"Call the effing police then - it's a free ride home"

**scumdog** · 26th July 2011, 18:24

Originally Posted by jafar

. A kid who had been taken home by the police so often that they didn't need to ask where he lived, when he turned 18 they caught him again & the judge gave him 4 years,after a few weeks the kid told the guards that he had had enough & wanted out, the guards told him he could get out in 3 years & 10 months. the kid hanged himself in prison.

A model prisoner - we need more like him!

**tigertim20** · 26th July 2011, 19:33

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

What success rate do you have with the kids you work with?

with the most recent group I worked with? fairly good, Id say 65% successfull.
problem was, many parents would put them into our programme, the kid would have something happen they didnt like i.e. realise that their behaviour is not acceptable and wont be tolerated, and they whine to their folks, who would sometimes pull them out.

Id say the success rate would have been even higher if we had got our hands on the little buggers sooner. As time goes on, it becomes increasingly unlikely that they will ever change sadly.

**Banditbandit** · 27th July 2011, 09:21

Originally Posted by tigertim20

with the most recent group I worked with? fairly good, Id say 65% successfull.
problem was, many parents would put them into our programme, the kid would have something happen they didnt like i.e. realise that their behaviour is not acceptable and wont be tolerated, and they whine to their folks, who would sometimes pull them out.

Id say the success rate would have been even higher if we had got our hands on the little buggers sooner. As time goes on, it becomes increasingly unlikely that they will ever change sadly.

65% ??? I'd be very proud of that - it's higher than most at risk kids programmes.

Yes, parents are a pain in the arse ... they are the onjes who have put the kids at risk (usually) ...