Leading Causes Behind Youth Getting Involved in Juvenile Crime. Attorney Matthew Brown from Combs Waterkotte answers “What are the leading causes behind youth getting involved in juvenile crime?”
Jessica Ambuehl: So let’s talk about the leading causes of youth getting involved in juvenile crime.
Matt Brown: I think it certainly varies by the area, where you live and where you’re from.
Oftentimes I have found that that juveniles that I’ve represented, maybe don’t have a positive role model. They hang out with the wrong people, bad peer influence, just don’t have somebody to look up to to provide that type of guidance.
And that’s certainly not the case in every single situation. I just think oftentimes, juveniles are missing that kind of guiding hand. They just start off down the wrong path, they get involved with people who are doing the same things, and it just kind of snowballs from there.
Jessica Ambuehl: Have you found that your work with them helps them see that some of those choices led to where they are?
Matt Brown: I hope so. One thing that I always pride myself on and that we pride ourselves on at Combs Waterkotte is – I tell all my clients, “I hope you never have to call me again.”
What I mean by that is I hope I provided you not only with the outcome that you want, but the tools and the resources and the knowledge to not have to continue to go down that path. [We] hopefully provided that guidance to make you want to turn the corner, stop going down the path that you’re on, and give you that hope that you realize, “Hey, I don’t have to continue to do this. I can aspire to be something else. I don’t have to do what everybody else is doing.”
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