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Good neighborhood or Bad Neighborhoods

By Antoinesha Winslow, 16 years Chicago, Illinois.

Everyone wants to live in a so-called "good neighborhood," Why do some communities have little crime while others have crime incidences every day? What would you do to reduce crime in Chicago if you had multiple resources available to you?

Some communities have little crime while other communities have crime incidences every day because of the people, love, peace, passion, guidance, and respect. You may ask “What do she mean by that?” And I would begin to say some people make horrible decisions, and those decisions end up being crimes. Whether the crimes are Big, Small, targeted, or not the people of the community make them. The majority of the crimes are senseless and uncaused for.

Communities also produce crimes due to the lack of respect and love we show one another. Many communities don’t have lots of crimes due to the respect they give to each other, the love they display, and the peace that is being brought to the community. Little guidance, passion, and peace play a huge role in community crimes as well. After all, most communities with high crime rates lack them because some people aren’t taught those things. Guidance plays a great role in crime increase or decrease in a community because if someone has no guidance they will begin to do things that are horrible and uncaused for. Passion and peace also play a part in communities because if you bring and uphold peace others will do and provide the same. If the people of the community see someone who has a passion for their community, they will gain more passion and others will begin to display their passion for peace as well.

Something I would do to reduce crimes in Chicago is to have a group of people go to every community in Chicago and offer peace classes within the communities of Chicago. A resource I would use is the CPS school districts. I would use this resource by going to every school and doing a weekly community empowerment education class and showing youth how to help form a safe community.