>does that apply to toddlers who bite a sibling Use your common sense super power on that. I dont agree with a 2 tierd incarceration system. They already have those with the juvenile detention centers. What they do need is a system based on tough love. Repeat offenders need to be taught a lesson from the 1st offense and each time the punishment raised. The problem is now this system is so broken the kids that are in the system know it so well a know how to work it to their benefit. Unfortunately the social workers most of them mean well but are hand tied politically with red tape to do their job satisfactorily. So it leads to this endless cycle of hand slapping that never teaches the offender a lesson other than dont get caught and make sure no ones taking video. The real power lies in society itself to make a change and stop treating these crimes with kid gloves and start getting serious about making a example of the individual who committed the crimes. To send a message to their peers that this behavior is unacceptable in our society and it won't be tolerated. The parents also need to start acting Ike parents instead of the friend. And realizing their kid may not be the patron saint the parent believes their kid to be and take action to correct the kids bad behavior. Until that happens we will have kids that grow into adults acting the same way. With a society that enables enables behavior until they end up killing someone or people. Then every acts like they didn't see it coming.