11.   The increase in juvenile crime is a blot on our time.

12.   An MP has called for judicial thrashing and the return of the stocks to combat juvenile crime.

13.   Meanwhile, Home secretary Kenneth Baker, on a visit to the region, pledged to tackle juvenile crime.

14.   Children of welfare-dependent single-parent families have neither a monopoly on juvenile crime nor a disdain for conventional values.

15.   On the basis of these figures, the issue of juvenile crime seems less to do with welfare dependency, and more to do with after-school child care.

16.   A different approach to juvenile crime was also needed.

17.   Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke is expected to make a Commons statement on soaring juvenile crime within the next week or so.

18.   They respect their parents and believe lack of discipline can lead to juvenile crime.

19.   Already wrestling with a range of wrenching emotions, victims of juvenile crime often encounter a host of frustrations as they look for justice in Family Court.

20.   Also she saw a connection between soaring juvenile crime and the breakup of families.