Crime: Crime Prevalent In Modern Society

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Crime: Crime Prevalent In Modern Society
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An interview between two people aged 22 and 23 reveals a scenario where the crime begins from childhood. The first interviewee is a lady aged 23. She lived with her mother and sister in Brooklyn, New York City. The lady had a bad experience with her parenting as she explains that her mother and father did not live together despite them being married. This was because the father worked in a different city. The lady says that despite having two parents all alive, she could only meet with the father not more than 2 times a month with instances of not even meeting for a whole month. Her relationship with the mother was not a very bad one, despite the mother failing to follow up her studies. Her relationship with the father was a hostile one and the reasons were that the father used to take on her mother every time, they used to have tough conversations and the father was a frequent smoker and an alcoholic. The father was generally not concerned with the whereabouts of her, except for the mother who knew what the lady was up to.
The lady started her involvement in crime in her teen years, and she confesses that her crimes were picking things from stores and stealing her mother’s money. The reason for stealing the money was to buy snacks and candies. At one point she was caught by the mother while stealing her money and her mother was so mad with her. Not knowing how to handle it, the mother broke into tears. This made the lady know how bad it was to steal money from her mother and decided not to ever do it again. The lady understands well that the end of her stealing would be going to jail and paying fines. She regrets doing these acts as she imagines the risk she was putting on her future life. According to her understanding, if she was caught by police, they would have taken her to school and, pay her fines and get her listened to as a thief. This is not something she would want. She also believed that the justice system was racially biased and that blacks were more mistreated than white. Her wish is that the law should be fair and equal irrespective of the race of the criminal
On her reflection, she attributes her criminal activities to a habit that she developed while young, and that she believes, those who do crime are doing so as a habit. Stealing low-value things would develop into a bigger crime that can make one documented. Getting caught is her biggest worry. She finally decided to stop crime because she realized it was bad and the consequences are dare. She confirms that changing from these behaviors is not an easy thing for everyone but self-decision is key. To some, they have to be arrested and charged by the law. Her crime-free-life dreams are getting a well-paying job so that she can buy herself and her mother a house and still have enough to tour the world with her family.
A second interviewee is 22 years old. When in high school she lived with his parents and there were no incidents of different races as the neighborhood was only for the Chinese. He had a very normal relationship with the parents. While in high school he was already independent and his parents didn&rsquo...