Another Controversial Subject

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I know people in the UK will be aware of this problem but others from farther afield may not. We're currently having a problem here with gangs and related knife crime. The situation appears to be worsening and several people have been stabbed to death - some maybe not so innocent but also some who were totally and utterly innocent. The consensus appears to be that the problem is primary due to the fact that we have less police than we had a few years back but, when I was watching Sky News yesterday, I had to admire a gentleman who had the guts to say that it's not all down to a lack of police on the streets, but also a lack of discipline by the culprits' parents. He went on to say that, on investigation, he discovered that a lot of the parents had no idea what their kids were doing when outside the family home and no idea where they were. Nor did they have any idea of what they were doing on their computers and mobile phones. They used social media to contact each other before going out and causing mayhem. I can see where he's coming from. Although in my village we don't have any knife cream and, in fact, have very little crime at all but we often seen small children, probably infant school age, riding around our avenue on their bikes with no adult supervision. It's evident that the parents have no idea where these children are. It would take just seconds for a car to hit a child on a bike as he or she came straight out of a cul-de-sac onto the main hub of the avenue or, even worse, it's an open invitation for a child to be abducted. Are you thinking that the parents should take some responsibility for these crimes or are you of the opinion that it's purely down to a lack of police on the street?