Instant Access To 100,000+ Essays!

It is hard to say exactly which social problem The Boys and Girls Club tries to alleviate. It is easier to say it is aimed at preventing future social problems. The club tries to offer an alternative to youth crime, gang membership, drugs, and other negative influences that effect today‘s youth. It takes money to run a Boys & Girls Club - on average, about $200 per youth per year. But consider the alternative: keeping a young adult in jail costs taxpayers anywhere from $25,000 to $75,000 per year. Boys and Girls Clubs - a proven delinquency prevention program - are one of the best bargains in America. Juvenile crime is a serious problem throughout the state of Texas. There is a delinquent conduct referral to a juvenile probation department every seven minutes. There is a violent crime referral every hour and a half, a property crime referral every twenty-three minutes, and other delinquent referrals every eleven and a half minutes. The violent crimes reported are homicide, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assaulted, and attempted homicide. The property crimes include burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft. The other delinquent referrals include drug offenses, other felonies and other non-felony offenses. The graphs below