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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American Gang Culture: Then & Now There are many different parts to our american culture; music‚ clothing‚ knowledge‚ education and so much more. In this paper we’re going to be talking about America’s gang culture‚ what is was like from the beginning of our nation to now. The overall purpose of this paper is to cover over the gang activity in society‚ what it has done in the big picture of our culture‚ and how gangs have affected how we live our lives today. This paper will be covering from the
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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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Enforcement respond to gangs? Introduction Law enforcement agencies have a variety of tasks at hand that they have to perform; protecting‚ serving and problem solving are just a few. This research paper will look into how law enforcement responds to gangs‚ the background on police and gang relationships‚ and why the creation of gang police units. Multiple studies will be used to show the process some police gang units use in order to address the gangs in their location‚ other
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I am writing about an argument that is based on a gang truce between two large rival gangs in El Salvador that was settled in order to reduce the high number of murders within the country.. I have three different articles‚ and two of them are from the same author‚ and one from another source. The first two articles that both appear in the New York Times‚ directly relate to the problem. I first one is called “Gang Truce Buys El Salvador a Tenuous Peace” was published on August 27‚ 2012 by Randal C
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Grip of Gangs on Low Income Children Gangs are fully entrenched in many suburban communities across the nation. Gangs are a dangerous and a plague that has infected almost every city in the United States. Many notable gangs such as the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples‚ Black Peace Stones‚ and Latin Kings are the root of this epidemic. At this time gang activity was largely confined to urban areas‚ which raises a huge problem with the recruitment of the youth of this nation into gangs littered
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Alice Strobele U.S. History September 27‚ 2012 Ms. Young Task Slavery system vs. Gang Slavery System The Task System was a system where slaves had less supervision and more free time. The Gang system was where the slaves had more supervision and less free time. Which was harsher? The Task system was one of the plantations out of two who used slaves. Slaves were assigned several specific tasks within a day. When task were completed the slaves had time to themselves to do whatever they pleased
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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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Why Youth Become Involved in Gangs Arjun Kapadiya 820-519-759 Prof. Jasdeep Singh CRIM 204 – 01 Youth in Crime “I have reviewed the turn-it-in report regarding this paper and am satisfied that I have not made any citations errors that would be considered a form of academic misconduct” Why Youth Become Involved in Gangs Introduction For the past many years‚ the world has been going through a lot
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Youth Gangs Push and Pull Factors Arjun Sharma SOC101Y Friday‚ November 23‚ 2012 Ms. Fulton Youth Gangs Push and Pull factors in America What influences youth to join and leave gangs in America? This essay strives to seek and inquire an answer or explanation to this question. I will try to approach the answer to this question by analyzing the biggest factors of it such as the influence of social institutions‚ psychological behaviour‚ media and many more to determine the push and pull factors
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