Gang Resistance Education and Training Program Alian Cruz CRJ 305: Crime Prevention Ann Meek 08 OCT‚ 2011 For my final paper I am going to talk about a program that in my eyes is a great way for our youth to receive different views and healthy choices when it comes to avoiding and confronting gangs or gang members. Gang Resistance Education and Training‚ abbreviated G.R.E.A.T.‚ and provides a school-based‚ police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning
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Gang association is ancient as evolution itself. Gang violence is defined as a means on illegal actions of violence obligated by a collection of people who frequently are involved in unlawful action against the innocent. Still‚ gang association in today’s civilization have taken the world hostage due to fear and its association to criminal organizations and also the destructive implication that goes with it. The group or association typically has a name to coincide with the arrangement of leaders
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When I was growing up we had little cliques in the neighborhood but nothing that we really considered a gang. There were no initiation rights or anything crazy that needed to be done in order to join except living in the same area. We also didn’t engage in violent activities‚ maybe some juvenile mischief but nothing criminal like selling crack or stealing cars. Part of this may be because I was a girl then and the activities we took part in were nothing like what the boys did. As a young teen some
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Gangs were first fabricated so that poor majorities in the ghetto neighborhoods could defend themselves against police brutality and outsiders. Gangs also known as sets would gain their name from the area that the gang reside in‚ which could be the street number or street name. Gangs are a class of adolescents and young adults whom possess a common identity and are involved in wrongful and criminal behavior. Majority of gang members tend to be young adults‚ however‚ According to recent trends children
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Gangs are portrayed on TV and in the movies as if they are totally evil‚ but in reality there are more positive aspects that are not shown. The media only shows gangs involved with drugs and the violence‚ and as a result the media has scared many people into believing that gangs will take over our cities if we do not stop them. The movie Colors and the TV show American Justice overwhelmingly portrays gangs as bad. The movie Colors displays the bad things in gangs like how easy it could be to join
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framework of society. In the movie L.A. Gangs it gave a great background on what gang life is about and the movie gave a background on what gangs are capable of doing to their community. A gang is look to as a replacement of family and a form of survival. Being a gang member means getting respect. Gang members start off young‚ around the age of 10-11 yrs of age. Graffiti marks the limits where a gang member can go‚ it can also show a gangs power. Gangs are better armed then the police. Police do
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More and more teens join gangs to feel that sense of family that might be absent in their life. Most teens tend to lack the attention that they feel that is needed and deserve but don’t always get from the preserved family environment that is seen regularly on television. Therefore causes the teen to feel like the parent is not being given the love and attention that is shown on the television. As these feelings keep getting increasingly worse the teen starts to indulge‚ get involved with illegal
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Traditional Socioeconomics of Joining Gangs and the Relation of Maslows Hierarchy of Needs By: Kimberly Miller Gang Activities and Drug Operation-2 There have been many theoretical explanations of why delinquents and adolescence‚ youth and other people might join gangs. Members of gangs have been questioned on why they would want to join a gang and most of them come up with socioeconomic factors and some say the attraction to street gangs are a rush. There are many different socioeconomic
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different things for many people. As for myself‚ Laura was his life‚ his reason of existence and survival. The bond that he had created with the Royals was no more than ’business’ if you will. The author doesn’t emphasize on the unbreakable bond that the gang members felt toward each other. After evaluating some main points in West Side Story I feel that the author elaborated a lot on the inseparable bond that the Jets had with each other. The story was very light weight‚ and there was a very up beat
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Gang related violence in the United States has been a plague for the last several decades. The serious crimes such as murder‚ drug trafficking‚ extortion‚ assaults‚ and kidnapping can all be attributed to organized gangs. Of all the established and recognized gangs in this country‚ motorcycle gangs are among the most vicious and virulent group of criminals with no regard or respect for law enforcement or human life in general. Members of these organized clubs appear to be linked by a common bond
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