Amazing what you see on children’s television (courtesy of my grandson).
CBBC today had a report about children in prison, and some ‘child expert’ predictably condemning the practice.
It would seem that she has little regard for the murder of James Bulger by two children, the rape of a girl by two Doncaster children and the gang of boys, some as young as 13, who repeatedly shot two London teenagers for their iPods and phones.
Prison? Oh dear me no, children shouldn't be in jail.
The Youth Offending Board say that a quarter of all children between the ages of 11 and 16 have committed a crime in the past year, and of those excluded from school almost two-thirds admitted doing so.
Stealing or threatening someone were the most common offences among both groups of children.
The top five crimes among school pupils were fare-dodging, graffiti, shoplifting, criminal damage and carrying a weapon.
One in five also admitted stealing from school, handling stolen goods, or stealing from home.
One in four excluded pupils said they had stolen a mobile phone within the last year.
About 40% admitted vehicle theft and arson, a quarter had attempted burglary and almost one in five claimed to have carried a gun.
But she says, prison is no place for children and discipline and punishment should be carried out by parents in the home.
Don’t blinkered morons like this realise that the very reason so many children are involved in crime is precisely because their parents either can’t, or won’t, discipline and control their off-spring?
One wonders what this do-gooder’s reaction would be if a gang of street urchins invaded her leafy suburb, armed with knives and baseball bats, stealing, destroying and maybe killing.
Whatever, I’ll bet it wouldn’t be ‘send them back to their parents for a good talking to’.
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