Delinquent Teens (Patreon BETA)

***Please note that this is a BETA version. If you have any problems, please, please let me know!***

Now your teens can be a little more... rebellious. This started out as me simply trying to make the runaway scenario and became, as almost all my mods do, more... 

Now your teens can runaway (as a rabbithole or scenario), rebel in ways big and small, legal and illegal, and potentially get caught along with possible consequences from simple grounding to being sent to juvenile detention centers. What will your rebellious teen's fate be? 

What It Is

This is a mod that adds a new scenario related to mischievous teens, the ability to run away in a rabbithole and play the family, as well as a school infraction and juvenile justice system. It adds consequences if your teen sims are caught misbehaving whether that's pranking in school or tagging in the street. Will they receive an in-school suspension or just a warning, be ordered to complete community service hours, or sent to a juvenile hall? 

How It Works

Teenage Miscreants Scenario

Note that the mold breaker must be female and the carbon copy must be male. This was the only way I could force them into their roles but I'll keep tweaking!

Teen Runaway Rabbithole

This was made for those who didn't want to play a teen as a a runaway in a teen only family. If you want to keep playing your family but just want your teen to runaway, now they can. Your teen can choose to run away while still being part of the family, in a rabbithole. Their family will definitely react to the runaway both when it happens and upon their return. Each day while your sim is on the run, they will encounter a situation for you to react to.

They will run away for 5 days before returning. Upon their return, they can potentially be welcomed back by the family or yelled at. After they come back from running away, they can runaway, again, if they like.

Their parents can also report them as a runaway and they may be found by the authorities and brought back earlier. If the authorities bring the sim back, they might cite the teen with a status offense. If that happens, the teen and parents will have to attend court-mandated counseling together to try to repair the relationship and work on the underlying issues for why the teen ran away.

Caught Rebelling

Your teen Sims can now get consequences for being caught stealing/swiping objects that don't belong to them, pickpocketing other Sims, setting fire to objects, picking fights with sims, tagging/graffiti public areas, hacking online, cheating on tests/stealing test answers, pranking other sims, peeing or woohooing in public, and possessing illegal substances or being under the influence of illegal substances. Note that this mod considers all drinks from bars, kegs, ping pong tables, and all beverages consumed at bar venues without BMD Juice Lot trait to be illegal. 

Doing any of these things can land them in hot water! 

Some integration with other mods, including my own, will also occur: getting caught driving without a license(SimNation Travel), taking illegal substances across international borders (SinNation Travel and Basemental Drugs), getting caught criminal mischief at a bonfire (Dynamic Teen Life), cutting class (EO, Preteen, Private School), and possession of prescription drugs not prescribed to teen (HCR, Dental Care, SimImage, and Basemental Drugs). Additionally, integration for Lumpinou's upcoming Law and Disorder will be included as it develops. 

Delinquency and Consequences

At School

Teen Sims who are caught at school or at home will have options open to them. School may be lenient and only require a warning or extra homework, or an in-school suspension or detention. In some cases, they may expel the student. In cases where the infraction is more serious, schools may be required to report the incident to law enforcement. 

At Home

At home, parents have new socials in which to discuss their children's behavior, kick them out, argue with them, express compassion, or listen to their problems. Parents can also discipline their children for misbehaving and rule breaking if Parenthood is installed. There's a slim chance that parents/guardians might turn their teens in depending on the offense, the parent's reaction to the behavior, and their relationship.

Law Enforcement

If, however, law enforcement catches the teen they can issue a warning or for more serious offenses, take a Sim into custody to be processed/booked or issue a summons for a hearing. For some Sims, after being taken into custody they will be released to their parents/guardians but depending on the crime and previous misbehavior they may be required to remain in police custody until their hearing. 

Hearing and Disposition

Hearings take place at 9am on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays. A hearing will be need to take place to determine sim's fate. The teen can either go with a public defender or hire a lawyer. Hiring a lawyer can help sway the outcome versus a public defender.

Sentencing/Disposition

After the hearing, the disposition/ruling will be determined. Teens can either be found not delinquent (not guilty), delinquent (guilty), or have the ruling delayed while they complete terms of the court. If the teen is found delinquent, they can be sentenced to community service, fines, parole, delay or revocation of driver's license, a juvenile correctional center, and/or court-ordered programs. A teen will then have a juvenile record. Repeat infractions will influence the outcome of their consequences.

Having a record can affect if a Sim gets scholarships or university offers, driver's license possession, school enrollment, and more. Depending on if it's a first offense or a lesser crime, some Sims may have their case dismissed or only get warnings on a criminal record or have their final ruling delayed while completing court-ordered community service with the chance of dismissal.

Court Ordered Conditions

If your Sim is found guilty and issued anything other than a warning, they will have to complete court-ordered conditions to satisfy their debt to society. Each court-ordered condition has a time limit and must be completed within that time frame. Not completing within the time frame can result in penalties including probation, community service, or juvenile hall, but usually just a fine.

Possible Conditions include: Fine, Restitution, Community Service, Driver's Safety Course, Anger/Behavioral Management Class, Alcohol Education Class, Counseling, Confiscation of Driver's License, or Probation which can include a Curfew, a School Grade condition, Drug Testing, and Substance Abuse Treatment. The option to complete the court ordered conditions is available on the phone under the general pie menu.  

Aging Up

Once a teen ages up to a young adult, depending on the seriousness of the crime, a teen can petition to have their record sealed. For minor offenses, juvenile records are automatically expunged and not follow them into adulthood. If the record is sealed, it will still be available to law enforcement should the Sim be caught in another crime, but it will not keep the newly young adult from getting jobs, going to university, etc. This will be integrated with Lumpinou's Law and Disorder mod as it develops. 

Note: Sims in juvenile hall do not age for the length of their time on the inside.

Compatibility

This mod is Base Game compatible. 

Packs Highly Recommended: Parenthood, City Living, Get Together, and High School Years.

If your sim does not have the packs or mods that include some possible infractions, they simply will not be able to be caught doing those things. 

***Please note that this is a BETA version. If you have any problems, please, please let me know!***

Instructions

1. Install the adeepindigo_gameplaymods_delinquent_teens_core package and script. It's the core required file for this mod.

2. If you want teens to be able to runaway, install the Runaway module. If you want teens to receive consequences, install the Consequences module. If you want to play the Teen Miscreant Scenario, install both the Scenario module and the Consequences module.

3. Lumpinou's Mood Pack is REQUIRED as are the General Pie menus 

Download HERE 

Patreon Beta (Sapphire): Now
Patreon Beta (Midnight): Feb 1
Patreon Update: Feb 8
Public Release: Feb 15