Aggressive behaviour, physical abuse and lack of parental supervision are among the factors which lead youth to crime and violence, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday while calling for the creation of evidence-based initiatives to effectively deal with this problem.
Ramjattan made these comments during the opening session of the Strengthening Evidence-Based Decision Making for Citizen Security – CARISECURE project launch and two-day interception workshop which has been made possible through a grant from USAID.
According to Ramjattan while many aggressive children and persons in the Caribbean go on to become law-abiding citizens in their adult years, some slip through the cracks and become involved in crime and violence.
