that the rise in violent crime over the past 30 years runs directly

parallel to the rise in fatherless families. In every state in our country, according to the Heritage foundation, the rate for juvenile crime "is closely linked to the percentage of children raised in single-parent families. And while it has long been thought that poverty is the primary cause of crime, the facts simply do not support this view. Teenage criminal behavior has its roots in habitual deprivation of parental love and affection going back to early infancy, according to the Heritage

A father's attention to his son has enormous positive effects on a boy's emotional and social development. But a boy abandoned by his father in deprived of a deep sense of personal security, In a well-functioning family," he continued, "the very presence of the father embodies authority" and this paternal authority "is critical to the prevention of psychopathology and delinquency." (2)

On top of the problem of single parent homes, is the problem of

the children whose behavioral problems are linked to their mothers' crack use during pregnancy. These children are reaching their teenage

Offender pattern. Based on criteria developed by the Reagan team at the

will engage in criminal activity that matches the Serious Habitual

and highly successful individual in society. In contrast, the "super

core values. Government certainly has a role to play financially, but the

of violent crime, particularly the crimogenic conditions associated with

"super predator" is actually a young psychopath or psychotic. While these

issues...all the way to the next funeral of an innocent kid caught in the

for the sake of the future. When these "super- predators" were asked by

stereo system he had received from his grandfather. Five juveniles,

children in danger of falling in with or becoming victims of crime

* Juvenile gang killings have nearly quadrupled between 1980 and 1992.

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