A new California law gives judges the option of ordering parents to attend training when their kids are convicted of gang crimes for the first time.
Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, who was the lawmaker behind the Parent Accountability Act, told the Star Tribune that this is the first law that gives judges the power to order parents of gang members to school.
According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the new law went into effect in January and will be in place across California eventually.
Authorities say that Los Angeles county has an estimated 80,000 gang members, the Star Tribune reported.
Sources:
http://www.startribune.com/nation/111750679.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUvckD8EQDUF
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/dec/13/gang-law-targets-parents/
