do you think that when a child commits a crime both parents and child should be punished?

Answer 1

Lot of countries have already been moving towards imposing the child penalty upon the parent especially if the child is not in the legal age to be charge upon court. Example in Singapore, there is a case of dad being fine in the court when the child damage the neighbour door with fire. Although it is a civil sue however it is resulted from a crime conducted by the child and the child is given probation as well. Another example is in UK when the child refrain from going for education or school. The parent will be punish and be fine for the child action which is consider partial criminal according to the school rules.

Lot of countries including the States have move toward the trend that the parent need to gain responsibility for the children action but of course, it have to be reasonable. You can hang the parent if the children go around a killing spree with gun while high on drugs. What the law is trying to do here is to enforce the minimum parental responsibility conduct on the parent themselves as too many crime was committed by ignorant children who do not have enough teaching, guidance or discipline from the parent.

Answer 2

Way too many variables.. how old are the children? What type of crime are we talking about? Is it the first offense?

For a crime to be commited, the person commiting the crime must know the difference between right and wrong. That is the way the law is written in California. Most DA's won't prosecute a child under the age of 14 here unless it is a very serious crime and it is a repeat offense.

In my opinion if the child knows the difference between right and wrong and the parents have tried to show them the right way to do things, they shoul not be punished.

If the child is acting out and the parents are not doing anything, or just beating the hell out of them. If there is no "parenting" going on. If it is obvious the parents are doing little to nothing to teach these children about what is right and what is wrong, they should be held accountable for not fulfilling their obligations as parents.

Answer 3

They should both be punished. The parent should have the sense and control to prevent their child from commiting the crime in the first place.

Answer 4

I don't think that this question has a yes or no answer. I think it depends on if it is the first offense or if the kid has been in constant trouble, and if the parent has been trying to control the child or has just been totally neglectfull. I think the key is to give judges way more leeway in sentencing and to give social workers more say in removing children from abusive and neglectfull homes and not returning them until real and permanent changes have been made by the parents.

Answer 5

If they are sincerely trying to be good parents and their child commits a crime, in esscense, they are already punished.
I have experienced that agony myself before.
Neglectful parents I believe should pay the penalty for that crime also.

Answer 6

No because it removes the responsibility for the crime from the child that commited it! (Should we all blame our parents for our bad decisions? )

Answer 7

Depends on the crime. But parents really need to be parents. Take back their right to discipline.

Answer 8

No the courts should punish the liberals who took away our parental right of discipline.

Answer 9

oftentimes no, in spite of the undeniable fact that, as quickly as an unlawful baby comes of age and is legally to blame for themselves the burden shifts from the father and mom to the guy. From the date of adulthood the legal ramifications grow to be completely theirs.