In the article Hopelessness and risk behaviour among adolescents living in high-poverty inner-city neighbourhoods (2003) John M. Bolland discuses how living in a poverty-stricken neighborhood can cause poor mentality in the youth that live there. Bolland supports his thesis by providing the results of surveys done on adolescents in poverty filled neighborhoods. Bolland’s purpose is to inform people of the effect that poverty can have on adolescents in order to influence change. Bolland establishes an informative relationship with his audience of teachers, psychologists, therapists, and people in government.
When living in a poverty-stricken neighborhood it is hard for young teens to imagine a better life for themselves since they feel as though
When living in a poverty-stricken neighborhood it is hard for young teens to imagine a better life for themselves since they feel as though