n't have much time to get rid of it. The longer one is on the road, the higher their chances are of passing a police car on its regular route. There are many examples like this. The individual needs to know where one of the many chop-shops (illegally run business of disassembling stolen cars and selling the parts) in the city is. Information like that is not disclosed freely. One must associate regularly with people who know these things. Unless one has quite a bit of criminal experience, their illegal expeditions will be hindered very much if they don't live in or regularly visit an area that has a large amount of criminals. Poverty is another issue that can, with the help of family problems, become detrimental to children. Lots of stress is put on parents who live in poverty. In some cases this stress is then taken out on the kids, amplifying the already present conditions of a dysfunctional family. In an area of poverty there are a scarce amount of resources. Many people work very hard in low-paying jobs that are not going anywhere. The defiant individuals look at the adults around them who are stuck in this cycle and make their own assessment. They may decide that they don't want that lifestyle and fight to avoid it. In doing so they may see crime as the only way out of their community. All of these answers lead one to ask the question of what is being done about these problems. It is not as simple as passing a bunch of new laws and strictly enforcing them. According to Gennaro F. Vito, studies prove that enforcing "status laws" (2) among juvenile offenders can actually cause more crimes instead of preventing them. Churches and community leaders in areas of high crime have begun to do things to work with kids. An article in Time magazine told a tale of community leaders who are working to improve these by creating workshops for kids, setting up after school programs, and even organizing summer camps. These programs are teachi...
