EVERYBODY PLEASE ANSWER!!! What is the best way of reducing youth crime?

Question

I'm trying to get a ton of responses so please answer! Hoping for at least 100 answers. This is for school so please answer seriously. What do you think is the best way of reducing youth crime?
Harsher punishments.
More emphasis on deterrence, less on rehabilitation.
More emphasis on rehabilitation, less on deterrence.
More responsible parenting.
Tougher gun laws.
Corporal punishment.
Crackdown on gangs.
Youth activity programs.
Jobs.
Other - Those are just some possible answers, you can come up with your own.

Answer 1

Parents who aren't afraid to be PARENTS!
You have to start being mom and dad when you bring those kids into the world. You can't start disciplining when the kids are teenagers!! Be the parents and don't try to be their best friend!
Mom and Dad both need to be there for the kids. Less divorce would also help a lot. Keep the family in tact.( I'm not saying that abuse of any kind should be tolerated.) Parents always know where their kids are, who the kid is with.

Answer 2

In response to Not So Silent Listener answer. That was the best damn I've ever heard. This is a person who know what the real world is about. As for kavekarst, we are talking about youths. Preventing situation. Your idea is like a Stalin concernatration camp or something. You need to get your head out of the clouds.

Answer 3

Have more secure jobs for parents and more time off for the parents to spend with their kids. E.g., if parents wouldn't have to worry losing their job when taking a couple of days off when the kids are sick, or if more paid vacation would be possible, parents could actually spend more time with their kids. More maternity leave instead of sending the kids from the beginning to strangers in daycare. Tougher laws from the government protecting the kids, e.g. why can kids go to a R rated movie if the parents are present? Less summer vacation; vacation time should be more spread out all through the year... smaller classes at schools, so kids don't feel left out. Definitely tougher gun laws, e.g., if buying a gun, have to take part in a class how to use it, and lock it up...

Answer 4

My experience with youth offenders is that often times they are not held accountable for their crimes, especailly if they are in states custody. I have seen dozens of young boys and girls who are breaking serious laws and are not punished. The solution to me is tougher laws and more accountability. These children should be held responsible for their crimes and should be punished adequately. Because of our often lax society these kids break law after law and get away with it until they are 18 and then they go to prison........Thus creating another problem..... prison overcrowding. I am not saying that every child who is held accountable will not become a career criminal, but I do believe that many would change their ways before it was too late.

Answer 5

NO punishments.The best way is to-touch their hearts.I suppose all youths that commit a crime is due to being unloved.They commit crimes-maybe to attract more attention from people.From their parents.Or they may be the ones whose parents have committed crimes before.And they are trying it out-'cause they can always give "my parents committed crimes before,I thought learning from them may be right-that's what i am always told." as an excuse.To get more attention by committin crimes.Hmm...actually taht's wrong.But how would the youths know?Especially if they are in depression.So,talk to them nicely.Understand why they did it.And touch their hearts.Let them know that there are others out there who care about them.Let them know that they are not alone at all.There's always someone to turn to.Think twice before they do anything.If you have,tell them about your life's experiences and how one can turn oer a new leaf.

Answer 6

Its a mixture . parenting plays a big part.It instills morals in kids.They apply that as a guide during there upbringing.Friends influence kids and sometimes cause them same morals to be ignored.poverty causes crime. the have and the have nots. as some would say .sometimes its just a bad decisions the child makes on there own.spritual guidance shows kids right from wrong.theese are reasons that cause and prevent crime.

Answer 7

Get rid of the liberals that y spanking is child abuse. If a child knows that mouthing off, acting out, and misbehaving comes with a spanking, and that spankings HURT, they wont do it. And when they get older, they might just think twice before doing something stupid,because the outcome could be something painful.

Answer 8

Any felony conviction results in the felon being obliged to wear an all titanium explosive collar containing GPS chip
and related sensor electronics requiring weekly battery
exchange from issue authority. It will explode with enough force to kill wearer should select circumstances occur (i.e, Attempted removal kills. Failure to change collar battery kills. Failure to follow movement restriction kills. Any association with another collar wearer closer than thirty feet kills. Any out of authorized area of travel kills. Any movement faster than 25mph kills. Any second felony conviction kills. And other menu choices as required.) Responsibility for avoiding being killed by collar solely belongs to felon. Only issue authority has the electronic code to disable collar for removal but then only upon the felon ending term of sentence served in a prison the rest of us call an open and free society. Felon must contact issue authority within the three day period the low battery signal alarm sounds from collar for a battery renewal or death by an explosion results. Misdemeanor offenders receive similar
collar which simply records all activity and is examined upon battery change by issue authority. Criminal association or
continuing misdemeanor conduct is a felony. Failure to change battery is a felony.

Answer 9

Harsher punishment on both parent and youth, more youth activity programs.

Answer 10

1)Strong involved parenting, with loving but firm dicipline - no whimpy stuff.
2)A mother at home who is 'there' for them at all times - subtly and not so subtly monitoring their behaviour/entertainment/music/chores/etc. (this could be a father instead if the wife is a better bread-winner.)
3)The teaching of strong moral values from a very early age and continuing up until they are adults.
4)Parents who are committed to each other even if it is because of their mutual love of those children. Kids don't care if their parents happen to 'fall out of love.'
5)More social activities with parents, the kids' friends, aunts, uncles ALL together. Less closing-off of activities for 'families' in community centres. The only parent-kid activities are for babies in those centres. This doesn't help to keep the community close. Older chidren enjoy/need their parents'attention too and should not get social independence so soon in life.
6)Parents who know all their friends, know about their experiences during the school day, know which teachers like them, which teachers give them a hard time, and when the kids have acted up at school. They know when they need to be reassured, and when they need to be straightened out.
7)Parents who do not put the cost of a second vehicle, a vacation, independence,a large screen tv, 'anything' ahead of being available to that child/children.
8)Affection between all family members at any age. Parents doing 'their best' to set an example in good behaviour, not lying, watching garbage on TV, swearing, screaming etc.
9)Mothers who volunteer at the school, know the teachers, object to school material that is not appropriate for their kids, and are involved in homework.
10)Fathers who are involved emotionally, and regularly teach their kids how to cope, and to be good neighbours.
11)Fathers who finanicially support the family and take 'responsibility' for that job - no matter how difficut. If the wife must work then the father is the one who must ensure that the homemaking standards/time with kids/etc do not digress! Wife is helping dad do his job, and therefore he 'must' fill in the blanks for his kids so that the home will be a healthy one.
12)Parents must not compete, undermine the other's opinion etc.
13)Children have no reason to be out on the prowl with their friends at night. - Parents must help them to organize their activities or keep them 'home,' safe and out of trouble.
14)Serious rules and restrictions about dating, curfews, and access to cash with rules about taking responsibilities for ones own mistakes.
15)Respect for a mother's and a 'father's' role. Much more respect for single parents who have been abandoned and who are poor, whether or 'not' they choose to be at home with thier children.... Treating them well should be seen as an 'investment' to society not a drag on society. Other countries understand this well.

***On the other hand......Serious penalties for the 'fathers' who empregnate women out of wedlock and for those who abandon their families. Serious penalties for the mothers who continually have children out of wedlock.*** Disadvantaged kids have mega self-esteem issues - and that can mean trouble.