A 5 page speech that presents the problem of juvenile crime as an outcome of the breakdown of the family structure and their resultant lack of direction and moral character of the youth. It looks at the scenario of family disintegration and the effects on the moral character of today's youth. What can we do about it? The speech takes a quick look at what measures of been tried in the past, states a proposal that has been suggested by President Clinton and outlines a new and radical proposal of re-investing in the space program. The bibliography lists 5 sources.
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away from any possession and knew it would still be there when you returned? When was the last time you walked alone after dark? Many of these once common activities
are no longer done. Why? Fear. Fear of harm, fear of loss, fear of crime and above all else, fear of the criminal. In this day and age we are
not only afraid to leave our homes, we are afraid that someone out to do us harm will break in, drive by, be waiting in the local McDonalds, standing among
our children at the local school or will even be a member of our own household. Fear. We live in fear. Our constant life of fear is not without good
reason. Though the crime rate in general has decreased in the last five years, the rate for juvenile crime still remains high, and recidivism among youth offenders is still a
recognizable problem (Clinton, 1998). At the same time, the rate at which both adult and juvenile crime has stabilized is much higher than would have been deemed acceptable just
a decade ago, suggesting that while crime rates are stabilizing, they are stabilizing at an all time high (Lacayo, 1998). More frightening still is the intensity of crimes committed
by juveniles. Tragedies such as Jonesboro, Arkansas; Bethel, Alaska and Paducah, Kentucky have shocked the world as young people have violently taken the lives of other young people in shooting
sprees on school grounds (Lacayo 1998). And theorists suggest that problems like these will continue to increase. The number of juveniles under the age of seventeen will grow to
approximately 74 million by the year 2000, and it is estimated that the number arrested for violent crimes such as murder, robbery and aggravated assault will double the amount reported