EPQ title help 'why so many young people in care commit crime'

Hi all, currently trying to start my epq and i have been signed off on part A & B.
My current working question/title is 'why do so many young people in care commit crime?' however i feel like i need to make my question more specific and im struggling. I also know the question needs to be reworded. Any ideas of how i could improve it?

Have you considered factors like socioeconomic background? Upbringing? Access to services (youth centres etc)??

Heya, I have considered them along with things like trauma, influence from peers within the home. Im just struggling to word them into my research question

Hi Mollyc0588,
I find your research focus very fascinating! It is indeed a good idea to make it as specific as possible as it also enables you to have a clearer direction both with the literature review (if you have not already conducted it as part of the previous steps you have mentioned - I'm not totally sure what they entail as I did not study in the UK before university) and your own research.
Also, are you conducting primary or secondary research? Are you looking at foster care, mental health care or young individuals with disabilities in institutional care? Are you using quantitative or qualitative methods? Is the literature you are looking at mainly quantitative, qualitative, mixed, anecdotal, historical etc? These factors will also influence the best way you should pose and word your research question.
As spoken about above, taking into consideration the influence of socioeconomic background (being in care is also a socioeconomic background), age, gender, cultural factors will also help put your research in a clear direction. Such as, 'why this and this demographic seems to be more involved in this and this kind of criminal activity in this and this country/region/area?'
If you could clear these up, it will be easier to think about the specifics of the research question (do you only need one or more rq-s?).
Last but not least, you are off to a very good start and well done for choosing this difficult, most probably understudied but so crucially important topic to research!
Viki
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3rd year BSc Psychology and Sociology Student
University of Suffolk

What factors push young people in care to commit crime?
To what extent does placement in the care system lead to more crime?
Obviously these are just something that I've thought about for a minute or two, but think about how you could potentially adapt this