Reaction to the documentary: The Homicide Hollenbeck
This documentary is about how gang activity operates in a neighborhood called Hollenbeck in California. The gang members often from poor communities, broken families, and are uneducated because most of them drop out of high school. They see describe the street life as a lifestyle of full excitement and as part of who they are , since most of them join the gangs while they were young and is the only thing they feel like they know how to do . Also some of them have family members that were part of gangs, therefore they believe that is like their family. The way the gang operates in the community based on the documentary is that they are the protectors of the neighborhood, they sell drugs and they get in a confrontation with rival gangs when they are disrespecting their territory and take justice in their own hands when one of their members are killed . The relationship between the community and the police is difficult, because the people in the community are afraid of denouncing any illegal activities because the gang would kill them afterwards.
The theory associated with the criminal behavior portrayed in the documentary is subcultural of violence. The theory of subculture of violence explains that violence occurs in poor areas, …show more content…
For example, teenagers get influence by peers to be involved in gang activities because they are easier to convince. Also, individuals that are coming from marginalized communities and have a background of family members involved in gang activities are secluded to this organization, such as the example of one of the gang leaders in the documentary that due to his family members involving in gangs grow up in a foster care home and when he was 14 years old join this lifestyle in order to feel a family
This documentary is about how gang activity operates in a neighborhood called Hollenbeck in California. The gang members often from poor communities, broken families, and are uneducated because most of them drop out of high school. They see describe the street life as a lifestyle of full excitement and as part of who they are , since most of them join the gangs while they were young and is the only thing they feel like they know how to do . Also some of them have family members that were part of gangs, therefore they believe that is like their family. The way the gang operates in the community based on the documentary is that they are the protectors of the neighborhood, they sell drugs and they get in a confrontation with rival gangs when they are disrespecting their territory and take justice in their own hands when one of their members are killed . The relationship between the community and the police is difficult, because the people in the community are afraid of denouncing any illegal activities because the gang would kill them afterwards.
The theory associated with the criminal behavior portrayed in the documentary is subcultural of violence. The theory of subculture of violence explains that violence occurs in poor areas, …show more content…
For example, teenagers get influence by peers to be involved in gang activities because they are easier to convince. Also, individuals that are coming from marginalized communities and have a background of family members involved in gang activities are secluded to this organization, such as the example of one of the gang leaders in the documentary that due to his family members involving in gangs grow up in a foster care home and when he was 14 years old join this lifestyle in order to feel a family