Questão 882557

1 In Hollywood, a typical medium-sized town in the

American state of Florida, the Police Department (PD)

values the development of its community’s youth. The

4 agency recognizes the importance of raising young people

to become upstanding, law-abiding citizens. The town

serves as home to over 20,000 youth, some of whom live

7 in underprivileged areas and need positive role models.

Officers identified this hardship and began making

a difference in many kids’ lives when the department

10 established its Cops Mentoring Kids program during the

2015-2016 academic year. This initiative connects police

officers who serve as mentors with at-risk students in local

13 schools.

Mentoring provides an avenue to change future

generations’ mind-sets. Countering and preventing

16 recruitment efforts by criminal organizations should

concern everyone. Adolescents trying to find their place in

the world become most vulnerable to enticement by these

19 groups. Building young people’s self-esteem and values

provides resilience against criminal predators’

misguidance.

Internet: < https://leb.fbi.gov> (adapted).

Based on the text presented above, judge the following items.

It can be concluded from the text that working to raise young people’s self-esteem and values is a way to stop these people from becoming criminals.