Research has shown that in neighborhoods where there is high rate of divorce, residential turnover, temporary people with no roots in the community, single parent families and poverty, the incidence of juvenile violence and crimes is high. ... The parents have to worry about having a place to live, putting food on the table, clothing their children, and hearing their children complain about what they want, what they can't get, and how their friend's parents buy it for them, etc. ... Most of all the willingness of residents to intervene for the common good reduces violence in t...

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