It seems a store owner had been burgled three times in less than a month. It was obvious that juvenile delinquents were the perpetrators. Typically, the police weren't about to mount much effort to catch the thieves. So this store owner doesn't get a guard dog, doesn't buy a burglar alarm, and doesn't hire a couple of large thugs to lie in wait for the punks who are ripping him off. Jeez, maybe if the punks keep ripping off the people of the community, the village council will vote to build them a swimming pool and a free video arcade.
Any kid can understand that it is now as easy and safe to get money by thievery as by earning it.
Isn't it time for the pendulum to swing the other way. It doesn't matter if you are 15 or 50. The rich kid shoplifter and the ghetto burglar both go to jail. No Walkman CD player. No school yard games or weight training.