It is my belief that juvenile crime is a problem that needs a lot of attention. I don't think that we need to pay attention to it because of growing numbers, but I think that we need to pay attention to it because it is a problem that can be solved just by a little extra effort.
             Too many people are quick to say that the problems caused by juvenile crime is directly related to the juvenile. What about their surroundings. I believe that there are definitely some juveniles who have committed crime just for the cause of committing a crime. There are also some children who are committing crimes that are truly doing it out of necessity or are just troubled.
             One step I think that society could take towards preventing some of these juveniles from committing "unnecessary" crimes is an idea that I saw in one of our readings, "Peace in the Streets".
             Geoffrey Canada suggests that we try our hardest to "reduce the prevalence of domestic and child abuse and neglect"(Goshgarian p474). There are too many children seeing their parents fight in the home. First, if a child sees their parents beating on eachother, they will copy it. Think about when you were a child, you copied and did what you parents did. I am not saying that if a child goes out and hits other kids that he is going to be influenced into crime, all children hit eachother, but it is whether or not they know it is wrong. Certainly a childs first influence and role model is his or her parents, so lets start there. Another problem that goes along with the abuse among parents is the home life itself. Most likely the fighting will lead to some sort of separation between the parents. This also in most cases leaves a mother with the child who has to now support herself and a child with only one source of income. Now we have all heard the stories in the newspaper, or on t!
             he news, where police find 5 kids living in a house with nearly an
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