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Originally Posted by stuartbe
IMO - Criminals are only criminals if they have not been raised correctly. I think that the time to mould and make a someone a good memeber of society is when they are growing up.... Yes we need prisons and punishment's for adults. but I am talking about how we raise our children and if a stricter school system and home life would improve the way that children behave....
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There have been many children that have been raised correctly and been good members of society that have subsequently turned to crime because of economic reasons or through simple greed. You may have been brought up properly but if you suddenly fall on a bad series of events such as losing your job, your home and your family and wonder where the next meal is coming from then you may be tempted to turn to crime.
Don't forget that criminals are also parents and a judicial system that doesn't punish criminals effectively leads to these people weighing up the odds of can I get away with this criminal activity and if not what will my punishment be? Their children may believe that what is good for their parents is good enough for me. Children at a very early age know what they can get away with and what the punishment is likely to be if caught.
As I have said earlier, we have to look further afield than what is happening here in the UK and learn from what is going on in the rest of the world.