Good Speech “Increasing crime among the youth”

The significant rise in crime among the youth is alarming and is a big concern to the governments across the world. What are the reasons and solutions?

Increasing crime can be considered a hidden curse behind the boon of advancement in technology. It is even more shocking to know that the ratio of youngsters involved in crime is very high. The entire blame cannot be put on youth for this situation. A lot of factors are needed to be considered.

Many young people are found overambitious and want to achieve their goals in short time. They do not hesitate to take short cuts to earn quick money. They are quite immature and can be easily trapped by someone. Increasing poverty, unemployment and competition is causing frustration and hopelessness among the young people. This also sometimes forces them to take wrong steps. Bad company or negative influences from friend circle are sometimes responsible for the loss of moral values in young people and in turn, lead to committing crime. Many times watching of poor-quality programmes also influences their psyche. Often a free culture is responsible for the abnormal psyche of the youth. Incidents of school shootouts are quite common in developed countries like USA. Just two years back, a massacre happened in Virginia, USA, where a student killed around 30 people in the university.

I feel as parents play a major role in upbringing, they should start teaching their child moral values right from its childhood so that it becomes well aware of the right and wrong. Next comes the responsibility of the schools where they should keep regular counselling sessions for the betterment of students’ future. Government should also try and reduce unemployment and poverty, which are the root causes.

In this way, if combined efforts are made to channel the youth in proper direction, they can become a driving force and push the nation to newer heights. After all, we all can expect a better tomorrow if the youth is in right spirits.