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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Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy Curtis is in a gang called Greasers who lives on the Eastside‚ and all they do is drink and smoke. Then there are Socs which are a group of rich‚ snobby kids who live on the West side and they also smoke and drink. In their society and in gangs‚ many underaged kids smoke and drink. In this society‚ underaged kids do the same. Also in the article‚” The Allure of Gangs” it talks about why kids join a gang. Some kids join because they feel they like they are not loved
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The average age of a gang member is 17 or 18‚ but now‚ one fourth of all gang members are as young as 15 (citation). Gang recruitment can begin before children reach the age of ten. Gang life is appealing to young ones because of the sense of status and brotherhood associated with this lifestyle. Young recruits are often eager to prove themselves and are willing to be involved in dangerous situations in order to do so. Gang member risk it all for a feeling of purpose and identity and in the long
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“Gangs” A gang is a group of people that form a organization and assemble trust within each other. In the early usage gang use to refer to workmen but now gang refers to a group of criminals. There are many reasons why people join gangs. One of the most common reasons why people join gangs is a sense of acceptance. It gives the person a sense of family or identity. Teenagers are in the process of developing their own life. These gangs can offer the teen a sense of purpose‚ belonging and way of
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primary reason on why the youth join gangs? This is the question many people are asking themselves. There are many reasons why the youth decide to be part of gangs. This can range from no involvement in positive activities after school‚ friends or family who are delinquents or simply because they come from low income communities. I believe the majority of youth involved in gangs are from lower socioeconomic classes‚ and also the main issue when talking about youth gangs. To proof my theory I will be
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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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maybe they were Greasers. Why’d they have to join a gang of Greasers? Could they have joined the Socs instead? This is why Pony and his brothers joined the Greasers. They had to join the gang after their parents had died. When their parents were alive‚ why join a gang? They didn’t need to at the time while having nice parents to provide and be a family so they didn’t need a gang family. When their parents died they were in poverty and needed a gang to be with‚ “Mom and Dad were killed in an auto
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The decision to join a gang is one of the deadliest and uncertain decisions a person can make. Gangs alter the lives of America’s youth in so many different ways. Making a decision to join a gang is life changing and can often lead to life changing situations such as jail or death. Despite the negativity surrounding joining gangs there is often times theoretical reasoning behind those decisions. As we take a closer look into the lives of gang members‚ we will learn and understand the rationality
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THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIA ON TEENAGERS Author: Nenad Jevtic Mentor: Biljana Pipovic‚ English teacher Abstract The media exerts an enormous‚ almost a normative influence‚ over the lives of men‚ women‚ adolescents and children. It influences‚ particularly among teenagers‚ the ways in which individuals and groups dress‚ talk‚ behave‚ and think. The media‚ in the forms of movies‚ television‚ radio‚ and print as well as the new electronic communications media of the Internet‚ helps to connect individuals
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Every person goes through the period of being a teenager which is 13-18 years. This period is often characterized by unstable emotional state and even psychological stresses. During this period young people are shifting from being a child to being an adult person. In addition‚ a lot of young people try to establish their roles in the society‚ to understand their feelings and attitudes. This investigation might be accompanied by the feelings of fear‚ nervousness and vagueness. It is a common knowledge
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