Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquents According to Jensen‚ three of the most critical issues facing the American juvenile justice system are youth violence‚ the occurrence of mental health and substance abuse problems among young people‚ and female delinquency (Jensen‚ Potter‚ and Howard‚ 2001). Juvenile crime in the United States has severe consequences for our society. Nowadays‚ drugs are becoming more like everything else in our society—popular and expensive—which is usually a catalyst
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Hazing: Boys Will Be Boys? To some people‚ hazing seems normal‚ as”boys will be boys”. Everyone knows hazing exists‚ but countless choose to ignore it. I know that hazing happened to people I know‚ and that they never told anyone. People tend to feel so embarrassed that they choose not to ask for help. No one should ever experience this type of pain‚ and I wanted to know if there prevailed any ways to stop it. Consequently‚ I wanted to know what exactly hazing consists of‚ and how frequently
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Adolescent’s Gang Involvement After investigating adolescents’ gang involvement‚ I come to recognize that adolescents’ gang involvement has become a major societal concern. Adolescent affiliation with gangs and delinquent behavior numbers has soared as of recently and may continue to due to numerous societal issues. In the article “The Origins of Black Crime‚” author‚ William Cross‚ agrees when he states‚ “black delinquency rate steadily increased between 1920 till 1940‚ with greater crime involvement
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There are many reasons that gangs form themselves from the readings and the research that I have done I have drawn my own conclusion as to why the individuals involved decide to form an alliance together. Most of these kids come from broken homes‚ and sometimes they do not even have a home; due to dysfunctional contact that are prevalent in most of today’s children and teenage relationships. When a disruption transpires or comes about in these kids lives they are completely perplexed as to how to
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in estimating that in 2009‚ “there are approximately one million gang members [in the United States]. (“Gangs Timeline.” n.p.). A million is way too high of a number‚ and since researchers made that estimate‚ the number of Americans in gangs has surely grown. The United States is caught in a downward spiral heading towards gangs having complete control of not only the inner cities‚ but the expansion of gangs makes the threat of gang violence in American suburbia a likely part of the future if something
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can become a gang member. Gang members come from every social class‚ can be of both genders‚ and of most ethnic or religious groups. They can also be found in the most unexpected places. According to The National Gang Center‚ in the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth‚ the racial ethnic differences in the proportion of who joined gangs were not as large as previous research had suggested. About 12 percent of Hispanic and black youth‚ respectively‚ reported having joined a gang by age 17‚ versus
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whether youth join a gang‚ because of their family does not have enough to provide for them. While gang may have various ways of providing for them with what they need to survive. Gangs take full advantage of low income youth. Disorganized Neighborhood Second risk factor that my study will examine is the neighborhood that my participants live in. disorganized neighborhoods are a key factor for gang activities‚ because abandon‚ board up buildings are hot spots for youth gang gathering. The reason
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Adventures of the Red Tape Gang are a mystery book. It was write in the United States of America in 1974 by Joan Lowery Nixon‚ she was born in February 3 of 1927 in Los Angeles‚ California‚ United States she was an American journalist and author‚ specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults. Then Joan Lowery Nixon is the only four-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award and a two-time winner of the California Young Reader Medal. She died
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Chicago Gangs‚ Then and Now with Solutions Nick Crot Marist High School Abstract This paper deals with gang violence in the city of Chicago since the beginning of time. It takes a deep look into the history of Chicago gangs and how they interact today. Also the past problems the City of Chicago made when dealing with gangs and the problems that gangs today have and how Chicago has the worst gang problem in the country. Also how gangs have turned themselves into big‚ and lucrative enterprises
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GangsFormation of Street GangsThe influence and impact of street gangs in urban areas has been growing and it continues to grow. Estimates say that there could be hundreds of thousands possibly millions of people that are associated to some sort of a significant street gang. Many psychologists believe that due to poverty and lack of education many teens join gangs. Others believe music and the media encourages teens and adolescences to join gangs. While on the other hand sociologists believe it is due to
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