Clone Sheriff Joe Arpaio,

http://www.mcso.org/About/Sheriff.aspx

We should not take it for granted this girl came from a bad home.
Belly,
If that's the case then shouldn't that "bad' family be dragged over the hot coal & be made responsible ? Whoever has an involvement in anything detrimental to others should cop the reprisal. If underaged kids do wrong then make the parents responsible but if the parent does take action & slaps the kid then do-gooders must keep out.

Individual tell me please how did you get bad parenting from my line you quoted.
And too how do you7 know we keep prisoners in the lap of luxury?
First my thoughts that not all offenders got of to a bad start because of parenting.
I can tell you good parents have bad kids and influences out side the home can often be blamed.

Confinement/Prisons is another thing, we almost every one of us have contributed to threads about this.
Asking why those handing down sentences or parole, far too often seem out of touch with the community's views.
I think/am sure the costs involved some times play a bigger role than justice in these out comes.
And too that we need to get out of the wheel rut of justice as it is and find a better way.
We can do that, think out of the square.
How about every first offender male or female after being counseled by prisoners [a chosen team] spend one day and night in prison.
And why not force those with funds tom pay for all their time in prison as an extra punishment.
No walk away free t8ime after time system works.

not take it for granted this girl came from a bad home.
Belly,
from that line.
Point taken young offenders can come from good families also. Those parents may have tried to discipline their kids but the moron Law made dsiciplining your own kids a criminal offence.
As for luxury jails, I didn't actually say luxury, what I said that prisons aren't prisons because they offer more facilities to crims than decent people can afford.
Cost in prisons has become an issue because there's no incentive to stay out of prison.

The likelihood of the offender coming from a good home, a possibility, is unlikely. Most commonly though the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree. That is confirmed by police who say they are continually called out to the same homes.

What is true is that low income doesn't necessarily result in crime. That goes against the grain of the Left and their self-titled 'Progressives', who would have us believe that offenders are excused by claimed 'poor', 'deprived' origins. The Left and 'Progressives' are not 'do-gooders' for their falsehoods. In fact they are up to something nasty - distorting facts to suit their own world view and ideology. Nothing good or honest in that.

The real truth is that Australian taxpayers provide welfare, education, health, and shelter. However, disregarding those with mental problems, some deliberately set out to abuse the system. It is their choice to do so and they make careers out of it and are very clever in manipulating teachers, counsellors and any who try to help.

Nowhere is the truth distorted more than in respect of indigenous, where again it is individual choice that causes the squalor and the cruel treatment of children, and the dead dog in the street is there because no-one can be bothered to beat the blowflies in removing the carcass.

The sad fact is that there are thousands of girls (and boys) who do not have self-respect and discipline and are far too lazy to take advantage of the multitude of opportunities available to them in Australia. They usually come from backgrounds where such behaviour is the norm and is encouraged too, learning from childhood to blame 'the system' and how to graft and steal.

First things first: they need boundaries that are rigidly enforced and the certainty that they will be found out when they offend and yes, as sure as God made little apples there will always be consequences.

The comedy series Housos is spot-on social satire, and obviously so from the pride the real 'housos' take in their depiction in it. Housos, see here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad1-acRzoms

onthebeach,
Post & link summed it up perfecrly.