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by Joi Willis, 13, Fort Worth TX

“What do you think are at least three major factors that cause crimes and three factors that could reduce crime in a given neighborhood?”

#1 Dysfunctional Family- A dysfunctional family can affect anyone in the family because it can show abandonment of the person or child. Abuse can cause crime because of all the hurt that someone puts the child or a person through. So to reduce that parents can go through a parenting program to help them raise a child properly. 

#2 Peer Pressure-Peer Pressure can easily cause crime because there might be a person who wants to be in a group and they have to do something to prove themselves like take a drug or take a hit on a vape, ETC.Sp to reduce that is to SAY NO!!, move away from the situation, and go tell a TRUSTED ADULT.

#3 Drugs- Drugs can cause crimes because drugs cause people to assault someone. It can be sexual assault, verbal assault, or aggravated assault there are many different types of assaults and all of those are examples of domestic violence. Someone could take a drug and cause a crash. They can either be driving and not paying attention to their surroundings. Or they might be high and walking but walk into the street and cars crash. To reduce this they need to make law enforcement more prevalent in our communities. Those who have been in prison create a plan for them while they are incarcerated to help them stay out of trouble.