TEST2_BOOK2_WRITING_PART1 

Essay: Reasons why young people commit crimes  

Criminal behaviour had increased in young aged people and it’s a problem our local 
authorities have to solve in order to life quality improved in every city. Even though, is a 
major issue I think is important to take some time in understanding what is behind these 
young people committing crimes. Is the absence of opportunities in life the main reason or 
it´s the peer pressure the biggest influence these teens have?  

In the one hand, as far as I am concerned, poverty and lack of opportunities are the 
reason why young people spend more time in the streets and here’s where the issue starts. 
For instants, here in Spain, there’s a situation going on for a while which involved MENAS 
(foreign ​una​ccompanie​d minors​). These kids come to Spain looking forward life 
opportunities. In contrast to this idea, they end up in minors centres which are not prepared 
to look after this amount of adolescents. As a result of this, these young people started to 
commit crimes like stealing some local shop and scaring the neighbours. This situation, in 
my opinion, will change if they were getting opportunities such as small jobs or founding 
help to study a degree.  

In the other hand, I also think this MENA situation involved the peer pressure they 
are under. These young people who came into the country, immediately after they arrived, 
are involved with teenagers who have overcome difficult situations. These teenagers often 
tend to commit crimes and encourage others to join them.  

To brief, even if I used the example of foreign kids, this is a common situation today 
which is not depending on the country of birth. Still, I think we all can agree in one thing: 
lack of opportunities is getting these adolescents believe committing crimes is a solution 
and the influence of friends is aggravating this problem, transforming an individual issue 
into a plural one.