2006-07-16 07:34:54 · 30 answers · asked by Natalie R 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I know a lot of people think that we shouldnt pander to young people, but i think that they need more opportunities. A lot of young people do not have a stable family and the education system often struggles to meet their needs. The young people are then further marginalised by society and/or their local community and they have no reason to treat it with respect.
the best way to sort this issue is to....
1/ improve access to youth services, advocacy services etc
2/ Scrap ASBOs (all they do is demonise young people and bring them into the criminal justice system)
3/ Stop all the blabbering about the 'Respect' agenda - a lot of crap!
4/ More family support for chaotic families, those struggling with addictions, poverty etc.
5/ a bit of TLC works wonders!
2006-07-16 07:45:10 · answer #1 · answered by andreea 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I thinnk crime prevention starts at birth. Parents need to instill good moral standards and a sense of responsiblity
in their children. They need to be there for them and pay attention to what they are doing. They have to set and example. Kids nowdays are so over indulged in material things. Parents are paying for them to go to prom in limousines and buying their kids new cars and computers and clothes. These kids become rotten and unthankful and have the feeling of "its owed to me" and they develop moral standards which are so uncaring and unkind. They have no respect for adult authority. Then there are the poor kids who cannot keep up, so they steal what they want and resort to crime to get their material needs met.
By the time you are a teenager, it is too late to instill morality and a sense of responsiblity into place. Start teaching kids when they are toddlers the difference between right and wrong. You cant save them when they are 13 yrs old. Its too late. They already have learned.
2006-07-16 07:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best form of prevention is to rehiblitate them after the first time they commit a crime, that way they wont be in and out of jail there whole life.
2006-07-16 07:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by the_falcon_1987 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most popular answer among a group of 13-18 year old Cadets at my local Combined Cadet Force - bring back National Service!
2006-07-16 07:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by Tony T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Education.
2006-07-16 07:39:57 · answer #5 · answered by spdepew_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
send them to prison for a day or two - not as a visitor but as an inmate so that they can see what will happen to them if they commit crime. Otherwise, bring back the National Service.
2006-07-16 07:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by blondie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
teach youth social skills, provide youth enterprise schemes on points system, so reward good behaviour not bad, invest in youth of today as they r our workers of tomorrow. lower the age of resposibility or punish the parents for the relevant crime,
2006-07-16 07:47:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discipline
2006-07-16 07:38:47 · answer #8 · answered by patsyw2004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love and attention from their parents beginning from the time they are a baby. I always see mothers in the grocery story yelling at their kids and slapping them. God knows what they do to them at home. Violence teaches violence. A few minutes at any prison in America will confirm this.
2006-07-16 07:42:20 · answer #9 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Youth clubs might help give them something else to do. They need help and encouragement. And what are the parents doing to help? I rest my case.
2006-07-16 07:37:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋