In the article " Study: Teens who expect to die young are more likely to commit crime", many kids have grown up around gangs, drugs, and violence. Many of these kids do not believe they will make it past the age of 20. They have been lead to do things like dealing marijuana to others illegally. Some kids believe they will live to a range of 16-200 years. These children believe they will be either dead or in jail because of the influence they are under in these conditions. In the article, it states, "We all like to think we can outsmart the system, but it never works out that way,” Henderson said. “We all end up in jail or dead. I always thought it would be much better to be dead than in jail.” This is one of the many problems these youth face.These
