Punishing Parents for the Crimes of their Children

Raymond Arthur

doi:10.4324/9781315247359-20

Punishing Parents for the Crimes of their Children

Raymond Arthur^*

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In recent years there has been a profusion of laws that punish parents for their children’s offences. These parental responsibility laws are based on the assumption that parents of children who offend have not accepted their responsibility and that they can be made to do so by the imposition of court orders and financial penalties. In this article I will examine the efficacy of punishing parents for the crimes of their children. I will consider whether parental responsibility laws are an effective means of tackling youth crime; or should policies that strengthen the family and improve parenting skills be pursued as strategies for preventing juvenile offending behaviour.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Parents and Children
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	179-199
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351912808
ISBN (Print)	9781315247359
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315247359-20
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes

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