The crime rate among teenager has increased dramatically in many countries. Discuss some possible reasons with this increase and suggest solutions.

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In human developmental progress, adolescence is a tender age prone to either good or bad influences depending on their outside environment and conditions. In many
countries
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it is evident that crimes committed by
teenagers
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increased sharply. Numerous reasons can be attributed to
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problem.
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, in my
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poverty and lack of accessibility to
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education
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two of the main reasons for
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phenomenon.
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, measures should be taken
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eliminating these two challenges in order to decrease the crime rate among
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generation.
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instance
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in Mongolia very high percentage
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of unemployed
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people are not eligible for
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scheme. If they stay unemployed for an extended period it is
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faster for them to become
vulnurable
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vulnerable
. One of the possible steps
government
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can implement is to identify those children from these families and provide them with employment opportunities within the school environment.
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will in turn help
teenagers
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be of assistance to their parents/parent as well as stay in school without having to quit. Another way to solve the problem of inaccessibility to education is to set up a merit system where children from these vulnerable families can upgrade to specialized classes offered at school. In conclusion,
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the successful implementation of
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programs,
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could potentially help reduce the risk
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of
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teenagers
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becoming involved in criminal activities.
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, it will help governments to prevent crime and help
teenagers
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become responsible productive citizens in their respective countries.
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