Street Gangs: A Guide To Community Awareness INTRODUCTION This information is to help parents determine if their child is either at risk in becoming associated with or is involved in gang activity. Indicators of gang association outlined in this brochure may generally fit a variety of youths. If parents observe more than one indicator‚ they should talk to their child about their concerns. WHAT IS A GANG? A gang is a group of three or more people who associate together‚ have a common identity
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Juvenile Gangs Kaplan University CJ150: Juvenile Delinquency In the United States a gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals or close friends with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming control over territory in a community‚ and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other forms of illegal behavior. A member of a gang is known as a gangster. Gang members are typically "jumped in" or have to prove their loyalty by
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Chicano Gangs What is a gang? The California Law defines a gang as any organization‚ association or group of three or more persons‚ whether formal or informal‚ which as continuity of purpose‚ seeks a group identity‚ and has members who individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal activity. Chicano gang involvement begins as early as elementary school. Children just seven and eight years old are being enlisted because of the difference in the punishment for youths
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adolescent gang members delinquent behavior: 1) Selection hypothesis – adolescents who commit more crimes join gangs. 2) Facilitation hypotheses – gang membership increases delinquent behavior. 3) Enhancement hypothesis – both the selection and facilitation work together to increase delinquency. The data suggest that for “person offences” and “Property offences” the selection and enhancement hypothesis are supported. The transient gang members support the facilitation model and stable gang members support
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S.E. Hinton‚ the main character Ponyboy Curtis is in a gang called Greasers who lives on the Eastside‚ and all they do is drink and smoke. Then there are Socs which are a group of rich‚ snobby kids who live on the West side and they also smoke and drink. In their society and in gangs‚ many underaged kids smoke and drink. In this society‚ underaged kids do the same. Also in the article‚” The Allure of Gangs” it talks about why kids join a gang. Some kids join because they feel they like they are not
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Gangs and Juvenile Delinquency in the Hispanic Culture Abstract: There has been a rise in gang violence among the youth across the nation. There are also cruel and violent tendencies that the youth that are a part of this group. It is important to understand reasons why Hispanic youth are turning toward gangs. The influx of gang activity in the neighborhoods and schools has adversely affected the level of violence seen in communities across the nation. The rise in the Latino population in many
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different social‚ cultural and political factors have contributed to the emergence of gangs among the disadvantaged‚ and often youth demographics. These gangs are frequently responsible for perpetuating violence‚ and creating societal turmoil. This gang formation‚ and gang related violence is a product of the circumstances faced by many in contemporary societies. For example‚ in Puerto Rico‚ “Puerto Rican drug gangs emerged as epiphenomena of systematic exclusion tied to the political economy of a city
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Why Do People Start Gangs? I wanted to learn more about gangs because I was wanting to figure out why they start them‚ and for what reasons. Learning about gangs would show other things in life outside of what I do every day around my home and school. Also‚ I wonder what types of people are in gangs. Lastly‚ I wanted to know what leads people to commit crimes and do what they do while in a gang. According to my novel‚ people would start gangs because of family issues. In my book a kid named
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Why Do Kids Join Gangs? Factors motivating kids to join gangs vary individual to individual. A multitude of social and economic reasons can be involved. Power‚ status‚ security‚ friendship‚ family substitute‚ economic profit‚ substance abuse influences‚ and numerous other factors can influence kids to join gangs. Gang members also cross all socio-economic backgrounds and boundaries regardless of age‚ sex‚ race‚ economic status‚ and academic achievement. Each case must be evaluated on an
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In the Gangs of New York‚ there was a massive influx of immigrants to the U.S due to the persecution and danger in Europe. New York was the largest port city in the U.S. so they received most of them. This very large increase in immigrants made many American citizens fearful of losing their jobs. They began to discriminate in an attempt to force them out. Members of The Dead Rabbits gang fled their respective homelands to escape persecution and danger; in reality they were met with more opposition
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