Letter: Cures for crime: a return to family values, creative play, moral lessons, caring at home

Sir: On Thursday evening, while the nation was still shaking its head in bewilderment at the senseless murder of James Bulger, French and Saunders were implying to the many youngsters who are watching television at 9.30pm that smashing someone's skull with a spade is funny. Is there really no connection?

Yours,

STEPHEN HARVEY

Chandler's Ford,

Hampshire

20 February