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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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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The issue of gang violence on the youth and communities in St. Kitts has been compounded over the last decade and have drastically increased over the years. As a direct result of the rise in gang violence‚ St. Kitts has been negatively impacted economically‚ socially and politically. Gangs thrive in an environment in which illegal and deviant behaviors are learned and improved upon‚ and methods for avoiding detection are taught. Gangs create a natural anti-social and defiant mannerism amongst its
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All through history‚ gangs have been in existence. These gangs or youth groups have had many negative effects on society for many years. These youth groups or gangs‚ as they are commonly called‚ have participated in many criminal and illegal acts that have plagued society. They have been stereotyped with such negative names as bad kids‚ trouble makers‚ rowdies and many other mischievous names. Some of the earliest records of gangs date back to the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Europe. Some
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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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Gender Roles Played in an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang One of the most secretive‚ dangerous‚ and exclusive groups of people in our modern society are the remaining outlaw “1%” Motorcycle gangs. “ The biker gangs remain exclusive by extensively testing any potential member until they are worthy of being “patched into” the club. Any non-member who associates with the club‚ for either business or relations‚ must also be highly trusted in order to avoid any trouble from authorities. The
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Gangs The label gang remains put on different groups which includes outlaws inside the nineteenth-century American West‚ prison inmates‚ Mafioso one anotherwith each other along with other organized crooks‚ bikers‚ and categories of inner city youths. No matterRegardless of its diverse application‚ the word gang typicallygenerallyfrequentlygenerallyfrequently connotes participation in dishonest or illegal activities. Social researchers take term gang most frequentlyregularly when explaining categories
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ABSTRACT Gang violence is a serious problem in USA‚ and no one is immune from the impact that gangs and youth violence can have on a community. Today‚ the gangs and the aspects of the violence they attract‚ draw young people from all walks of life‚ socio-economic backgrounds‚ races and ethnic groups. Youth violence is a problem not only for law enforcement but also for the community. Drive-by shootings‚ carjacking‚ home invasions and the loss of innocent life have become too frequent‚ destroying
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