Violence and crime

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 Crime has made a huge impact on childrens’ psychological development
 Those who feel unsafe at school perform worse academically
 Some are even involved in drug use and delinquency
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 Crime has made children fearful
 impeding their learning and compromises
 their ability to the benefit from educational opportunities

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 Violence needs to stop
 It is a cognitive distraction
 The impact of crime and violence on children has become a disruption
 A nightmare; and to a child's education an obstruction
 
Crime and violence is causing distress
 If it goes on the distress might be hard to repress