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Why we have so many criminal children

IT has taken an extraordinary amount of time for our learned friend Chief Justice Ronan Keane finally to wake up to what ordinary Joe Soaps have been proclaiming for years.

Why we have so many criminal children

Tue, 20 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

The chief justice has suddenly discovered that "fatherless homes are to blame" (Irish Examiner, Jan 12) for the increase in youth crime serious crimes by children rose by 70% in 2002.

Enlightened people have known this for years.

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