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Neighborhood characteristics and TV viewing in youth: Nothing to do but watch TV? (Timperio, Salmon, Ball, te Velde, Brug & Crawford, 2012) conveys the detrimental impact that too much television exposure has on youths. Timperio, Salmon, Ball, te Velde, Brug and Crawford also express the need for more recreational activities and facilities in many neighborhoods with a high rate of youth crime. Furthermore, the effects of more recreational activities available for youths have been revealed to have a more positive impact on their behavior.
Effective community based supervision of young offenders (Trotter, 2012) explores how the effective supervision and development of personal skills in youths has a much more positive effect on the rates of reoffending. Intervening in youth behavioral issues has had a significantly more positive impact on their behavior. Additionally, Trotter expresses how rehabilitating these youth offenders is a much more helpful tactic than placing blame on them.
Both articles have presented facts and figures to prove that youth crime is heavily influenced by many social and personal factors. The critical concepts developed in Youth and Crime (Martin, 2012) have connected with the issues raised in both of the articles.

Timperio, Salmon, Ball, te Velde, Brug & Crawford support the theories that youth delinquency and behavioral issues can be linked directly to their lack of recreational activity, the safety and social class (perceived) of their neighborhood, and most importantly, the number of hours spent in front of the TV. Statistics gathered reveal that youths and adolescents spend on average 2.6 hours in front of the TV every day (Biddle, Gor...

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...ics, while related to youth crime, are quite different. Timperio, Salmon, Ball, te Velde, Brug & Crawford discuss the effects of too much TV exposure, and Trotter praises the rehabilitation of young offenders. Finally, the research conducted took place in two different locations. The difference in location can affect the results of the research.
It was found that the two articles aforementioned have collected accurate data that enables the readers to understand the importance of effective supervision of youths in order to prevent youth crimes or the possibility of youth offenders reoffending. Both articles have provided relevant discussions that enable their readers to comprehend the impact that their findings will have on the future of youth crime rates. They conclude that youth crime rates need to decrease significantly in order to give youths a brighter future.

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