Gangs In Our Society By Emmanuel Moorer Gangs are becoming prevalent in today’s society and within our schools. More and more young people are turning to gangs in an attempt to escape their everyday lives and the future‚ which they perceive as dismal and bleak. They are initially attracted to the prestige and cash flow‚ which is glamorized by the street gang. Many gangs are actively involved in criminal misbehavior‚ such as drug and gun trafficking‚ burglaries and homicides
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Juvenile Delinquent Gangs As a kid I could remember walking to school every day. While on the way to school there was always a group of kids sanding outside of the school walking away. These kids dressed differently and they all whore the same type of clothes. It wasn’t until years later that I was told to stay away from them because they were gangsters. They were gangsters that caused problems to the community. These gangsters would go up to kids and try and jump them into their gang. For them the
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Gangs‚ Turfs‚ Youth & Affiliations When was the last time you were able to turn on the news and not hear about some sort of violent act? Crime and gangs is a growing concern amongst most cities‚ and street gangs are behind a lot of the trouble. Gangs have plagued the streets for centuries and there is no stopping the urge to commit such hideous crimes. Gangs grow from recruiting young kids but what makes a kid decide to join a crime filled lifestyle? Gang violence has been a problem for many
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Youth Gang Assessment Research Methodology May 15‚ 2012 Youth Gang Assessment There is no definite explanation as to what a youth gang is‚ however‚ they are alleged of as a self-formed participation of peers with the appearances of a gang name‚ identifiable symbols‚ recognizable leadership‚ topographical territory‚ regular meeting pattern‚ and collective actions to carry out illegal activity. The questions how and why youth gangs are form‚ who joins then and how violent‚ are these gangs? (Decker
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among others. Racial discrimination‚ with regards to gangs‚ can be seen in a few different ways. Discrimination can be the reason a kid joins a gang. It can be one of the reasons for the violence towards rival gangs. Discrimination can also sometimes be seen in how someone in the public or law enforcement deals with putting a stop to illegal activities and violence of gangs. Accordingly‚ I think discrimination plays big role in gangs and gang activities. The poverty that comes from inability
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Gangs and Cults Introduction to Sociology Gangs and Cults Gangs and cults at first glance may seem very different‚ and in some ways they are‚ but when you look closer their cultures are very similar. Cults promote a particular belief system‚ recruiting members by tricking them or influencing them to believe what they are teaching or telling them. Gangs pretty much do the same thing. They create glorified myths about the gang that appeal to young recruits‚ and far too often these myths become
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of gangs. 88 percent of young women in the study were in groups of mixed-gender and only three girls associated themselves with all girl gangs. All these girls had a strong belief that males and females were considered equal in their gangs. Once again this was bizarre to me because‚ I had no prior knowledge about gangs but assumed that there was no gender equality in gangs and that the males were still considered the strongest and the higher ups. While doing the interviewing a lot of the gang members
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in Italy. The members of a mafia are usually people of the same race nationality. A gang is a group of members who form together to commit street crimes. These crimes can be murder‚ assault‚ theft‚ etc. They use intimidation to gain control of neighborhoods or territories. They are usually identified by colors‚ tattoos‚ hair styles‚ hand signs‚ or graffiti. It is important to know the difference between gangs and mafia so those in the criminal justice field can distinguish between the two groups
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likelihood of juveniles becoming involved in gangs. Some of the major risk factors of juvenile gang involvement include: “negative influences in the child’s life‚ child maltreatment‚ poor parental supervision/involvement‚ substance use‚ such as alcohol and drugs‚ poor educational or employment potential‚ and community disorganization” (Hawkins and Pollard‚ 1999). According to a Seattle study‚ children and youth are two to four times more likely to join gangs if they are affected by these factors. Risk
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