[sidewndr46]

Having spoken with criminal defense attorneys about this exact subject, speaking with the police if you are guilty is explicitly a bad idea. Guilt does not imply conviction. The two events are more decoupled than anyone in the justice system wants to admit

[mindslight]

Criminal defense attorneys speak from a perspective of ignoring that they cost a lot of money. That cost is itself damage, sometimes outweighing the rest of the matter. That was the point I made, and you completely skipped.

[Citizen8396]

The typical client of a criminal defense attorney is not a minor suspected of petty crime, and their case is unlikely to be informed by the experiences of such a minor.