Criminal and Civil Parental Liability Statutes: Would They Have Saved the 15 Who Died at Columbine?

Authors

Eric P. Ebenstein, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

The note argues that current parental liability statutes in the United States are insufficient to hold parents accountable for their children's violent acts, such as the Columbine High School massacre. It advocates for strengthening these laws, particularly by adopting a negligence standard, to incentivize parents to monitor their children's activities more effectively and prevent such tragedies.

Disciplines

Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Gender | Law and Society | Legislation | Torts

Recommended Citation

Eric P. Ebenstein, Criminal and Civil Parental Liability Statutes: Would They Have Saved the 15 Who Died at Columbine?, 7 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 1 (2000).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol7/iss1/3