Re: One crime committed every two minutes by British youths

MM wrote:
"A report from the Youth Justice Board disclosed that youngsters aged
10 to 17 carried out 277,986 offences in the past 12 months.

"The scale of the problem was highlighted by a 20 per cent rise in the
number of children convicted for violent offences over the past three
years."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4946255/
One-crime-committed-every-two-minutes-by-British-youths.html

Now stand back while the usual suspects in this group slink forward to
opine that this is how it's "always" been. "Just look at Teddy Boys!"

Indeed. Anyone who tries to argue that the youth crime (and anti-social behaviour) problems of today are not greater than they were 20 or 30 years ago needs their head testing.

Ret.

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