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[quote=Anonymous]Curfews don't work.

What we really need is a two pronged program where (1) violent criminal behavior by young people is actually punished, so that very violent young people don't just get the encouragement of a slap on teh wrist and then being free to go rampage some more, AND (2) a major preventative and rehabilitation program for youth, which would involve more engagement with youth (after school programs, weekend activities that are supervised), education and deterrent programs that make it clear to kids why this behavior is wrong and ultimately only hurts themselves and their own community, and strong rehabilitation programs for youth offenders so that detaining them after offenses actually leads to better choices instead of just learning how to crime harder from the other kids in lock up, which is what currently happens to the limited number of kids who are actually placed in juvenile detention centers.

We bicker over whether we should do #1 or #2 and the answer is OBVIOUSLY both. I don't even understand why we have this fight all the time.[/quote]

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