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Not much happens to juvenile offenders in CA- They will get a trip over the Hill to the Los Prietos “Boys Camp”, a soft touch camp for junior-bangers… a couple weeks at best.
Only way to get “jumped” into a local gang – commit increasing degrees of crime – grafitti, vandalism, shoplifting, on up the food chain to murder. This town needs to be 100% gang-free. Why should we be put at risk when their initiation requires crimes against all us? Gangs in this town make UCSB frats look like errant choir boys. Gangs are deliberate; frats are stupid.
FACTOTUM, On the mark, sensible comment, thank you. Last sentence absolutely perfect.
Parents must be proud.
To those who find punishing the parents as well as the underage child: I might agree with you if I hadn’t grown up as I did. We were poor and I had jobs at home until I was old enough for jobs outside it (8), and my parents were on top of me making sure I never got started down the deliquency path. My hand was held in stores and I was told to be quiet; I was told to pick up anything I dropped, to open doors for adults, step aside for people carrying things–on and on. Dad worked 2 jobs, Mom had only a part-time one–other than cook, clean, make our clothes, can, mend–and still found time. Neither of them had hobbies or free time and neither did we. I agree that parenting is difficult. Birth control has been around since the 60’s. For those who won’t make the effort, find the time and don’t have a driving interest in teaching & civilizing their kids, there is an easy alternative and no shame in passing on a 24/7 x 18 – 21 year, expensive job. It isn’t for those not up to it and it is a choice.
Let me guess: School project?
And your solution to this problem that hasn’t been solved by anyone ever is?
Detain kid, locate parent(s) and fine (or require very public work detail of parent & wanna-be-gangster). Humilates the family and they will do the rest.
LUVADUCK – why are you so bent on humiliating the parents? Some of these kids are beyond good parenting. It’s probably incredibly difficult parenting kids in this type of environment, it’s not as easy as you might think.
Yeah force the parents to do hard labor because their kids are screw ups. WOW folks. How about…..we actually punish the kid?? Too easy? Better yet, create an enhancement for 18+ year olds who are caught committing gang crimes with minors! Punish the adults who are turning the kids into gangsters.