Title: Youth Crime in Hong Kong ---- What is responsible?

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        Title: Youth Crime in Hong Kong ---- What is responsible?

        Is Hong Kong really a safe place to live in?  According to a recent crime statistics conducted by the Hong Kong Police Force, the public order in Hong Kong has slightly deteriorated as the overall crime rate in the first half of 2003 has increased by nearly 13% in comparison with that of 2002.  The most alarming finding was that there were 2832 youngsters arrested for crime in that period.  The most common offences committed by the youngsters were shop theft, pickpocketing, selling drugs and pirated goods.  So many cases if youth crime happened in Hong Kong, what is responsible?  The family, society or school?

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        In my opinion, the family should have the greatest responsibility for youth crime in Hong Kong.  Nowadays, people no longer live in extended families, in which several generations share the same house.  Instead, nuclear families are the norm, with only the parents and children sharing the same house.  However, most parents go out to work early in the morning, return home late at night.  There is no one looking after the children, the parents just leave them alone at home.  As a result, the parents do not understand their children well enough and may even have difficulty in communicating ...

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