Crime - Who's Fault?

[slappy.king]

Crime in the U.K is getting out of control, knife crime is at an all time high with stabbings happening nearly every week, most are commited by under 20 year olds, shootings are still common again most are commited by under 20 years olds, one M.P (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament) said we should "hug a hoodie" but who's to blame for the dramatic increase in teen murders? Parents? The Teenagers? Government? Society? T.V? Computer Games? How do you feel about the increase in crime worldwide?

 

[Ste]

It is a good question but I think the blame should go to the parents. Most of the stabbings what I have heard about the parents have always been big drug addicts and so called "gangsters". I think that because if you are growing up with parents who are into stuff like that you will follow them and then when your older probably progress onto worse things. It is very rare when you have a very cleaver, smart and nice person comes from a family who has a big history with crime.

Rhys Jones was extremely unlucky as he was the victim of a planned shooting. The person who shot him was supposed to have been shooting another member of another gang. I think it can also depend in the area you grow up in. If you grow up in an area where there is constant fighting then the chances are you are going to grow up and fight.

 

[slappy.king]

I do agree with you, but, every person young or old has a decision to do good or bad, regardless of where you came from or how your brought up. I didnt have a great up bringing but i dont go around stabbing people and you cant really tell me that these people dont know they're doing something 'wrong'..?

 

[Ste]

Yeah I agree with you. I have seen someone who had a really good upbringing and always had everything he wanted, he was also very cared for. As he got older though he got worse and started to get into all sorts of trouble, he didn't attend school and he was smoking from a young age. He got so out of control that his own mother couldn't handle him and she had just given up. I see that as weak parenting but I suppose some people get to a point where they cannot take anymore. I am not to sure but I now think he is in prison. He made a lot of bad decisions and maybe he is like that because he always thought he could get what he wanted - I don't know. The worst thing is, I don't think he regrets anything he has done. -n-

 

[Murder he Wrote]

I think crime comes down to a few factors:

- The criminal's upbringing
- Social Environment
- Peer pressure
- The desire to make yourself look like someone you're not
- Win the respect of others
- Prove a point

Mostly, I would say about 70% the fault of lies with the parents for not imposing discipline and good standards in the family household. The last 30% is made up of the things I said above, like peer pressure, the environment you're in and wanting to get the respect of others.

 

[Fullmoon]

no-one is to blame but the person who comits the crime in my opinion

 

[Subz]

no-one is to blame but the person who comits the crime in my opinion

I don't agree, i think 80% of the blame is down to the parents.

 

[ℓєσ gнσѕт]

- The criminal's upbringing
- Social Environment
- Peer pressure
- The desire to make yourself look like someone you're not
- Win the respect of others
- Prove a point

I agree with those, but in my case im more effected everyday by "The desire to make yourself look like someone you're not" and "Win the respect of others" as well as "Prove a point" then by my parents. Those all fall into the Peer pressure group though.

 

[Van1lla ™]

Also isn't there that fact or something that says if a son doesn't have a father figure as he walked out then he would get into crime.

Edit: Found it.

It is possible to make some reasonably secure predictions, such as that being brought up in a single-parent family is more likely to lead to a child (the vast majority of the "danger kids" are boys) ending up in prison. Seventy per cent of young offenders are from single-parent families. Being raised by your mother on her own is not the strongest predictor of ending up as a criminal: having a father who is himself a criminal is the top of that list. But not far behind is being raised without a father at all.

 

[Killman]

It is impossible to pinpoint crimes to one cause. It can be anything at all. Stupidity, psychopathic, stealing, anything. Hell, if was crazy enough, in our current society, somebody could be killed just because they were picking up something just to observe it. ~lol~

 

[ℓєσ gнσѕт]

It is impossible to pinpoint crimes to one cause.

I half agree with that. I think you can most of the time find a reason, but that reason may not be the only factor per say. In a few cases, there is just one issue though...so im split -n-