Youth crime

Blog 2
After reading the article, I am rather relieved to know that the youth crime rate had dropped by 30% of last year. From this we can know that there were indeed improvements made as compared to the previous years. It shows us that Singapore is indeed a safe country. No doubt there are crimes, but it is just a slight minority of Singaporeans, thus it is still safe. In the article, it also states that there was actually a drop in crime rate last year as compared to the previous years’ rising crime rate. I feel that it is partially due to the police efforts to reach out directly to parents of youth loitering late at night.
By doing this, it keeps the parents more informed of their children’s action. With more awareness, they can thus play a role in monitoring them and help curb youth crimes. Children will usually go astray if not controlled and taken care of properly, leading to them committing crimes which could ruin their life. Initially I thought that what police did was not going to work because I had the impression that such juvenile delinquents do not really obey their parents. However, seeing the report from the article, it shows a result that is otherwise, proofing the power of parental influence. Not only at home, even in school, the principal emphasizes on discipline. Usually before the holidays, the principals will give a speech and remind us not to commit crimes. Their constant reminders sometimes might not be really registered in our mind, but at least I feel, it is more or less useful in helping to prevent youth crimes by telling us the right from the wrong.