Running head: THE PREVALENCE OF GANG OFFENDERS 1
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The prevalence of gang offenders
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The prevalence of gang offenders A trend analysis of the homicide offenses illustrates that as from the beginning of mid-1970s, the number of homicides in the country in which no firearm is used has fairly remained constant. Despite this however, homicides by the juvenile gang offenders have increased almost three times. In addition to that, Boduszek, Dhingra and Hirschfield (2015) in their study reported that during this same time in history, the numbers of arrests in juvenile that were associated with gun possession violation had increased by more than 117 percent. In the events where guns are the main weapons of choice, juvenile violence has always been reported as deadly.
In 2010 for instance, the centre for disease control and prevention took a survey of a national representative sample of students at 9th to the 12th grade on the number of times at which they …show more content…
Boduszek, Dhingra and Hirschfield (2015) has given estimation that more than 3,800 youth gangs having a total of more than 200, 000 gang members are developed within the 79 largest cities of United State. Activity of gang has been extended outside the main city of centres which are highly populated into suburbs and smaller communities. Sanders (2012) further illustrate this by stating that the current type of gangs are characterized best using their diversity in relation to their ethnic composition, organization, structure, geographical location and the extent and nature of the member’s involvement in the activities which are delinquent. Within the 79 cities of the United States alone, 91 percent of the population reported witnessing gang problem that had spread all the way from streets into the geographical areas that had traditionally been considered as safe heavens like
THE PREVALENCE OF GANG OFFENDERS 4
The prevalence of gang offenders
Name
Institution
Date
The prevalence of gang offenders A trend analysis of the homicide offenses illustrates that as from the beginning of mid-1970s, the number of homicides in the country in which no firearm is used has fairly remained constant. Despite this however, homicides by the juvenile gang offenders have increased almost three times. In addition to that, Boduszek, Dhingra and Hirschfield (2015) in their study reported that during this same time in history, the numbers of arrests in juvenile that were associated with gun possession violation had increased by more than 117 percent. In the events where guns are the main weapons of choice, juvenile violence has always been reported as deadly.
In 2010 for instance, the centre for disease control and prevention took a survey of a national representative sample of students at 9th to the 12th grade on the number of times at which they …show more content…
Boduszek, Dhingra and Hirschfield (2015) has given estimation that more than 3,800 youth gangs having a total of more than 200, 000 gang members are developed within the 79 largest cities of United State. Activity of gang has been extended outside the main city of centres which are highly populated into suburbs and smaller communities. Sanders (2012) further illustrate this by stating that the current type of gangs are characterized best using their diversity in relation to their ethnic composition, organization, structure, geographical location and the extent and nature of the member’s involvement in the activities which are delinquent. Within the 79 cities of the United States alone, 91 percent of the population reported witnessing gang problem that had spread all the way from streets into the geographical areas that had traditionally been considered as safe heavens like