Youth & Gang Violence Jacqueline Smith Jackson State University Youth & Gang Violence Definition of Problem As an African American‚I often wondered why people were in gangs and what made them want to involve themselves in violent activity. I grew up in a predomintely all black neighborhood and many of the kids I grew up with were in some type of gang affiliation Desciples‚ Vice Lord and Latin Kings. Gangs and violence is still happening every day which hit the headline news with young
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The Denver Youth Survey‚ Pittsburgh Youth Study and The Rochester Youth Development Study was a longitudinal project conducted to research and conclude such findings as‚ steady change of delinquency‚ drug use‚ damage produced to youths records due to reoccuring arrest and victimization derived from the isolation of these youths. The Denver Youth Survey‚ • randomly sampled households in high-risk neighborhoods of Denver Colorado. 1‚527 youths (806 boys and 721 girls) ages 7‚ 9‚ 11‚ 13‚ and
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The Effects of Violence on Today’s Youth In recent years‚ the advancement in entertainment technology in the field of and the increasing liberalization of America and its media have led to the creation and marketing of violent forms of entertainment. This includes such technologies movies‚ TV shows‚ video games‚ and news outlets. Today’s youth have easy accessibility to many of these violent forms of entertainment and are increasingly exposed to them at younger ages. The exposure to gore and violence
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There are many different definitions for the word “gang”. For the purpose of this paper‚ the definition used by youth service agency workers‚ police officers‚ community outreach workers‚ judges‚ criminal justice planners‚ probation officers‚ prosecutors‚ public defenders‚ educators‚ city council members‚ state legislators‚ ex-convicts‚ and past and present members of gangs will be used. In 1975‚ Walter Miller asked a national survey of these professionals for their definition of the word “gang”. They
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Exoneration‚ by definition‚ is the action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication. Exoneration happens because people can be accused of a crime due to witness error and not having enough DNA evidence. It happens a lot more than what people think. On July 21st‚ 1982 at 3:00 am‚ a woman in Jacksonville‚ North Carolina was awoken by a strange man standing at the foot of her bed; he had broken into her house. She was home alone with her three children while her husband was working
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Recently‚ an increasing number of North American youth are committing violent crimes. Although the consequences of these violent crimes are easily apparent‚ the causes behind them are often abstract and obscure‚ making it difficult to pin blame on a single source. Moreover‚ this deviant behaviour among young people can be attributed to a combination of several generalized factors. Leading contributing factors of youth violence include the media‚ the influence of family life‚ widespread abuse of
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Juvenile detention centers are filled with youths‚ and although crimes committed by youths have gradually decreased since the 80’s and 90’s‚ it still remains unfortunately high. Teenagers are a high crime demographic‚ as they frequently lack the reasoning and planning abilities of older people. Prone to boredom and easily swayed by peers‚ teens are a high risk group even before adding in other factors such as poverty. When it comes to keeping our nation’s youths out of trouble‚ what actions are we to
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Indigenous Youth & Criminal Law Institutions Introduction Indigenous Australian youth experience high levels of disadvantage and injustice in today’s society in a variety of areas. One area of significant disadvantage involves their contact with criminal law institutions. Indigenous youth come into contact with the criminal justice system (CJS) at a consistently higher rate than that of non-Indigenous youth and are significantly over-presented in court cases and community detention (Allard et al
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who will come and save us. When someone describes the traits of a hero they talk about how a hero is able to be brave in the face of evil‚ or able to be strong enough to lift a car‚ and have enough compassion to forgive even the most heinous of crimes. Think about the police officer who puts his life on the line every day and night to stop criminals. Or the single mother who has the strength to work two jobs and still be able to take her two children to soccer practice‚ and the father who is able
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ICT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT BY DENNIS JOSEPH AGBA DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE/PHYSICS FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUACTION‚ OBUDU‚ CROSS RIVER STATE. BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH AND STUDENTS’ ECONOMIC FORUM THEME: THINK LOCAL‚ ACT GLOBAL & BE THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SOLUTION HOLDING AT UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS MAIN AUDITORIUM AKOKA‚ YABA LAGOS‚ NIGERIA. FROM 24TH-27TH – JUNE‚ - 2013 ABSTRACT In our contemporary society‚ the promise of every democratic government
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