A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties.

在任何国家，很大比例的罪行都是十几岁和二十几岁的青年男子所为。

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We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values.

我们需要给误入犯罪歧途的年轻人提供另一套价值观。

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If we encourage our young people to believe in the future, and give them solid evidence for believing we'll find both crime and poverty shrinking to manageable proportions.

如果我们鼓励我们的年轻人对未来充满信心，并为他们的信念提供确凿的证据，我们就会发现犯罪和贫困都将减少到可控的程度。

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"But we have an answer and we feel your pain." (Talking) Abdul Malik says Muslims face a modern challenge beyond shielding their young from traditional dangers like drugs and crime.

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Scarcella, who retired in 2000, has slowed down since his days as a brash young crime fighter.

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Meanwhile, the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) has called for the U.S. Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation into the case to determine if this was a hate crime and, if so, to prosecute the young men under federal hate crime laws.

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"There is still more we have to do to reduce crime among young people, " she added.

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