Seanad debates

Thursday, 24 October 2002

Parental responsibility must be addressed. There is legislation in place, but it would be good to have it rigorously enforced. The values instilled in the home stay with people throughout their lives. Everyone here can identify individuals who have become involved in crime and will know that previous generations of the family have the same record. That cycle must be broken. The Minister, rightly, subscribes to the dictum that prevention is better than cure. He has stated he will tackle the causes of crime. Marginalisation, housing and educational and employment opportunities have been identified as causes. Figures are often quoted that the African American population of the USA represents a much greater proportion of the prison population than its numbers within the overall population.

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