Can a Child Really Be Set for a Life of Crime at Three Years Old?
The Scotsman › January 10, 2006
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FAST asleep, your two-year-old child actually looks as angelic as the descriptions you have proudly given to friends. It is only when he is awake that reality bites - sometimes literally - as he runs through a nerve-shredding repertoire of red-faced shouting, angry screaming and foot-stamping.
But should you be worried as well as weary of the "terrible twos"? According to the head of the Violence Reduction Unit at Strathclyde Police, you should be because your little darling's temper tantrums could be a warning sign that he is a criminal in the making.See the full content of this document
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Can a Child Really Be Set for a Life of Crime at Three Years Old?
Detective Chief Superintendent John Carnochan takes seriously a piece of controversial research by the Wave Trust, a Surrey-based registered charity campaigning for a less violent society, which claims the roots of adult criminality can be traced to the behaviour of toddlers under the age of three.
So seriously, in fact, that he wants police forces throughout Scotland to co-ordinate a programme ...See the full content of this document
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