Gang Violence In Schools
Gang Violence in Schools 2
I cannot imagine any of my children coming home from school and informing me that while at school there was a gang “beat out”. Gang violence in school is a nationwide problem and unfortunately it has become very common throughout our country. In my paper I will extensively discuss the problems with gang violence in schools along with the massive amounts of debilitating affects they can have. I will also discuss what can surely curb and resolve such problems. Having gang activity and violence in schools means that there is a significant amount of violence within the school. School gangs play a very big role in the widespread increase of violence in many schools all over the country (Reuter, …show more content…
There was little to no efforts in finding the student whom had did this. This student was writing gang lit on the dumpster which was implying that someone from a rival gang was going to be killed (The Knoxville Newspaper Sentinel, 2008). Sadly, later that evening a rival gang member was a target to be killed and that is exactly what happened.
This particular situation may not have been prevented but if schools were trained properly on recognizing such gang activity, it is a strong possibility.
Hand signs amongst gang members are rather common and can be easily spotted. Hand signs by gang members are performed all the time and get blown off by many people. In schools hand signs are an extreme problem as it is so easy to make hand signs to other students whether they are gang affiliated or not. The problem with hand signs is simple, they are provoking and intimidating by rival gang members and even those whom are not in a gang. Once a hand sign is made, that individual(s) need to be apprehended and expelled from school. These hand signs include but are not limited to unique or unusual handshakes or signals. For instance, at a …show more content…
Unfortunately this did not happen and when the irate female got off the bus she attacked another female student injuring her significantly. This was completely preventable and in order to resolve this problem there needs to be a zero tolerance to all gang related activity in schools and that starts with educating and training all the school officials. Gangs will not stop their gang activities or alliances just because they are attending school. It is vitally important to protect all students in school from gang violence whether it is a verbal threat, a written symbol, a simple hand sign or a gang beat out beating. As I have explained throughout this paper it all boils down to properly training school officials for gang activity signs in order to be able to identify them. This resolution alone can prevent gang violence in school. Before gang violence becomes entrenched in schools, the school officials must be able to quickly and adequately recognize the presence of any form of gang activity and
I cannot imagine any of my children coming home from school and informing me that while at school there was a gang “beat out”. Gang violence in school is a nationwide problem and unfortunately it has become very common throughout our country. In my paper I will extensively discuss the problems with gang violence in schools along with the massive amounts of debilitating affects they can have. I will also discuss what can surely curb and resolve such problems. Having gang activity and violence in schools means that there is a significant amount of violence within the school. School gangs play a very big role in the widespread increase of violence in many schools all over the country (Reuter, …show more content…
There was little to no efforts in finding the student whom had did this. This student was writing gang lit on the dumpster which was implying that someone from a rival gang was going to be killed (The Knoxville Newspaper Sentinel, 2008). Sadly, later that evening a rival gang member was a target to be killed and that is exactly what happened.
This particular situation may not have been prevented but if schools were trained properly on recognizing such gang activity, it is a strong possibility.
Hand signs amongst gang members are rather common and can be easily spotted. Hand signs by gang members are performed all the time and get blown off by many people. In schools hand signs are an extreme problem as it is so easy to make hand signs to other students whether they are gang affiliated or not. The problem with hand signs is simple, they are provoking and intimidating by rival gang members and even those whom are not in a gang. Once a hand sign is made, that individual(s) need to be apprehended and expelled from school. These hand signs include but are not limited to unique or unusual handshakes or signals. For instance, at a …show more content…
Unfortunately this did not happen and when the irate female got off the bus she attacked another female student injuring her significantly. This was completely preventable and in order to resolve this problem there needs to be a zero tolerance to all gang related activity in schools and that starts with educating and training all the school officials. Gangs will not stop their gang activities or alliances just because they are attending school. It is vitally important to protect all students in school from gang violence whether it is a verbal threat, a written symbol, a simple hand sign or a gang beat out beating. As I have explained throughout this paper it all boils down to properly training school officials for gang activity signs in order to be able to identify them. This resolution alone can prevent gang violence in school. Before gang violence becomes entrenched in schools, the school officials must be able to quickly and adequately recognize the presence of any form of gang activity and