| SCHOOL VIOLENCE | MANY FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE VIOLENCE IN SCHOOL. | | Kendra McMullin | 1/26/2013 | It is important to consider the many factors that cause violence in our schools today. Some of these factors are media‚ bullying‚ mental and behavioral problems‚ abuse‚ etc. Our children deserve a safe environment to focus on the skills they need for a bright future. | Crime and violence among juveniles are becoming more frequent occurrences. American crime and violence have overflowed
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Teen Gang Violence; what’s the Cause? “The youngster was murdered outside a basketball court at a public park beside a youth club in the Moss Side District of inner city Manchester. The victim has not yet been named. Police have not yet said how many times he was shot. Detectives suspect the boy was targeted in a planned gun attack. He is understood to have lived locally and attended Manchester Academy High School nearby. Residents close to the scene heard the shots last night as the youngster
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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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Annotated Bibliography for Gang Violence Fenestial Montgomery ENGL 103: Composition Writing and Research Colorado Technical University Professor Berardi July 21‚ 2014 Annotated Bibliography for Gang Violence Topic: Gang Violence Issue: Youths and Gang Violence Research Question: How to prevent youths from joining gangs and committing acts of violence? Melde‚ Chris‚ and Finn-Aage‚ Esbensen. “Gangs and Violence: Disentangling the Impact of Gang Membership on the level and Nature of Offending
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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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The issue of gang violence on the youth and communities in St. Kitts has been compounded over the last decade and have drastically increased over the years. As a direct result of the rise in gang violence‚ St. Kitts has been negatively impacted economically‚ socially and politically. Gangs thrive in an environment in which illegal and deviant behaviors are learned and improved upon‚ and methods for avoiding detection are taught. Gangs create a natural anti-social and defiant mannerism amongst its
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Name Course Date Violence In Public Schools Perhaps‚ one of the most pressing concerns affecting not only the educational sector‚ but the entire society‚ is the rising violence in schools. Indeed‚ there’s no question that school-related violence is one of the gravest threats that any government will have to face. In fact‚ the U.S. is just one of the dozens of countries plagued by this social ill. With easy access on guns and knives‚ schools—students and teachers‚ specifically—have
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Laws Pertaining to Adolescents and Gun Violence Richard Moreno The University of Southern Mississippi Article Two: A Critical Reflection Exploring a different perspective on gun violence by adolescents‚ Richard E. Redding and Sarah M. Shalf explore the legal approaches for curbing student’s use of guns in their article The Legal Context of School Violence: The Effectiveness of Federal‚ State‚ and Local Law Enforcement Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence in Schools. This article not only examines both
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Violence is not the solution to people’s problems. Is violence‚ the answer to people’s problems? NO WAY. Well first what does violence actually mean. Violence means ‘rough force that is used to injure or harm’ (Macquarie Pocket Dictionary Third Edition pg.1153). In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton published in 1972 violence is used quite regularly to answer difficulties. In this novel there are two Gangs called The Socs and The Greaser. The Socs are the rich kids on the north side of town and The
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Can Violence in Our School Be Reduced The problem we are facing today with violence in our schools is a major concern with communities all over the world. School violence wears many faces. It can be gang activity‚ locker thefts‚ bully and intimidation‚ gun use‚ or anything that products a victim. Violence is perpetrated against students‚ teachers‚ and staff and ranges from intentional vengeance to accidental killings and bystanders. Can violence in our schools be reduced? If so what do we
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