The Patriot Post® · Arrested Development

A new study from the journal Crime and Delinquency offered a shocking finding: “Nearly half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males in the U.S. are arrested by age 23.” University of South Carolina criminology professor Robert Brame authored the study and wrote, “A problem is that many males – especially black males – are navigating the transition from youth to adulthood with the baggage and difficulties from contact with the criminal justice system.” We think the opposite is true – they’re encountering the justice system because of personal baggage and difficulties acquired in their youth. This is most often caused by the breakdown of the family over the last 50 years, which, in turn, has been the result of cultural degradation and government incentives for single parenthood.