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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Gangs Gangs in South Central Los Angeles Gangs run the streets in South Central Los Angeles. They are respected‚ dangerous‚ and feared by all who are not involved in gang activity. Two major Los Angeles gangs are the “Bloodz” and the “Crips”. These two gangs are professionals at what they do such as murder‚ drug trafficking‚ and avoiding law enforcement. Protecting their territory and fellow gang members resulted in one hundred twenty eight homicides in South Central Los Angeles (Tamara). Gangs
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Gangs constitute one of the greatest threats to public safety. gangs contribute to 48% of crime in cities. Gangs should have stiffer penalties. Laws are too weak to scare off and oppose gangs and their members. Cities should sue and bid to make laws to stop the violence. Many kids and teens are joining gangs. Laws are weak in the face of rising gangs. Gangs have existed in the U.S. since the time of the American Revolution. It costs taxpayers five times more to incarcerate a child than to educate
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join gangs? Gangs‚ or most people define as a group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit‚ are still widely increasing in the United States today. Even though everyone can agree that any gang related activities and crimes are against the law‚ people still joins it regardless with various reasons: Desire for protection‚ to appear cool‚ and have a sense of family. People often join gangs to get a protection from others. Especially in ghetto‚ where most of the gangs originate
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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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Street Gangs: A Guide To Community Awareness INTRODUCTION This information is to help parents determine if their child is either at risk in becoming associated with or is involved in gang activity. Indicators of gang association outlined in this brochure may generally fit a variety of youths. If parents observe more than one indicator‚ they should talk to their child about their concerns. WHAT IS A GANG? A gang is a group of three or more people who associate together‚ have a common identity
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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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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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