Write about the following topic: The crime rate among teenagers has increased dramatically in many countries. Discuss some possible reasons for this increase and suggest solutions. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

There has been a rise in teenage social vices in various nations.

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essay seeks to state some reasons for

this

and provide tentative solutions to deal with the problem at hand.

Firstly

,

busy

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parental working lifestyle is the major factor that promotes teenage crime. Parents limit caring for their

children

to provision

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for

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their needs and tend to spend less time with them to know their attitudes harnessing from the long working schedules they have. Sir Albert Rov's research on why

children

who receive all the material things they require end up as social vices revealed they

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lack

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of parental nurturing.

Secondly

, peer pressure is another perpetuating factor. A proven fact shows that adolescents are

likely

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to copy

behaviours

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the behaviours

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of their friends compared to adults. To illustrate

this

, I recall my senior from junior high

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who ended

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up as an armed robber because he learnt the robbery habit from some friends who lived lavish lifestyles that caught his eye and

was

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pleasing to him.

Finally

, exposure to violent scenes on our screens

poises

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poses

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a danger for

children

to want to act out what they have learnt from these.

For example

, when the pupil who was involved in the Techiman school shooting was interrogated as to why he

did

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pulled the trigger, he said it was

as a result

of some movies he had seen severally and thought it was wise to act on it. These reasons are obviously remediable. Despite the above problems, the following are some proposed solutions to combat

such

a situation.

To begin

with, partners hoping to procreate should be given education on parenting.

This

can be via the media on radio and television sets

as well as

during marriage

counseling

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counselling

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. They should be made aware nurturing

children

is key to the development of a nation.

Also

, caretakers should be more involved in the lives of the youth. Teachers and parents should question the type of associations or companies their

children

keep and advise them appropriately if they sense any doom.

Lastly

, media houses should clearly label the screen contents as

children

or adult programs and a scrutiny measure should be made available before accessing various programs that are showcased. All these will go a long way to salvage the rise in crime among teenagers.