Gang Violence 12/02/13 Here in the United States alone has about 1.4 million active gangs and this includes the gangs in the prisons which comprising of more than 33‚000 members. From what I have read the researchers are saying that there is an increase in gang members every year. They are saying 48%of the violent crime is up to 90% in other states. In the suburban areas you are seeing the top gangs with more experience with the violence. The most aggressive gang members are the
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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 factors
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Mara Salvatrucha 13 Drugs and Death on the Streets of America are not a new problem due to gangs; they have existed in New York and other eastern cities for more than two hundred years. During the 1980s and early 1990s El Salvador was plagued by a Civil war between an oppressive US-funded military and an insurgent guerrilla movement. In 1988 the population of El Salvador was only 5.3 million; one in every six people left El Salvador after the war. Most of these refugees fled to the United States
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I knew we were going to court that day. I didn’t expect to see so many people I knew there. My sisters and I came with our mother‚ her husband‚ and their son. Both sets of my grandparents were there: The ones who lived on Lembergh‚ the street we used to live on‚ and the ones who raised me and my two older sisters for the past seven years. I wasn’t really sure what was going on. At one point the judged for all attorneys and the three of us girls to go to his chamber. I was confused and nervous
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---------On 16 December 2012 a female physiotherapy intern[2] was beaten and gang raped in Delhi. She died from her injuries thirteen days later while undergoing emergency treatment in Singapore for brain and gastrointestinal damage. After watching a film in South Delhi in the early evening‚ she and a male companion had boarded a bus‚ which was being driven as an unauthorized "joyride"‚ thinking it was a public bus.[3] The only other passengers on the bus were five men who were friends of the driver
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Myth: Gang rape is rare. FACT: In 43% of all reported cases‚ more than one assailant was involved. This myth I believed to be true. Not that it was rare overall‚ but that in comparison to one-on-one rapes. The fact that it occurs in almost half of all reported cases is startling. I am interested in finding out more details about this fact. Gang rape is not something that is talked about much with the exception of an occasional news report‚ but those are far and few between. Myth: Most rapes involve
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A Study of Uprising Gangs in Americas Inner Cities A Senior Thesis Proposal Presented to Senior Seminar University of Central Missouri Bachelor of Science By Aloni Benson Senior Thesis Proposal Title: A study of Uprising gangs in Americas Inner Cities occurring during the 1990’s till Now Statement of the Problem: i. Purpose of the study A. Explain the influence of uprising gang conflict. B. Compare the trends of Gang violence over decades.
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Encyclopedia illustrates a gang as being an organized group of criminals or a group of children or youth from the same neighborhood‚ who gather together and who may or may not participate in criminal activities. Gangs have been existing since the seventeenth century and till this day gang participation is rising‚ it is one of the nation’s fastest growing problems within recent history. Several people assume that the reason why minors join gangs is because they don’t have a family encouraging them
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Chapter 1 The problem and Review of Related Literature and Study Nowadays‚ most youth belong to gangs. Gang members treat each other like a family and plan their funerals in advanced. In a group there is always a common identifying signs‚ colors and symbols. Gangs have no good purpose. They are groups of violent youths who terrorize other members. Girls are attracted join a gang because of the respect they think they will acquire once people who they are going with. They also initiated in the
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environments‚ there are many kinds of threats to inmate and officer safety daily. The correctional system in our country contains many gangs within the walls and connected to our streets. These groups‚ known as Security Threat Groups‚ are usually operated by race‚ and are active in our Federal Bureau of Prisons and in at least 40 state correctional systems. Inmates are pretty much forced to join their racial group or gang to ensure their personal safety while in prison. In the 1980’s and 1990’s‚ inmates were
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