Parents shoud not be held accountable for the criminal behavior of their children. Children that commit criminal acts, a) know what they are doing is wrong, and choose to do it anyway or b)they do it without regard of punishment. If we look back over the history of the most criminally haneious people, one would find that they came from what society deems to be a normal family up bringing. For example, Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. Often times the rationale behind wanting to punish the parents is that the fear of punishment will scare the parent into a military style of living with the chil...
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