That's all a result of permissiveness and failure to punish.
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Permissiveness
Synonyms for "permissiveness" (96 found)
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The permissiveness of campus life leads many college freshmen to try things they would never have experienced at home.
Source: wiktionary
It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.
Source: wiktionary
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