if you look at the majority of street crime in any country, you'll see a pattern emerging, most street crime is done by teenage/early 20's. most criminals are male, most criminals come from broken homes. Most of these criminals have never had a father.
When i was a kid, i lived on a housing estate, we were'nt wealthy. but everyone in the street was in the same boat, Mum looked after us during the day, Dad went to work, when he got home Mum would go out cleaning. We didnt have a car, so on shopping days we all had to go, because we had to carry bags. the rules werent strict, but there was rules. This was the way everyone lived.
If you now look at the way people live these days it's very different. These kids arent bad kids, theyre crying for attention. but thats not to say we should be soft on them. society cant be all carrot or all stick, it has to be a mixture of both, send these kids to young offenders institutions, 6 weeks punishment breaking rocks, working chain gangs etc, then onto rehabilitation, show them what they can achieve, help them get qualifications, assist them to get jobs, make them believe their own worth. it will be a lot cheaper in the long run. the system has to take the role of the father when the father fails to do his job. and you dont have to be rich to love your children, you just have to be together.