Teen Crime
Teenager crime statistics are on the increase and a poll shows that opinion is divided if the Government is "to blame".
We have our theories. One of these is that the heroising of "gangsta rap", another is hypnotically violent popular immersion computer games like CounterStrike, combined with a political permission as demonstrated by the American solutions to terrorism being war - these social conditions combine to make direct retaliation a solution in the growing minds of the less than successful.
Another factor is whatever lies behind ADD/ADHD problems. Another is child abuse. Another factor is that it is simply difficult to be a parent, and the added pressure of a welfare society failing its participants, with depts lashing out at each others' ineffective organisation.
Another factor, may be the media using polls in place of real analysis of facts and this being the keystone of policy motivation.
The youth justice system can get a child help when they commit crimes as a result of problems the family has not been able to solve. It is a slow and arduous process for parents, perhaps too slow to catch the rapid changes that occur with the onset of puberty.
Bustedinfo.org is watching out stories about child/teen crime in New Zealand, what happened, no names, what the consequences are.
The Government may be to blame for great economic pressure on the education system. We expect a left wing government to do more than wing it when it comes to our future. Too many cut-backs, too few quality teachers and your statistics of peope who have negative motivation increases gradually over years.
But these are all rather general causes. If you know a kid getting involved in crime (we must insist on no names) we would like to hear from you, and ask if the Government systems helped or not.
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