Youth Gang Assessment
Youth Gang Assessment
Research Methodology
May 15, 2012
Youth Gang Assessment
There is no definite explanation as to what a youth gang is, however, they are alleged of as a self-formed participation of peers with the appearances of a gang name, identifiable symbols, recognizable leadership, topographical territory, regular meeting pattern, and collective actions to carry out illegal activity. The questions how and why youth gangs are form, who joins then and how violent, are these gangs? (Decker, 2011)
The amount of youngsters that joins gangs varies by area. Surveys establish that 14%-30% of youths become a gang member at some time in their life and are frequently around 12 to 24 years old. The members of these gangs come from a diversity of racial and ethnic backgrounds. There has been a growing of youth gangs since 1980 and a number of cities broadcasting youth gang difficulties continue to increase. (Decker, 2011)
Violence in these youth gang 's increases as the number of gangs and members becomes a lot more. Furthermore, the availability of firearms contributes to an increase in violence. This is due to a sequence of intensifying hostilities between or inside gangs as well as contact to and usage of firearms. The differences frequently include gang member recruitment, spontaneous and emotional defense of one’s distinctiveness as a gang member, neighborhood security and expansion, protecting the principle of the gang, drug wars, and trivial actions of a belligerent nature. (Decker, 2011)
The gangs will go back and forth inciting each other until somebody is killed generating a loop in which one killing validates another. Female gang and crime connection are also expanding. Even though, it is not clear exactly how, but the impression is that it’s part of the general growth in teenage gang participation. Research indicates that gang members are accountable for a great amount of violent crimes. (Decker, 2011)
The primary research question to be defined
Research Methodology
May 15, 2012
Youth Gang Assessment
There is no definite explanation as to what a youth gang is, however, they are alleged of as a self-formed participation of peers with the appearances of a gang name, identifiable symbols, recognizable leadership, topographical territory, regular meeting pattern, and collective actions to carry out illegal activity. The questions how and why youth gangs are form, who joins then and how violent, are these gangs? (Decker, 2011)
The amount of youngsters that joins gangs varies by area. Surveys establish that 14%-30% of youths become a gang member at some time in their life and are frequently around 12 to 24 years old. The members of these gangs come from a diversity of racial and ethnic backgrounds. There has been a growing of youth gangs since 1980 and a number of cities broadcasting youth gang difficulties continue to increase. (Decker, 2011)
Violence in these youth gang 's increases as the number of gangs and members becomes a lot more. Furthermore, the availability of firearms contributes to an increase in violence. This is due to a sequence of intensifying hostilities between or inside gangs as well as contact to and usage of firearms. The differences frequently include gang member recruitment, spontaneous and emotional defense of one’s distinctiveness as a gang member, neighborhood security and expansion, protecting the principle of the gang, drug wars, and trivial actions of a belligerent nature. (Decker, 2011)
The gangs will go back and forth inciting each other until somebody is killed generating a loop in which one killing validates another. Female gang and crime connection are also expanding. Even though, it is not clear exactly how, but the impression is that it’s part of the general growth in teenage gang participation. Research indicates that gang members are accountable for a great amount of violent crimes. (Decker, 2011)
The primary research question to be defined
References: Decker, S. H. (2011). C O L L E C T I V E A N D N O R M A T I V E Decker, S. H. (2001). 8. In C. E. Pope, R. Lovell, & S. G. Brandl (Eds.), Voices From The Field (pp. 160-181). Milwaukee: Wadsworth. F E A T U R E S O F G A N G V I O L E N C E * . Retrieved from http://faculty.cua.edu/sullins/soc371/Decker%20-%20Gang%20Violence.pdf Knox, G. W. (2010). THE FACTS ABOUT GANG LIFE IN AMERICA TODAY: A NATIONAL STUDY OF OVER 4,000 GANG MEMBERS. Retrieved from http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/gfactp.pdf