In my opinion, there is one main thing we need to focus on: family. I believe family is the root of everything, including violent behavior. According to (Patrick, 1995), “politicians are finally recognizing the connection between the breakdown of American families and various social problems. The ongoing debate over welfare reform, for example, has been shaped by the widespread acceptance in recent years that children born into single-parent families are much more likely than children from intact families to themselves fall into poverty and dependency. from welfare in subsequent years. These children, in fact, find themselves facing a series of discouraging problems." The importance of the family cannot be underestimated because the family represents the first line of defense when it comes to crime prevention, regardless of the type of