A crime prevention approach begins much earlier than Johnny's first appearance in court, juvenile court, or even the principal's office. Crime prevention begins at conception, and even earlier. Preventing teenage pregnancy is an important crime prevention program. Pregnant women need care and nutrition to minimize birth defects that often lead to behavior problems. Many pregnant women need to learn how to be mothers.
Young men are even less familiar with child rearing than mothers.
Fathers need to be trained to be fathers. Our society leaves these critical matters to a haphazard, informal education. More care is given to teaching teenagers geometry or trigonometry than how to parent. Licensed barbers and plumbers get more training than parents. New mothers need extensive support - besides from their mothers.