Youth Crime In Easterhouse

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Youth Crime In Easterhouse

• By
• Nicola Stevenson

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Reasons for crime

• Poverty
• Deprivation
• Drugs
• Alcohol
• Gangs
• Peer pressure

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Poverty

• Poverty is a major factor in crime
• The main problem is that it is a vicious circle
• If you are brought up in a family that is living
  in poverty it is very hard to break the mould
• In Easterhouse there are council estates where
  there are many families living in poverty

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Deprivation

• Referring back to poverty in Easterhouse
• Deprivation is also a big problem which leads to
  people especially teenagers turning to petty
  crime such as shoplifting to get the latest
  mobile phone or the latest fashion
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Drugs(page 1)

• Drugs is also a problem
• Especially with the young community
• The drugs problem is manly caused by curiosity
  and boredom
• Teenagers will just try anything if it is
  exciting and unfortunately drugs falls under that
  category

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Drugs (page 2)

• As a result of the rise in teenage misuse of
  drugs the crime figures have increased on crimes
  such as theft
• This is due to offenders stealing to pay for
  there very expensive habit and with many users
  already living in poverty this is there only way
  of getter there next Hit

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Alcohol(page 1)

• Alcohol is a major problem across Scotland not
  just in Easterhouse
• This has also sparked off a big problem with
  underage drinking
• In Easterhouse there are many off-licences within
  the estates and so there is a greater temptation
  to drink
• Many of the youth simply get older
  brother/sisters or friends to buy them drink

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Alcohol (page 2)

• Once the teenagers have the drink they usually
  consume it on street corners on in parks
• This may end up with the offenders being issued
  with ASBOs ( Anti Social Behaviour Orders)
• This then means they have a criminal record which
  as a result starts the vicious circle again
  because having a record may mean they will find
  it hard to get a good job and earn money

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What is a ASBOs?

• An ASBO is a Anti Social Behaviour Order
• You can be given an ASBO under the grounds of
  Loitering
• Underage drinking
• Vandalism
• Breech of the Pease
• As well as many other offences
• In easterhouse there is a high number of youths
  with these orders

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In Conclusion

• The current situation in Easterhouse is getting
  better but there is still is a lot to do
• The government are trying to tackle this problem
  not just in Easterhouse but across Scotland
• By implementing measures such as community
  wardens which has been piloted in Scotland
• Where these officers have been put in place the
  figures on crime have decreased by 15 which has
  to be a step in the right direction!

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• Thank-you for taking time to watch my PowerPoint
• Nicola Stevenson