Gang Violence Essay

only gotten worse over the past decade. In the past few years, Honduras has had roughly 7,000 homicides each year out of its population of 8 million. This is an extremely high number for a Latin American nation, even considering its long history of violence. As one can assume, many have been astonished upon learning this and wanted to investigate how this number came about and continues to quickly grow. What people found was a rule that unintentionally brought crime to this area and a part of…

being in a gang, if you can’t do that then it’s not a gang. Gangs are a group or groups of delinquents who show their power through violence. Loyalties in a gang are deeper than any other allegiances. Gangs provide a sense of belonging and replace what their family does not provide. The loyalty between members of a gang is important in order to be a gang, like in The Outsiders where Ponyboy and his gang have to stick together to get through many struggles. The Outsiders is about a gang of…

Gang violence is not part of the Latino culture, however it is something that is very prevalent in these communities. In Alfonso Gonzales’ book “Reform Without Jusitce”, describes the issues of state violence against migrants in the United States. In the book he discusses how laws are being implemented to crack down transnational gangs like the “maras”. Operation Community Shield was a law that was created to send back criminals to their countries. These laws are not only affecting gang…

Gang membership has typically always involved individuals who are male, as gangs were originally founded by men specifically for men. Although males have consistently been more involved with criminality and conventional gang activities, research and statistics have shown females are increasingly becoming involved in gangs and participating in gang criminality (O’Neal, Decker, Moule Jr., and Pyrooz 2016). As noted by O’Neal et al., (2016), the literature is lacking in terms of studying females…

Throughout the course of history, gangs and organized crime have managed to find their way into society. Death has terrorized neighborhoods and violence has shaken the entire nation. The uprising of such a violent gang known as the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, has left many unanswered questions and many crimes unsolved. The origins of the notorious gang are not certain but there are a few theories as to how MS-13 came to be. According to Geoffrey Ramsey in his article Tracing the…

On the surface, gangs are caused by greed and peer pressure. After all, everyone loves to earn money and the way gangs earns there is by extortion, drugs, robbery, and even prostitution. Everybody loves to feel a sense of security as well. This is especially true in such dangerous areas like the ghettos of the inner city. Gangs, without a doubt, provide protection from other gangs as well. As long as gangs provide protection and monetary rewards and a sense of belonging not found at home they…

every 1 in 3 deaths worldwide. As a whole, Latin America's homicide rate is 23 deaths for every 100,000 people, nearly double the rate in Africa, which is sometimes mistakenly believed to be the most violent continent. Most of the time the crime, violence, and murder take place in Northern South America and Central America. I have a friend who emigrated here from El Salvador and she has told me countless horror stories from living there. Learning through her about the realities of other places…

Aboriginal gangs are a phenomenon sweeping across Canadian communities, most notably in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Aboriginal gangs have arisen due to a multitude of reasons, such as welfare, high rates of socio-economic disadvantage, Intergenerational dysfunction in families, and discrimination. It is important to note, Aboriginal Canadians are those who have been approved under the Treaty Indian status, been registered under the Indian Act of Canada, or those who have membership in…

responsible for the crimes committed, they are not acting independent of one another. Rather, it is a collection of small organized crime groups of which the 1,400 individuals belong who are responsible for the violence acts towards other crime groups. Notably, there has been a surge of violence over the past three years coupled by a disturbing increase in shootings and murders over the past eighteen months which needs to be addressed immediately. There has been a proposal of a new project…

topic of gang culture as well as the issues, stereotypes and various perspectives or attitudes relating to gang culture. The first stimulus I was given was a collection of images of stereotypical gang members and scenarios relating to gang culture. At the start of the first session, I worked with Rhiannon to create a model of a stereotypical gang member as a reaction to the stimulus. Rhiannon acted as the ‘sculptor’ and I as the ‘dummy’ in order to create a visual emulation of an archetypal gang…