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Among the rioters, many are very young. “Parents have rights but also duties,” said Eric Dupont-Moretti, this Saturday, July 1. What are they risking?
In Clichy, in the Hauts-de-Seine, the inhabitants met on the market are unanimous: parents must be responsible, but they are often overwhelmed. This is the case of a mother of four children interviewed by the teams of France Televisions. “We try to tell the children the things not to do and the children not to go with“, she analyzes. “A child is quickly trained”, continues a local resident.
Maximum two years imprisonment for responsible parents
The Keeper of the Seals considers that families can do much better and recalls the law. Parents who can be prosecuted for failure in the upbringing or safety of the child risk up to two years in prison. “NOTWe demand that they hold their children. It is not normal for children to hang around in the streets to loot shops“, underline Eric Dupont-Moretti.
The lawyer at the bar of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) Me Romain scaboro does not believe that criminalizing parents will have a positive impact. “The threat of punishment is not effective. He is not obvious to tell a 17-year-old who has started dealing drugs to stay home”, he explains.