Powell, professor of law and director of the Kirwin Institute, "Concentrated poverty happens when more then 40 percent of a community lies below the (federally defined) poverty level. ... In many cases, after being incarcerated, the individual returns to the same living conditions. ... Many, unable to find jobs and barred by law from living in public housing, quickly return to crime. ...

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Juvenile delinquency is defined as the habitual committing of criminal acts or offenses by a young person, especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible. ... Living in poverty is another causation for female juvenile delinquency. In 2013, 20.0 percent of females under the age of 18 lived in poverty, whereas 19.8 males living in poverty. ...

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