the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) noticed the increase in the number of teens between the ages of nine to seventeen being involved with gangs in the United States. While most people would agree that gang membership is an individual choice‚ scholars believe that it is more important to shift the focus of these programs from an individual level to a community level. This literature review examines a few of the prevention programs the OJJDP have implemented in the school’s
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The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act A Policy Critique Analyze the Problem Every program or policy starts with a problem in need of a solution‚ and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is no different. The need for change was very simply justified: violent crimes are most often committed with a handgun. (DOJ‚ 1995) More outstanding however‚ in the case of the Brady act‚ was the specific assault against president Reagan and the crippling of James Brady. Similarly‚ the earlier Gun Control
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Violence in America: Risk Factors and Stages of Prevention As long as governments exist‚ there will always be crime for them to combat. A portion of this crime is‚ and will continue to be‚ organized crime. The United States is constantly working to protect its citizens from transnational criminal alliances‚ but the streets of this nation are still being crippled by domestic organizations. The 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment declares‚ “Gangs are expanding‚ evolving‚ and posing an increasing
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Most people would automatically say urban communities because they are the most commonly known neighborhood to commit violent crimes. “Black on black crime” exemplifies any other type of gang violence today. Crime itself is classified to be an illegal act that harms the public welfare or morals. I am interested in gang violence because I have had family members and friends die because of it‚ so I can relate on a more personal level. This is becoming a rising issue in urban communities whether we fail
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Gang Related Crimes in Arizona Arizona State University CRJ 201 - Crime Control Policies November 30‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will be discussing the problems that are a result of gangs in Arizona. This research paper will follow the SARA model. SARA stands for scanning‚ analyzing‚ responding‚ and assessment. In this paper we will be uncovering some of the major crimes that gangs in Arizona are doing. Learning the ways to respond to these problems in order to decrease
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I believe that it is essential for security professionals to be well familiar with their surroundings and have great knowledge of their primary targets‚ while roaming their environment. It is critical that all security professionals must maintain full control of the environment they are assigned to‚ and are aware of not leaving a vulnerable gap to the criminals. These security professionals must be ready to notice the slight changes of the environment‚ and must keep in mind that all areas are different
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Bullying Essay Prompt Schools from all over the world should really start preventing all this bullying thats going on. I find it bad that everyone makes fun of everyone. Either if it’s cyberbullying or just bullying‚ it’s a problem for a lot of students. In order to prevent bullying and all of this harassment‚ there’s so many things that I’d think can solve this problem. One of the first things that i think could be a solution for all of this would be talking to all of their parents‚ have
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Pre-selection Task P1 There are many threats to an organization‚ these include internal and external; virtual and physical threats. All of which can be tackled in some manner. Some are easier address then others. Internal Internal threats to an organization is a threat to an organization that roots from the organization its self. For example; employees‚ ex-employees and other people who may in in contact with the organization. These people may have access to confidential data that regards
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Problem solution essay Final Draft. GANG VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS There are approximately 27‚900 gangs‚ with 774‚000 members‚ impacting towns‚ cities‚ and communities across the United States. According to a recent bulletin released by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention‚ 23 percent of students aged 12 through 18 years reported presence of street gangs in their schools. Almost half (46%) of students in public schools reported street gang presence. In addition‚ 21 percent
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Abstract In Santa Cruz County in the city of Watsonville the gang recruitment has increase by double. More and more young Latino kids are getting recruited to be the gangs. The two gangs that has established in Watsonville is Sureños to the south and Norteños to the north. Watsonville is a small-town with population of 51‚199 according to the 2010 census. The violence and crimes has increase through the past years. The Santa Cruz Probation has been trying to reduce the juvenile crime in Watsonville
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