What would you do to combat youth crime, anti social behaviour etc...?

Question

why are young people like this?

Not forgetting the majority are decent young people.

Answer 1

I know this is a tired cliche, but it doesn't make it any less true: Most of the time, it starts at home. A lot of these kids have accepted drunken and violent behaviour as the norm. The tough truth folks is, we've lost these kids. Lost them to complacency and an unwillingness to accept personal responsibility.

"It's 4am. Do you know where your children are?"

"Me? Why should I f-ing care?"

I would like to say zero tolerance is the way forward, but the situation is so far out of control now as to make such a policy virtually unenforcable.  For a number of reasons too long to mention here, all respect has been lost in the law by a large minority of our youth. To respect the law, one has to fear the consequences of breaking it.

That means sensible sentencing. I advocate life meaning life in the case of premeditated murder, for example. Not capital punishment mind you, the evidence abundantly shows that has never reduced murder rates. Life. No chance of parole. Forever a number, never a free man.

Kids who vomit in the street should be forced to clean up the mess with their tongues. Idiots who insist on fighting in the streets face humiliation through public whipping.

You may say all this is a bit extreme and inhumane, and indeed turning the clock back on civilised ways, but dare I mention that those civilised ways are already under threat thanks to double standards and denial of the ugly truth.

That is what is needed, in my opinion, and properly implemented, it'll put these yobbos in line pretty sharpish. If it's done half-arsedly however (as most things are done by the powers that be) we can expect more of the same.

Peace.

Answer 2

Send them to the front line in Afganistan - they think they're hard then let them stare death in the face by being the sitting ducks instead of our innocent troups!  They'll be crying like babies before long!

Answer 3

i had no bother with my eldest son, but my 16 year old has been a nightmare. when he was younger i tried to get support but when he got into trouble he invariably suffered no consequences from the authorities. i asked several years ago why there were no measures in place to ensure that if young people were caught offending that they had to see that there are consequences, e.g graffiti- clean it, vandalism- pay for it/ work off the costs, violence/ anti-social behaviour- a curfew. i also think that many young people see a lot of crime as victimless, car theft, for example. if the were made to meet with whomever had been affected they might not do it again. the usual reply is `their insurance will pay out`. they don`t consider that you may have kids to pick up, or may have mobility problems, and probably won`t find out. the other major factor in britain is the drinking culture, and the previous generations have to accept responsibilty for teaching them that it is acceptable to drink till your are either violently aggressive or totally incapable of basic functioning

Answer 4

More education about the affects of such crimes, reasons, causes and punishments in schools.  More advertisement against on tv! Fines for parents, education for parents possibly!? Greater punishments.  More stop and search- and if they are found with a knife- an instant jail sentence! If they're stupid enough to be walking around with one in your pocket then there's a possibility that they could hurt someone - so they should suffer the consequences.

Answer 5

We are what we eat.

Society didn't have all these 'Youth' problems when we didn't have all the modern day food additives.

Aspartame is in loads of junk foods, diet drinks and now chewing gum. One of the side effects listed by the FDA is "Behavioural Problems".

People are too blind to see what has happened over the past decade with this chemical. Do some research and you will see exactly what I am on about.

Answer 6

stop being a douche bag, Mr. Douche Bag.

Answer 7

Give them something to do!! what happened to youth clubs, football clubs, basketball courts etc? All of the parkland has been used up for housing and the council spend thousands on useless cctv and speed cameras when it could be used for leisure activites and social groups for teens. what else is there for them to do other than to roam the streets?

my sister is 16 and darent leave the house alone because all of the "rough kids" hang around the streets.

Answer 8

Are young people committing disproportionately more crimes? If not, there's really nothing we CAN do other than fight crime in general.

Answer 9

Everybody goes through this, sometimes lasting up to a year (antisocial behaviour). As for youth crime, the only crime I have ever experienced was with friends who were trying to impress each other. Pretty lame; my friend Sam and I would just leave them to it.