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'If the government wants to make a serious impact on the crime problem it should concentrate resources not on tackling street crime but on violence in the family home'. Discuss.
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'If the government wants to make a serious impact on the crime problem it should concentrate resources not on tackling street crime but on violence in the family home'. Discuss. However, crime and criminals do exist, on the streets, in large cities, in fact all across the nation, only sometimes those very same crimes committed on the streets are actually happening in the one place society believes to be 'safe'..... home! 'Hidden crimes', (mainly due to the lack of public awareness) appear less personal and even less important if individuals are not directly affected. Domestic violence along with child abuse is one area, only three decades ago that was reluctantly accepted as an 'ordinary crime', forcing it to be considered a 'hidden crime'. Not only did the perpetrator himself not acknowledge what he was doing was criminal, but also society and law enforcement agencies overlooked family violence, accepting it as part of...
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