>>157562It's not about punishing them.
In fact most juvenile delinquency is due to lack of purpose. Alot of them cannot find any meaningful work and/or come from dysfunctional adults as parents.
Also yes a lot of gangs have intellectually inclined members amongst them. They're more likely to be the brains of the operation though.
But if you wanna rationalize juvenile delinquency against wage labor, why not against public schooling?
In fact a lot of our gallant trade workers were former delinquents.
Meanwhile, law abiding teachers pets get stuck in dead end jobs with lint for pay.