Negative Influence Of City Kids

Children – children are affected by crime negatively as they are very easily into manipulating, they can be brought up to be a criminal just from living next to one. Children are a bit more naive so they may not be scared by the loud music and other minor crimes. A result of this is that parents may move them, which will make them move schools and have to adapt to a new environment.

Urban crime is represented, as a key element in the movie, “Mystic River”. It is also very typical for American cities to have higher crime rates than that of rural or suburban areas. Different areas have different cultures and ways of living that directly affect how people mature; in cities distinct cultures exist and segregation based on where people live (or their religion/ethnicity) is quite common. Many people end up living where they grew up which allows corruption to be passed down through the generations. There are a lot of politics and secrets that

Further barriers include the surrounding neighborhoods where the poor grow up. Rarely are there any positive role models for children to observe. Instead, poverty stricken areas are proportionately heavier in crime and drugs (Segal, 2010). In most inner-city impoverished neighborhoods the criminals and drug dealers are the only models

The starting point of violence takes place in communities and at home--not at school. Youth take what they hear and see at home and in their communities to school. The environment in some communities and households are positive and the presences of protective factors outweigh the high risk factors. However, there are communities and households where there is a lack of informal social control and high risk factors exist more than protective factors--, which affect youth in a negative manner.

This neighborhood factor drives children to seek companionship amongst others on the already violent streets and causes them to follow suit. The final factor that may result in violence stems from the individual. For instance, children raised in a bleak and violent environment may develop low self-worth and feel little power over their future. Unable to break the cycle, they become a direct reflection of what they experience in their community and contribute to the ongoing violence.

However, according to that same report from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report for 2011, the violent crime in Phoenix, AZ is at 5.51 and the property crime rate is at 43.98, that is a drastic difference. First of all, population is a key factor why crime is more prevalent in the Phoenix area. Given that, “Surprise is 160 % less densely populated than Phoenix” (Sperling, (2016). Another key point is marriage, the family structure that gives stability to children. “People are 19% more likely to be married in Surprise” (Sperling, (2016). Having a mother and father in the home is very influential for juveniles (potential offenders).

Neighborhoods with higher poverty, ethnic diversity, and population instability are associated with higher rates of crime and delinquency. All of these things contribute to the breakdown of social cohesion and informal social control (O’Brien, 2006), creating an unlikely environment for early childhood development and optimal outcome.

This is highly evident in the city of Chicago and its suburbs because in the inner city in some places the homicide rate is 116/100,000 but in suburbs like Naperville the homicide rate is 1/100,000. So there must be something about the ecological differences in which people live that shapes their choices in the first place. One reason there is a great difference in the rates of crime in places that are so proximal to each other is the norms and beliefs that are upheld in that community. For example, in the inner city many people commit crimes due to the “street culture” that in a way provides an incentive to commit the crime if they want to have the lavish styles that their peers are part of. So in reality, it is difficult to determine a single force that drives a criminal to commit a certain crime. Hence, it has been difficult for the criminal justice system to implement programs and control methods in order to control crime. For example, if the criminal did act on rationality than implementing harsher punishments would deter the criminal from committing the crime. However, this control method has provided mix results and in some cases crime has even gone up more when harsher penalties were implemented. This is partially because some criminals don’t act on just rationality but on uncontrollable forces as well. Finally, there is some criminals that don’t even care about the consequences of committing the crime and only think about the

By law a minor in the U.S is classified as anyone being under the age of 18. Under the law minors are to be cared for by a legal guardian (Adult) that makes decisions that the minor cannot make by themselves. Minors have no control over the environment they grow up in or the things they are exposed to. Within the U.S it is common to find cities that have significantly higher rates of crimes compare to other cities. When examining the statistics of crimes in the U.S there is always a correlation with the economic status of the city and the rate of crime. Impoverish area are often found to be the areas with the most crimes and domestic disturbances. The fact that the minority groups often live in impoverish areas also correlate to what many see as a target on the back for minorities. Can a minor that lives in a crime filled city be blamed for being consumed by the crime they grew up with?

Family environment is one cause that is only analyzed after the violent act has occurred. Most families will refuse to speak to media outlets or admit truths to the police so no one can be completely sure of how the family acted behind closed doors. It is the classic argument of nature versus nurture which research has put to rest, showing that both factors interact and is now a question of to what degree do these two factors interact to produce their effects (Feldman, 2013, p. 293). It is too difficult to get concrete facts and study the environmental effect when dealing with a problem that interacts with another in a way that cannot be measured. Family environment most likely has some sort of effect on the young person who commits this type of crime, but because it cannot be concretely determined, it is a weak

Anderson explains “the kind of home a child comes from influences [them] but does not always determine the way the child will ultimately turn out” (Anderson pg. 68), referring to the powerful influences of friends and the low self-esteem of young people. Growing up in an area where is the not many resources or wealth children are forced to learn the “code” of the streets quickly in order to earn “juice”. often times, any means of earning it, whether it be verbal or physical is supported not only but their peers but also their parents. This “becomes part of their working conception of the world, so that by the time they reach adulthood, it has emerged as an important element of public social order” (Anderson pg. 69). With little to no repercussions or negative attitudes toward this way of life they often engage in criminal activities such as theft, assault, aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and much

In popular media its common to see children being influenced by many things around them, including what kind of environment they are grown up in. Socioeconomic status can be a huge influence on a child’s upbringing, in either a positive or negative way. A high socioeconomic status produces a better child according to most people because they have factors that include; social connections, good employment, and a happy family. These are the types of factors that will definitely reduce a child from engaging in violent behaviour as he/she gets older. A low socioeconomic status affects the child in a negative way and the likelihood of committing a violent crime is increased, due to factors such as child abuse, anger, weak social ties. Why? It is these two variables that will be discussed in the report how one affects another so social researchers can explain why this occurs in communities.

     Some causes for conduct in adolescents are no discipline, unstructured discipline and a broken home. A broken home is one of the factors that can produce a delinquent child. A broken home reduces the opportunity for creating a strong attachment between child and parents and that reduces the parent’s ability to condition the child. Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile crime focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous delinquent acts or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others.

There are four top social risk factors believed for the involvement of crime. Parental behavior plays a large role in a child’s risk of involvement of crime because of the parent’s influence on a child’s development (“Social Risk Factors for Involvement of Crime”). Poor parenting in supervision, maltreatment of a child, or if the parent is a

Many parents ask themselves a question whether there is a difference in raising their children in urban or rural areas. And therefore, what are the advantages and disadvantages of rural and urban environment. The life quality is one of the major factors to consider while comparing rural and urban living. That is why the main task to be made when talking about advantages and disadvantages of urban versus rural life is evaluating such important factors as health and employment possibilities, presents and quality of educational institutions, coast of living, diversity, choice issues, etc. Although, rural environment offer a wide range of benefits, the urban environment has much more to offer children and their caregivers.