If you break into my house and then work with me to the best of your ability to pay me back or repair the window, does that change the potential of your being charged with a crime?

It could change the sentencing maybe, I'm not sure.

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jstummbillig 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> If you break into my house and then work with me to the best of your ability to pay me back or repair the window, does that change the potential of your being charged with a crime?

Yes, it does, because the damaged party is less likely to press charges. And when it came to sentencing, like you said, how the damaging party handled themselves would also be considered (in most western jurisdictions).

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someonebaggy 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	pixl97 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Now switch it to "your dog broke in and destroyed stuff", ya it's still damages but that have to be paid for, but crime gets much harder to prove.