In today’s changing world there are many factors that affect the Delinquency of Crime has become a major pastime for a large amount of today’s youth. Someof the causes of this troubling problem are poverty, lack of activities, and mental issues. With every problem there is a solution, there is a constant battle in trying to find theperfect solution to help contribute to delinquency. We haven’t found that solution, but wehave some answers to help contain the problem. An example, would be educationalprograms, such as D.A.R.E. D.A.R.E was a program set up by schools and local lawenforcement, that allows Local Law Enforcement to educate students on what happenswhen u abuse drugs, what the penalties are, and how you as an individual can help avoidbeing pressured into drug abuse. Programs like the dare program gave students an upperhand by giving them the knowledge they need to avoid making the wrong choices. Another example of solutions to delinquency would be more parent involvement withtheir children. Allot of times parents do not reinforce what is right or wrong or theparents maybe to busy to sit down and talk to their kids to find out what is going on intheir lives. If parents would make time out with their kids, and talk about what is goingon in their children’s lives, they may be able to help prevent them from making anymistakes. An example would be hanging out with the wrong crowd or running the streetslate at night. Also I think in today’s society parents are allot less lenient in punishing theirkids. If parents could punish their kids and reinforce what they say, maybe this will tell thechild “Hey this is wrong, if I do this, I will get punished”. Reinforcing rules andregulations help youth stay on a steady path. Its hard growing up in the teen years, tryingto fit in or do what is cool, but whatever they choose, they will know the consequences oftheir actions because someon...
