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In many countries crime rates among teenagers are higher than among other groups.What are the causes for this problem and what can be done to solve this?

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The rate of criminal
activities
 among young adults is higher than among other age categories,
this
 is
as
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a result of high unemployment rates, abuse of drugs and living in dangerous environments.
However
, to solve
this
 problem the
government
 and local communities need to provide job and studying
opportunies
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opportunities
, stop the
drug
 problem and provide educational programs among the youth. Countries with higher unemployment rates tend to experience higher crime rates among
teenagers
.
This
 is because when the youth have no jobs to sustain them financially they can end up engaging in
criminial
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criminal
 acts
such
 as robberies and fraudulent behaviours to get money and satisfy their needs and wants even though some of them have guardians and families who look after them.
Moreover
, it has been proved and reported that when youths are under the influence of alcohol and drugs they tend to be more violent and their appetite to break the law will be at its peak.
For
instance
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 many criminal
activities
 that are mostly reported in certain countries are because the victims will be under the influence of toxic substances.
Lastly
,
teenagers
 who are born in cities and homes
were
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where
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there
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they
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 are exposed to a lot of crime
activities
 usually end up following the same pattern. For illustration, if a child is born in a house
were
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where
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 one of their
parent
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parents
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 is abused by the other partner they
also
 grow up and face the same problems in future. Despite these
problems
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 the
government
 and
the
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society can come together to tackle the skyrocketing criminal
activities
 among
teenagers
through
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 increasing
opportunies
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opportunities
 for them. The
government
 should formulate policies that are meant to attract both local and foreign investment thereby boosting employment prospects.
Also
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 it can provide scholarships for the
underpriveledged
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underprivileged
 so that they can go back to school and
quite
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quit
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 criminal
activites
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activities
.
Additionally
, the
government
 should run campaigns and introduce tight laws against both
drug
 cartels and addicts.
For example
 by providing free education on the side effects of drugs in all schools. Criminal rate
tend
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 to be higher in
teenagers
 than in any other age
groups
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group
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 in many countries because of lack of employment, exposure to unfavourable environments and
drug
 abuse
but
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,
however
, the
government
 and ordinary citizens together need to join forces and tackle
this
 problem through boosting job
opportunies
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opportunities
 and banning
drug
 use.
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Task Achievement
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Coherence & Cohesion
Enhance coherence and cohesion by organizing your ideas more effectively. Your essay would benefit from clearer topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph. Also, use a range of cohesive devices to help link ideas together. Overall, a more structured approach to paragraphing will help to present your arguments in a way that's easy to follow.

Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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