Gang-Involved Youth Summary

In the article that we read entitled "Are the Risk and Protective Factors Similar for Gang-Involved, Pressured-to-Join, and Non-Gang-Involved Youth? A Social-Ecological Analysis” written by Gabriel J. Merrin, Jun Sung Hong, and Dorothy L. Espelage. I found that the article was a very great source of enlightenment of the world of the gang involvement. I am going to share with everyone the things in the article that got my attention. I found that it was strange that males are more than likely to become involved in gangs more so than females. Youth boys and girls are higher risks for joining or being involved with an organized group of criminals if the youth has depression, traumatic stress, anti-social behavior and suicidal ideation. In addition to
The youth that receives special treatment from their teachers and other adults in school as well the students that having a sense of belonging in school and home are the type of youth that is more than likely to avoid getting in or being around a gang. Youth gang-clans typically consists of the following characteristics: A self-formed group that has become gathered together by the same interest. A gang-group is a group that controls a particular area, facility or enterprise. Being there for the youth is the way to prevent young people from having the idea of a gang if life seems too busy to be there for your child then maybe this is the time to slow down in your life. I understand that a person must work to put food on the table for their family. If the parent of the child cannot be there all the time then, that is when coaches, brothers, sisters, grandparents, friends will need to become the co-pilot for the parents because I truly believe that it takes a village to raise a young one to become an amazing, successful, inspirational