ABSTRACT Gang violence is a serious problem in USA‚ and no one is immune from the impact that gangs and youth violence can have on a community. Today‚ the gangs and the aspects of the violence they attract‚ draw young people from all walks of life‚ socio-economic backgrounds‚ races and ethnic groups. Youth violence is a problem not only for law enforcement but also for the community. Drive-by shootings‚ carjacking‚ home invasions and the loss of innocent life have become too frequent‚ destroying
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Gangs constitute one of the greatest threats to public safety. gangs contribute to 48% of crime in cities. Gangs should have stiffer penalties. Laws are too weak to scare off and oppose gangs and their members. Cities should sue and bid to make laws to stop the violence. Many kids and teens are joining gangs. Laws are weak in the face of rising gangs. Gangs have existed in the U.S. since the time of the American Revolution. It costs taxpayers five times more to incarcerate a child than to educate
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Gang Resistance Education and Training Program Alian Cruz CRJ 305: Crime Prevention Ann Meek 08 OCT‚ 2011 For my final paper I am going to talk about a program that in my eyes is a great way for our youth to receive different views and healthy choices when it comes to avoiding and confronting gangs or gang members. Gang Resistance Education and Training‚ abbreviated G.R.E.A.T.‚ and provides a school-based‚ police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning
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Youth Gangs Push and Pull Factors Arjun Sharma SOC101Y Friday‚ November 23‚ 2012 Ms. Fulton Youth Gangs Push and Pull factors in America What influences youth to join and leave gangs in America? This essay strives to seek and inquire an answer or explanation to this question. I will try to approach the answer to this question by analyzing the biggest factors of it such as the influence of social institutions‚ psychological behaviour‚ media and many more to determine the push and pull factors
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Chicano Gangs What is a gang? The California Law defines a gang as any organization‚ association or group of three or more persons‚ whether formal or informal‚ which as continuity of purpose‚ seeks a group identity‚ and has members who individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal activity. Chicano gang involvement begins as early as elementary school. Children just seven and eight years old are being enlisted because of the difference in the punishment for youths
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Reducing and Preventing Gang Violence Once an urban problem‚ street gangs have now infiltrated U.S. communities large and small throughout the country. According to the U.S. Justice Department‚ about 30‚000 gangs with around 800‚000 members operate in the United States. While experts agree gangs are more persistent than ever‚ few agree on a remedy (Triplett 1). There have been many attempts and ways that were put into the reducing of gang violence but it still remains to be a huge problem. Therefore
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Running Head: SECURITY THREAT GROUPS/GANGS IN PRISONS Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons Nicole Sage Kaplan University CJ130-03 Nancy Thode January 18‚ 2011 Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons In our prison systems today‚ many different gangs pose a threat to our correctional staff and other inmates. In the United States‚ gangs exist in forty of the fifty states. These gangs bring violence‚ drug trafficking and racial unrest to our correctional system. The Aryan Brotherhood
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Why Do Kids Join Gangs? Factors motivating kids to join gangs vary individual to individual. A multitude of social and economic reasons can be involved. Power‚ status‚ security‚ friendship‚ family substitute‚ economic profit‚ substance abuse influences‚ and numerous other factors can influence kids to join gangs. Gang members also cross all socio-economic backgrounds and boundaries regardless of age‚ sex‚ race‚ economic status‚ and academic achievement. Each case must be evaluated on an
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Not only in the past but in today society the term "gang" is a hard word to define‚ because "No two gangs are alike" (Mays & Winfree‚ 2006‚ 313) The National Institute of Justice report adopted the the definition of street gangs as "groups of youths and young adults who have engaged in a sufficient amount of antisocial activity to warrant attention by the criminal justice system." however to add on to that definition‚ the law enforcement uses the definition " an ongoing‚ organized association of
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Gangs Of New York For my research paper I decided to write a film analysis on The Gangs of New York. This film was released in 2002 and it follows the life of an Irish man named Amsterdam (Leonardo DeCaprio) during the late 19th century. The film is centered on an area called “five points.” Its name comes from the intersection of 5 streets- Mulberry‚ Orange‚ Little Water‚ Cross and Anthony St. The center was a place where the poor lived because it always had a stench of sewage. The town square
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