"...isn't the way a community should be"

Young people may get involved in theft due to a lack of food, money and a variety of everyday necessities. Crime has an effect on young people more than most. For example they could have a lot of pressure on them to "fit in" so if it becomes normal for gangs of youths to run around the streets drinking, buying or selling drugs and carrying knifes then the mentality among young people will be "if my pals are doing it why shouldn't I?"

I believe drug related crime has a serious effect on my community's health as drug dealers can hold a terrifying grip on a community gaining power and control by using scare tactics to keep people in a state of terror, prevent them  from reporting their activities, loaning people drugs to  keep them in debt and to threatening anyone that tries to  remove  this kind of  activity from their community. This is not healthy for a community to live in a constant state of fear because it can lead to people being paranoid and cause members of the community to experience anxiety. The crime rate for Castlemilk in 2017 was 133 compared to the national average of 30.5 which is four times the average in a small area. These statistics are from the neighbourhood health profiles that we studied during the course. In my opinion this would come as no shock to anyone living in Castlemilk but isn't the way a community should be.