Rise in Prison Gangs Fueling Violence‚ Drug Trade – Canada – CBC News The article presented on this paper reveals the problem of gangs and gang related violence in our nation’s institutions. Corrections Canada has seen a 44 per cent jump in gang members in federal prisons in the last five years‚ to 2‚040 in 2012 from 1‚421 in 2007‚ according to the documents obtained under access to information. The correctional service constructed a strategic framework for dealing with gangs in 2006‚ and implemented
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Juvenile Recidivism Karen G Liberty University Abstract Recidivism is when someone returns to the same behavior that they were previously doing (Unruh‚ Gau‚ & Waintrup‚ 2009). There are many factors that raise the risk of juvenile recidivism such as single parenting‚ and even when the parents become involved in drug use. When juveniles become high risk for recidivism it is important that the adults whether it be the parents‚ teachers or any adult in authority step in to help the juvenile to
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apply to everyone in different ways. The movie showed kids who each had their own problems in life and how they overcame their difficulties and joined together. The kids were all different races. Many of the kids had suffered from losing loved ones to gang violence. A new teacher came into the school‚ caught off guard by all the negativity going on. She decided that something had to be done‚ and she had to change the paths of these kids lives. She saw the special in all of her students and never stopped
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specific country in which it has taken claim. Children are growing up within communities where gang violence becomes so rife that in the end perceived as the norm. Gangs have been in these children’s environment from day one; therefore‚ imprinted behaviors leave little or no choice of role models. The subculture of gang violence has become a most feared phenomenon in many poverty-stricken communities. The gang violence that is prevalent in these communities affects mostly the adolescents‚ who are supposed
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2011there we around 29‚900 known gangs and roughly 782‚500 members. “Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others‚ according to NGIC analysis” (FBI‚ 2011‚ p.9). Gang violence explained by the following articles by Bellair and McNulty‚ Horowitz‚ and Shirazi show that gang violence plays a role in negating the positive neighborhood activities. While also bringing extremely violent gang members inside their neighborhood
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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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Personal attributes that are elements of gang life. Include but limited to have low self-esteem‚ socially inept‚ and have sociopathic characteristics. Research also tells us that joining a gang is a life time commitment. However‚ from the research we have today that is now a lie to a certain extent. While there are some who do commit their whole life to gang activities. Studies from 3 longitudinal studies shows us that one-half to two-thirds are members of the gang for 1 year or less. On the other hand
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Freakonomics a Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything was written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner that study everyday life and they reach conclusions with conventional wisdom. They researched about crack gangs‚ the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan‚ the truth about real estate agents‚ and answering questions like why drug dealers live with their moms‚ and which is more dangerous a gun or a swimming pool? There were several themes in this book such as knowing what to measure and
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The Involvement of Youths in Gangs Rica Philline E. Verceles Catanduanes State University Abstract The study describes the involvement of youths towards gangs. The research identifies the reasons why youths join in gangs‚ the benefits or advantages in joining gangs‚ disadvantages and crimes involving gangs‚ and preventing youths in joining gangs. Data were collected using a library research. Findings indicate that youths have varying reasons why they join in gangs. These reasons include: a sense
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Gang Violence Case Study In a city where gang violence wreaks havoc and calamity occurs often‚ one neighborhood has the fortunate ability to end gang violence all together. By making the decision to close down a single house among many‚ the city of Sunnyside‚ WA along with its police department‚ have (Courtney)achieved their duty as Act Utilitarian’s. Their actions resulted in substantial consequences that have been shown to maximize the greater good of the entire community. The issue of
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