The Negative Effects Of Gang Violence

Introduction Gangs have been around many, many years. Modern-day gangs have become more violent and its members are getting younger. At-risk youth who lack good role models or parental supervision tend to join gangs for acceptance. Unfortunately, the growth of gangs is become harder to control and, therefore, communities, police departments, school, and educators have looked to strategies in gang prevention with programs like G.R.E.A.T or Boys and Girls Club of America. Youth today are subjected daily to seeing some form of violence. This can be in the home, at school, or in media (e.g. television and video games). The negative effects of violence can be lessened by parental supervision, appropriate parental behavior, and limiting exposure to violent video games by following ESRB ratings, installing parental controls on game consoles, computers, and the internet.
Communities as a whole can help by organizing neighborhood watches, cleaning up the community, and organizing youth mentors or other afterschool activities to keep young children adequately supervised. The department will take on a community-type policing style to find solutions based on risk factors to prevent gang violence and retaliation. In addition, enhancing our …show more content…
Youth are being recruited at younger and younger ages than in the past. There are many causes that have been attributed to this, but many times it comes down to lack of parental supervision or children who have come from violent upbringings and become violent themselves. Police departments, communities, schools, and individual citizens have been utilizing different strategies to prevent youth from joining gang with programs such as G.R.E.A.T. However, the negative effects of violence (or criminal activity) can be lessened by parental supervision, interacting with your children in a positive manner, and limiting exposure to violent