perpetrator families: opinions?

[Kip]

I think it depends on the family relations, in part.

If the husband or wife of a perpetrator is a decent person and it's proven they had no idea about their spouse's crime, they don't appear to be as ostracized and will likely be supported by family and friends, if not the general public....

Parents have it the hardest. In general, I agree with much of what has been posted by others. We see a lot of crime committed by perpetrators who were raised by negligent, apathetic, or ciminal parents. Not all, but a lot. ...

I'm not sure that there is a problem that needs fixing here, in terms of greater support for perpetrator's families....

I think people in general support the "innocent" family members of a perpetrator, but the family members still feel shame, wonder if they could have done anything differently, and hear the whispers behind their backs. And as for children of killers - other children can be cruel.

I don't think there's a problem that needs fixing - but I do think that family members of perps can be victims too in the sense that something bad out of their control has happened to them (as I said earlier, nowhere near the degree of the actual victim and family members).