The crime rate among teenagers has increased dramatically in many countries. Why is this happening and what can be done to reduce it?

The prevalence of crimes cannot be completely

avoided but

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avoided, but

there has been a great upsurge in the

rate

of immoralities among young adults in numerous nations. While

this

could be due to lack of parental care as well as familial poverty, it can be brought down to a minimum by interventions from the government.

Firstly

, lack of parental care is the major culprit in teenage crimes. According to a survey conducted by the Society of Family Health, divorce

rate

over the past decade has experienced an increment by forty-five percent, and children from these homes are most times left to shuttle between living with different relatives at different points, so they

most often

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more often

than not are not given the proper parental guidance they deserve,

hence

get introduced to crimes by peers.

In addition

to

this

is the poverty

rate

of many families. School fees cannot be afforded by many parents forcing children out of

school thereby

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school, thereby

exposing them to evil communications and

as a result

engage in criminal acts. The solutions to

this

problem lies solely in the hand of the government as only

them

people in general

they

can sensitize parents and encourage activities between couples which can reduce divorce rates and

also

pass and enforce bills

such

that education for children until university degree stage will be free thereby keeping them out of the street. In conclusion, the tremendous increment in the

rate

of immoralities among adolescents in many countries

are caused

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is caused

by the lack of parental care and increased poverty rates

of

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for

families and

this

could be kept in check by sensitizing parents

hence

reducing divorce rates and

also

providing free education for teenagers.