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Causes of Juvenile Crime and Solutions
The increasingly high rates of juvenile delinquency are a great problem in modern society. More and more people are paying
special attention to it. There are mainly three causes of this problem-the negative influence of mass media, young people s
tendency to be rebellious and high divorce rates.
The first reason of the high rates of juvenile delinquency is the negative influence of commercialized mass media. Publishers of
books or programme producers are more concerned with profits than with the quality. Thus books or movies may have
negative effects on children. Taken obscene books and violence movies as examples. They are very dangerous to children.
Once the children are exposed to violence or bad and dirty ideas are introduced into their mind, there will be lifelong harm.
Some young children watch hours of murders, fights and crimes every week, with no adult to tell them that life is not like that
most of them. The effect of the heavy does of violence is to suggest to children that violence is an ordinary way of life, and that
shooting and cheating are ways to succeed. Such a misbelief usually leads them to a wrong way in near future.
The second reason of high rates of juvenile crime is that modern youth are more revolutionary and more independent that the
elder generation. When this tendency goes to an extreme, problems arise. Some of the young want to throw away all the
traditional principles and beliefs, most of which are very good for self-cultivation. They are reluctant to listen to the advice from
elder generation. If they behave in the way as they like, they might commit crimes without realizing it.
The third significant factor of juvenile crime is the increasing number of single-parent families. Studies show that
juvenile-delinquency rates are twice as high for youngsters from single-parent homes as for those in traditional households.