Over the last few decades, many cities
around the world have seen alarming
increases in the levels of youth
crime. This essay will discuss the reasons for this and provide some
possible solutions.
The
first reason is connected with the
family. In order for a child to grow up in a balanced way, it is very important that he or she is nurtured
well by his or her parents. However, these
days, it is often the case that children
are neglected. This may be because
of the fact that many parents in cities
now both have to work so are often not around to give their children support when needed. Another factor is the increasing levels of poverty around
the world. We have seen with
globalization the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and this inevitably
means that those who are poorer will have to resort to illegal means to get
what others have. Of course, this will include
the children in the poorer families.
However,
there are ways to tackle such problems.
Firstly, one of the ways to combat the
problem is to have stricter
punishments.
Although, as discussed above, it can be outside factors
that lead to crime, it is still important
to have severe punishments to deter teenagers from crime. All too often,
because they are young, the courts are too
lenient. Parents also have to take more responsibility for their children’s
actions. They too should be punished if their
children commit crime.
To
sum up, several factors have led to
increases in youth crime, but
measures are available to tackle this problem.
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