The problem begins at school where kids are taught that authority is non-existent. Look what happened to this teacher who used reasonable force on a violent, abusive student:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/teacher-sacked-for-putting-a-student-in-a-head-lock-despite-being-punched-by-the-youth-says-staff-are-powerless/story-fni0cx12-1226799595110

I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say the lessons students learn at school about the impotence of authority is a major cause of the unfettered violence now being expressed by young people in the streets.

After many years of left-wing, progressive policies any notion of personal responsibility is vitiated by victimhood and the contextual mitigation of guilt by people who do wrong.

...To negate the abuse of alcohol as a leading cause of violent encounters, particularly among the youth, is both naïve and counter intuitive in solving the social catastrophe alcohol has been encouraged to produce.

...The World Health Organisation has drawn interesting conclusions presented in a “fact sheet” here:

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/world_report/factsheets/ft_youth.pdf

Very interesting WHO document, thanks for link Diver Dan.

cohenite,
your link above is nothing short of frightening at the stupidity of the system. The person who signed off on the teacher's fate should be hounded to no end.

1.ban alcohol adds on television and dis allow sponsorship.slowly treat it like Tobacco

2. tax alcohol on % contents no matter what the beverages . wine ,beer, spirits

it is a not to be banned .just controlled to stop health and social problems

ben

...When adult consumption of alcohol in Australia is seen in context of global consumption comparisons, there are few countries with a higher consumption rate! (Just one step below the Russians; nothing to be proud of, and much to be concerned for)!

Link:

http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/map-of-alocohol-consumption-around-the-world.jpg