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| Parents 'must tackle' child crime | Parents 'must tackle' child crime |
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| Parents are being urged to take better control after figures revealed children as young as four were involved in house-breaking and petty assault. | |
| The statistics come in a Freedom of Information request released by Grampian Police. | The statistics come in a Freedom of Information request released by Grampian Police. |
| Last year's figures across Scotland showed children as young as two were caught engaged in criminal activities. | |
| The Scottish Government said the root causes of crimes needed to be tackled, including deprivation. | The Scottish Government said the root causes of crimes needed to be tackled, including deprivation. |
| The figures compiled by Grampian Police show that during a single year nearly 10,000 crimes were committed by children under 18. | |
| Perhaps the most striking group were those aged under eight - where 49 offences were committed. | |
| Right and wrong | |
| The children cannot be identified, but they include a four-year-old accused of house-breaking, a five-year-old caught shoplifting and another house-breaker, aged five. | |
| There were 26 cases of vandalism among the under-eights. | |
| Police have called on parents to take more responsibility for their children. | |
| The Scottish Government has said it was determined to stop young people getting involved in crime. | |
| It has called on parents to acknowledge their responsibilities to teach young people right from wrong. |