How to reduce crime and illegal activities? Can we able save our next generation
The more affluent a neighborhood is the less violent crime they have. Without a doubt there seems to be correlation between poverty and crime. Most poverty is in the U.S. is rooted in making BAD choices in life such as not finishing school, unplanned pregnancies, choosing the wrong mate for oneself, associating with criminals in an effort to find a "short-cut" to prosperity that doesn't involve getting an education or hard work, lacking ambition or desire to have more than the minimum the government will provide welfare recipients.
In a "free society" you can't stop people from making bad choices!
The less money a person has the more tempted they are to commit desperate acts. Two people working minimum wage jobs without having any children are likely to escape poverty over time if they are savers and determined to better themselves for job advancement.
Having said that there will always be some people who commit "crimes of passion" or suffer from a form of mental illness that causes violence. There will also always be people looking to "get rich fast".
Witnessing drug dealers, pimps, and gangsters with wads of cash, nice cars, and hot looking women, can be much more alluring to a poor teenage boy than working at McDonalds, Burger King, or KFC.
(1) Obtain a high level of education & get a job which is in demand. Brand yourself. Studies show that educational levels correlates to subsequent socioeconomic levels. Higher educational levels in many cases translates into higher incomes. There is a strong correlation between poverty & crime. Poor neighborhoods are associated w/high crime areas.
(2) Adopt an achievement & success mentality. Don't associate w/those who don't espouse achievement & success. Let's go further than disassociation w/such people, disown & cut them off from your life. Such negative people will only prevent you from achieving your highest potential.
(3) Don't have children until one is established educationally & career-wise. Smart, educated people don't marry & have children until their 30s; at this time, they have explored lifestyle options & by their 30s, they know who they want relationship-wise. Also by their 30s, they are established in their careers. Studies also show that parents in their 30s are more affluent, settled, & educated than those who marry younger.
(4) Have a SMALL family of 1-2 children. Children from small families have individualized parental attention. They also have more sociocultural, educational, & socioeconomic opportunities. They are also more affluent & unlikely to be poor. Children who spend time w/their parents aren't subject to delinquent & criminal behavior as opposed to children who don't have access to their parents. Studies show that children from large families who don't have access to their parents are more likely to be delinquents & indulge in other criminal behavior because there is no parental involvement in the home. In essence, DON'T HAVE LARGE FAMILIES. Large families have always been associate w/poverty & its pathologies such as crime. Criminal behavior is more prevalent among children who come from large families for many reasons: poverty, no access to cultural activities, no parental attention/supervision, to get attention, & to obtain things that they can't obtain at home.
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