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The company an adolescent keeps, particularly when it comes to drugs and criminal activity, affects bad behavior. Right? It all depends, according to a new Northwestern University study. Neighborhood violence and territorial boundaries were likely to be part of the dynamics affecting the bad behavior of the kids who were negatively influenced. Kids from such neighborhoods often don't have the power to find other friends or leave their friendship groups to avoid negative peer pressure.

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