Gangs and Community Corrections Cami Close University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Introduction The most effective ways of addressing gang-related problems include the involvement of several agencies. However‚ there are inherent barriers that need to be overcome in order for the collaborative approaches to have a positive effect. These barriers are defining gang problems and discerning the difference between ends and means. The diversity of gangs and their activities makes it difficult for society
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I’ve never resided nor visited California. Therefore‚ I wouldn’t understand the high crime rate nor the gang activities that exist. I’ve only seen movies that reflect different gang images. Movies such as Colors‚ Fresh‚ Boyz N Tha Hood‚ Menace II Society‚ and Original Gangstaz explain the life of crips‚ bloods‚ and other gangs. When children view these movies‚ they think they are cool. Their minds are too young and immature to witness such graphic images. These images include distribution of drugs
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or slowed the growth of street gangs. As others have said‚ if you grow up in a poor area of town the amount of money you can make from selling drugs or being a part of that gang is attractive. The real question is whether the government wants to pump more money into the problem now in hopes of fixing it or continue feeding it into the prison system to keep people that are convicted behind bars. An aggressive increase in the amount of officers assigned to anti-gang and drug units is a start. Those
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Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today ’s cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon‚ but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface‚ gangs are a direct result of human beings ’ personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we
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Ethnic & Racist Gangs in American Society Gangs in America are incredibly widespread and continue to grow in size. Gangs are also known as Security Threat Groups (STG’s) in the correctional world. Both the outside world and prisons are affected by gangs daily. The threat of prison gangs seems to keep growing and shows no signs of coming to a halt. There are multiple types of gangs which include White‚ Black‚ Asian‚ and Hispanic. Many things can be done to stop Security Threat Groups and their
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Classification of Gangs Introduction The problem of classifying gangs has interested both sociologists and law enforcement. For the purpose of law enforcement‚ a gang is generally defined as an organized group among the members of which there is well-designed communication. This paper evaluates classification schemes from current research for gangs. The objective is to discover the issues and problems in creating classifications for gangs including a definition which delineates what constitutes a gang and differentiates
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argue that gang activity and youth involvement has grown exponentially through the years‚ it has been an ongoing epidemic for decades. Methods‚ levels of violence‚ rules‚ and motivations may have changed over the years‚ but the basic infrastructure has remained the same. The earliest accounts of youth involvement in gangs first appeared in Europe or Mexico‚ while the earliest record of youth gangs appearing in the United States are recorded as early as 1783. In the early 1800’s youth gangs appeared
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Gangs A gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals or close friends with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming control over territory in a community‚ and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other forms of illegal behavior. When a new member joins the gang he or she must go through an initiation‚ the most common initiation is “jumping in” or getting beaten by all the gang members and/or committing acts of theft or violence
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Joshua Shipman Gang Culture Continues To Grow The article I chose to read was titled “The Gang Culture Continues to Grow”. This article explained aspects of the gang culture in America‚ and how it has grown over the years to be bigger and more violent then ever. Gangs have been around for centuries. The earliest recording of a gang was a gang named rebellious children‚ which was mentioned in 2 Kings 2:23-25 of the Bible. Gangs have continued to grow over the years‚ and now are present
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local library‚ I notice a group of young people dressed with bandannas and dark clothing. I later understood this group to be a gang‚ which sparked the curiosity for the research of this paper. Gangs in the United States are a problem‚ although there has been a decrease in certain areas. This paper will outline the social and psychological problems of youth and prison gangs. The study will speak to the current issues and present suggestions for the future.
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