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Originally Posted by DaveZ
I agree that parents may be responsible as are a host of other people or things. I also miss the old days but parents aren’t accountable when a crime is occurring. The individual committing the crime is accountable for their actions and the consequences that occur as a result.
The problem with blaming parents is the logical assumption that criminals all have bad parenting. The justice system in many instances is doing just that by lowering or eliminating sentences because criminals are a victim of upbringing be it parents and/or dysfunctional social environment. It creates its own environment where nearly everyone else including crime victims are accountable (including law enforcement) and have to accept the consequences with less than sincere apologies from society. Since consequences are being set low, so is the deterrent to committing crime. Motivation to commit crime typically moves counterpoint to consequences. Speeding or jaywalking vs drunk driving or assaults are typical good examples. Mob crimes are occurring more often now exactly because they make any accountability to individual criminals difficult even if a parent or social media platform is responsible.
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Its a combination of both social breakdown of the family structure and a the popularity of the "social justice/ restorative justice, restorative justice has accomplished little except restoring more criminals to the street. A juvenile arrested for some criminal activity is usually just returned to the parent , it not being uncommon for the parent to be upset due to the inconvenience of having to show up at the police station to pick the little darling up and berate the child for being caught not not the criminal violation