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Is it the children, their parents or society in general? And is it really getting worse?

Over the next 3 nights here on PM we'll be discussing those issues. Tonight we're going to look at one of the factors often blamed for youth crime - single parenthood. 1 in 4 British families is now headed by a single parent - usually a mother; 30 years ago that figure was less than 1 in 10. But are the children of single parents any more likely to turn to crime than kids from two parent homes? Michael Buchanan reports:

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