1. The effects of living in an
unsafe neighborhood.
By: Sabrina Covarrubias
March 1, 2013
Orcutt academy High
school
2. • Imagine living in a place where you
wake up in fear from gunshots and
stabbings, being scared of the place
you call your home. Would you even
call it home?
3. where does unsafe neighborhoods lead
our children to?
• High school
dropouts
• Long term
Psychological
problems
4. Unsafe neighborhoods
Effect the future lives
of children because it
leads them to drop
out of high school and
or give them
psychological
problems.
5. Long term psychological
problems
Children who witness
crime and violence
are more likely to
experience social and
emotional problems
such as aggression,
stress, and
withdrawal, as well as
delinquency
(Neighborhood
Safety)
6. Has anyone ever • . A child that was
broken into your born into a bad
house?
neighborhood is
most likely to adapt
to the life style, and
would continue to
yes
No not care what
happened to them.
7. How well do you know your
neighbors?
How well do you • Most people don’t
know your neighbors really know their
100 neighbors as much
80 as they’d like too,
60 How well and sometimes
40 do you
know even should.
20
your
0 neighbor
I don't talk…
very well
well
not at all
s
8. High school dropout
• Growing up in a
poor neighborhood
significantly
reduces the chances
that a child will
graduate from high
school(Arbor).
9. • One of the most
common reasons
why there are high
school dropouts is
because the kids
grow up in an
unsafe
neighborhood.
10. • Children are
dropping out of
high school
because they are
failing to receive
the necessities they
need for school
