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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led some writers to question the Age of Reason’s assumption that man is a rational creature. Satire becomes the dominant form in literature‚ as writers ridiculed a creature who could discover the laws of thermodynamics but could not organize a sane society. Authors of the Age of Reason could just write books about the problems that the country was encountering in this Age of Reason‚ but they found in satire the best way to make critics about all of the imperfections that disturbed a great part of
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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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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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Los Angeles Gangs and the American Dream The inner city neighborhoods of Los Angeles are mostly lived in by African-Americans and Hispanics. Since 1970‚ street gangs have controlled these urban areas of Los Angeles‚ moving quickly to create illicit economies based on drug trafficking and other illegal activities. Sociologists like William Julius have labeled the denizens of the American ghetto as “the truly disadvantaged” due to the extremely limited opportunities available to them in neighborhoods
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