This is actually a very good question. It calls into light the fact that many young people, not just criminals have been let down by their parents. It may be that the parents were too indulgent and the youngster became selfish and self seeking etc. or it may be sheer disinterested and incompetent parents, or single mothers, or poverty and weary parents.
Dr. Johnson said that "Children need discipline. Ie affection". It is a sad fact that many criminals are also mentally affected.
Bi Polar or Schizophrenic etc. Like it or lump it, can you wonder that children suffer from low self esteem when their siblings all have different fathers? They are born to be losers like their mothers. More.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.