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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This paper will discuss four management functions: planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. All of these functions are what every good manager does whether he/she knows it. All of these functions have the same importance and work cohesively. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of these four functions and how they can improve ones management skills and the role each function has in management. Planning is the beginning of any function‚ whether it is car design‚ catering
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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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minority students in America’s schools is gang violence. This social conflict can be observed in the beginning part of the movie. You can see the Hispanic-American gang‚ African-American gang‚ and Asian-American gang were trying to defend their own territories and their own cultural. Feeling a lack of connection from white people‚ African-American group turns to gang and violence as a means of achieving status‚ solidarity‚ and economic success. These gang members usually reside in poverty-environments
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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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The film ’gridiron gang’ is based on a true story of a juvenile detention centre‚ the film includes the theme of tragedy and rivalry. This film displays the rivalry by revealing the hate between the two gangs the 88s and 95s. In this film it is shown how some teenagers make mistakes and end up in a detention centre where the officers try their best to fix them. The theme tragedy is represented in this film in many ways An example is when ‘Will Weathers’ loses his best friend during a shooting with
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If the catch and release game of illegal gang members is not gut wrenching enough‚ there is another aspect that stacks on top of this issue. Mexican cartels and elsewhere have been battling over control of the Southern United States border in an effort to expand their drug empires (). This includes‚ funneling drugs into America through the immigration loop holes to their stateside counter parts for distribution. The Texas Department of Public Safety correlates a multinational relationship between
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From these figures‚we can observe that juvenile girls mainly commit some crimes that is not serious‚such as wounding‚robberies‚ blackmailing unlawful assembly and different kind of thefts.There are some main activities that gangs usually do‚such as bullying others‚they will randomly find some target to bully with no reason or a minor reason.A news in last month reported that a group of 3 people in Tin Shui Wai hit a student because he look at them just a few seconds.Besides‚the will hang around in
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