An Afflicting Evil

On the tenth of September, a group of teens was caught after having stolen ten thousand dollars from a HSBC branch located in Long Island, the United States. Just one week earlier, another gang of teenagers escaped from the police after stealing two autos in the Big Apple. Local authorities are too worried about this situation of lack of peace and order on the streets. Juvenile crime, an evil afflicting our society, is growing. This kind of crime is caused mainly by one’s problems, family and social environment.

To begin with, juvenile delinquency is a result of personal problems. One of the main factors leading teenagers to get involved in illegal practices is the lack of emotional stability that generates aggressive impulses. This kind of mental illness results in unstable affection. These people often experience negative influences like problems with anger and anger expression. As a result, other people become the object of hate and contempt, and they end up destroying their relationships. For example, in a junior high school there was a female student suffering this mental illness. She enjoyed the company of one of her female classmates; in fact she wanted to spend the whole time with her. However, it so happened that one day the friend refused an invitation from this girl. As a result, the girl could not take it, and became absolutely distant from her friend. Likewise, emotional stability can lead to committing crimes in the form of theft or violence.

Secondly, the family and its situation can be a cause of juvenile crime. The first reason why this problem is rooted at home is that parents fail to provide a good education for their children. These kids cannot distinguish between good and evil; and therefore, they step over the red line between a worthy and a pitiable life even without being aware of it. For example, kids who have not received education regarding alcohol drinking may end up drinking a lot. Since they are under the influence of alcohol, drunkards are likely to commit crimes even without realizing what they are doing. Besides, youth delinquency stems from the need to escape from a hard financial condition experienced by the family. For example, there are boys who grow in homes where often there is nothing to eat. Because of that, these boys will go out to look for something to bite no matters whether the means are licit or not; it is just a matter of survival.

Last but not least, the society in which one lives is a main factor of juvenile crime. Many kids have started to commit crimes because of the influence from friends who are involved in criminal acts. When one is young, friendship is everything. For this reason, if someone is invited by his friend to commit a crime, it would be too difficult for him to refuse. Moreover, it is the desire for social acceptance when one lives in a criminal environment what thrusts teens into the criminal world. Everybody wants to have friends and feel accepted in his environment; that is why it does not matter if crimes have to be committed in order to attain this goal. For example, there are high schools in poor districts where a boy is bullied if is not involved in some kind of crime. The reason for this is that he is seen as lacking braveness and guts. This reason obviously does not make sense to a normal person, but this is how uneducated people who have grown up in a criminal environment think. As a result kids under this pressure are pushed into evil actions.