[James_Moriarty]

The root of the problem here is young mothers and teenage pregnancies. Now, i'm not saying every teenage pregnancy is a bad thing, my sister had a child when she was a teenager, albeit toward the end of the teenage years(19) and that turned out fine, but these kids having kids at 14-16...i mean come on, its rediculous! What can you know about life and bringing up kids at that age?? The products of the teenage pregnancies of the early nineties are now the uneducated chav's of today. And when they either get pregnant or get some young one pregnant then in 17 years time the cycle continues. Young mother + no father around (Probably because he's a ******* with no cash and is afraid of fatherhood) = 90% chance of bad upbringing. Christ , when i was 14 i was playing footie with my friends and building camps in the local woods, not going out drinking and having sex. As for sentencing for these chumps, i'm all for labour camps all the way. Work for food, undergo 3 hours a day social education followed by 9 hours hard labour. 2-year stints for minor crimes like theft/burglary, longer for harsher crimes like GBH. The last point i'll make is a bit weird, personally i believe that if someone is causing you bother you should be able to deal with them physically, as in give them a good hiding (not to the extent of GBH, however), too many people get away with too much as theres no fear in them of retaliation.