abuse Prockner experienced outside of that specific event could have also contributed to a disposition towards violence. The major event of his mother attempting to end his life would have contributed to an already poor socialization process, and shifted his attitudes towards violence as an
“Hannah Leflar's teenage killer sentenced as an adult to life in prison” by Alex Soloducha, discusses the tragic murder of a teen girl in Regina, Saskatchewan. In January of 2015, Skylar Prockner murdered Hannah Leflar by stabbing her multiple times. 16 at the time, the teen had become furious when he learned that his former girlfriend had started dating someone new (Soloducha, 2017). Typically in a case involving a young offender, the name of the convicted criminal would not be released, as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Unfortunately for Prockner, he received an adult sentence for the murder. This means that he is no longer protected by the Act, and will instead be treated as an adult in the system. Prockner planned the …show more content…
The tragic death of Hannah Leflar should never be minimized or forgotten, but it is a pertinent case when focusing on youthful offenders. Skylar Prockner was a deeply troubled individual, and his actions serve as a reminder of what can occur when a young person experiences heavy amounts of trauma. There is no excuse for what Prockner did to Hannah Leflar, but there are certainly reasons why things happened the way that they did. The goal of this analysis is not to make excuses for Skylar Prockner’s horrifying act, but instead to raise the question “Is there anything we can do to prevent youth from committing violent acts?” so no person or family have to experience what happened to the Leflar …show more content…
In the nature versus nurture debate, Bandura believed that parenting and social environment played a major role in a child’s behaviour and development (Bell, 166). The theory suggests that when a child views a parent or role model committing acts of violence against others, their level of aggression rises and they are more likely to act violently towards others (166).
While many individuals apply this theory to media consumption, it is relevant to this case for one major reason. Soloducha, in his brief mention of Prockner’s background as a victim, states that the convicted murderer “told a psychologist his mother tried to kill him as a child” (2017). This is an event that could have seriously impacted the ways that he was able to understand anger and appropriate reactions. His mother attempted to kill him in a moment of anger. Violence, in that moment, likely became an appropriate response to negative feelings. Prockner was angry with his former girlfriend for dating someone new, and responded to that anger by viciously killing her. The abuse Prockner experienced outside of that specific event could have also contributed to a disposition towards violence. The major event of his mother attempting to end his life would have contributed to an already poor socialization process, and shifted his attitudes towards violence as an