How To Reduce Gang Violence
According to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, in 2011there we around 29,900 known gangs and roughly 782,500 members. “Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others, according to NGIC analysis” (FBI, 2011, p.9).
Gang violence explained by the following articles by Bellair and McNulty, Horowitz, and Shirazi show that gang violence plays a role in negating the positive neighborhood activities. While also bringing extremely violent gang members inside their neighborhood, and creating dysfunction. Bellair and McNulty (2009) bring up the thesis that drug dealing increase the violence of members and the community in general. Horowitz (1987) hypothesis is the community and families tolerate and understand the criminal behavior of some of the members until it begins …show more content…
affecting their lives and important community functions.
Shirazi (2014) talks about the influence of graffiti and vandalism including the setting and viewing these areas from different scopes and these types of crimes have on the
community. Gangs influence and control neighborhoods including businesses and people. These articles show how we can believe and idealize one object of these groups but the true nature and destruction these groups execute come to light, specifically if outsiders come into the community and illustrate just how. Learning the nature, ways, and violence of gangs is intriguing in a way that individuals might be able to stand up and speak out one day if we know how they operate and intimidate inside of neighborhoods. The purpose of this research is to gain a better knowledge of the significant amount of criminal activity perpetrated which is attributed to gangs, and which gangs take responsibility for specific activities.
Gang violence explained by the following articles by Bellair and McNulty, Horowitz, and Shirazi show that gang violence plays a role in negating the positive neighborhood activities. While also bringing extremely violent gang members inside their neighborhood, and creating dysfunction. Bellair and McNulty (2009) bring up the thesis that drug dealing increase the violence of members and the community in general. Horowitz (1987) hypothesis is the community and families tolerate and understand the criminal behavior of some of the members until it begins …show more content…
affecting their lives and important community functions.
Shirazi (2014) talks about the influence of graffiti and vandalism including the setting and viewing these areas from different scopes and these types of crimes have on the
community. Gangs influence and control neighborhoods including businesses and people. These articles show how we can believe and idealize one object of these groups but the true nature and destruction these groups execute come to light, specifically if outsiders come into the community and illustrate just how. Learning the nature, ways, and violence of gangs is intriguing in a way that individuals might be able to stand up and speak out one day if we know how they operate and intimidate inside of neighborhoods. The purpose of this research is to gain a better knowledge of the significant amount of criminal activity perpetrated which is attributed to gangs, and which gangs take responsibility for specific activities.