Minor offenders cite 'anger' and 'discontent' with families: survey

BEIJING - A large proportion of juvenile criminals said they were angry with their parents, a nationwide survey revealed on Sunday.

Nearly 41 percent of the minor offenders expressed their discontent with their families in the survey, which was developed in 2010 by the Chinese Society for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Research, the only NGO in the country specializing in young criminals.

"The children complained about their families mainly because their parents did not understand them and never cared about them," Cao Xuecheng, the secretary-general of the society, told China Daily.