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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When the word “gang” is mentioned the first thought that comes to mind is a person wearing baggy clothes‚ a bandana across the forehead and tattoos all over the body. That is a stereotype. Obviously back when gangs were first initiated in the 1800’s they did not dress like that. Not all gangs are associated with colors‚ signs or names. A gang is defined as a group of criminals or a number of people forming a group (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). In fact the word “gang” actually originated from
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Strain Theory: A Theoretical Explanation of Gangs Gangs in America Gangs as a problem Gangs have produced a culture of their own; surprisingly similar to many other groups in mainstream society. Religious‚ political‚ and special interest groups can all be compared to gangs and their ideology. Typically‚ groups are born through a shared idea or goal by similar individuals. Many ideas may be radical or may not follow the “norms” set by mainstream society. Conflicts between groups are
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documented cases of alleged gang rape by college students in the past 10 years‚ fraternity men perpetrated 13. The problem of group sexual assault on college campuses mainly occurs in an environment where group behavior and acceptance is important to the men involved‚ i.e. fraternities (Bechhofer & Parrot 144). Looking at the environment surrounding this type of group one can see what causes the prevalence of this type of assault in fraternities. Why does this violence occur within these groups
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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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In the book‚ Gang Leader for a Day‚ a rogue sociologist passionately dives into the lives of one of Chicago’s toughest housing projects in an attempt to develop an insight as to how the urban impoverished lived. Throughout the text it becomes clear that a conflict paradigm is being reflected. A conflict society is based on social inequality‚ in which some individuals benefit and thrive more than others‚ which tends to lead to conflict and thus change. This is evident both in the housing projects
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English IV CP April 21‚ 2011 Hidden Violence The word gang-everyone knows what it means or what it stands for. Of course by the time children get to the end of their elementary years they’ve heard of know gangs such as; the Cribs‚ Bloods‚ Latin Kings‚ Vatos Locos‚ but none of those names cause as much fear and terror as the gang called La Mara Salvatrucha aka MS-13. La Mara known for their psychotic methods of killing and running their turf‚ no other gang comes close to causing the same fear as
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1. INTRODUCTION: While reading this book the first thing that came to my mind is how brave Sudhir Venkatesh is to even have enough nerve to walk into the projects in Chicago (Robert Taylor) to ask questions about being black and poor. I could only think of how there was no way I would have been able to do that. The thought of being forced like a hostage to stay there‚ not even being able to go to the bathroom‚ not knowing what your fate was going to be‚ is just unimaginable. Then when Venkatesh
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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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Gangs In Our Society By Emmanuel Moorer Gangs are becoming prevalent in today’s society and within our schools. More and more young people are turning to gangs in an attempt to escape their everyday lives and the future‚ which they perceive as dismal and bleak. They are initially attracted to the prestige and cash flow‚ which is glamorized by the street gang. Many gangs are actively involved in criminal misbehavior‚ such as drug and gun trafficking‚ burglaries and homicides
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