Originally Posted by jplinville

I have a family member that has gone through all sorts of hoops in hopes that the proper help would be made available to his son, who has mental issues. The kids has NO conscience, no ability to control himself, and no sense of right and wrong. He steals everything he gets his hands on, is known to pick a fight with the smallest of kids for no reason, and has threatened school staff when given detention for refusing ot turn in his homework...the kids a mess, and so is his dad. Help finally came after a few of us told him to call the cops on his own son for stealing his cell phone. All it took was that to open a whole new world of help for the young man. After 6 years of counseling and finding the right cocktail of medications, he's somewhat normal acting around others.

Personally, I'd rather have him locked away so he can do no harm to others, but it won't happen.

I know my solution is simplistic in design, but it's how I feel about having these crazies walking the streets. Sometimes my simplistic ways upsets my wife...she sees things in shades of gray, while I see things in black and white. I'm not talking about crazy Ned the neighbor that walks out on his front porch in his BVDs, I'm talking about certifiable nutjobs with issues that require medications. Once these people are released back to the public, especially as adults, who's job is it to make sure they continue to take their medications? That's a rhetorical question that doesn't need answered...