How can peers influence crime?

Peers can pressure others into risky behavior.

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  2. Peers never affect behavior
  3. Peers can pressure others into risky behavior ✔

Why: Peer pressure can push youth toward risky or criminal behavior, so resisting matters.

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Answer: Peers can pressure others into risky behavior. Peer pressure can push youth toward risky or criminal behavior, so resisting matters.

  1. Scouting America: Crime Prevention www.scouting.org/merit-badges/crime-prevention
    The role that peers play in crime, crime prevention, and experiencing crime
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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