>This is about 2 miles from where I live. New mall, looks like many across the nation. > >http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3287203/ > >Yeah, malls are really a safe place for your 12-year old to be walking around alone.
On the other hand they may learn to see and judge a problem and move away from it. In a place full of security guards and cctv.
I see from the article they are proposing a curfew. Several towns in the UK are introducing this.