Gang

Gangs have proven to be highly territorial and go to the fullest extent to prevent any outsiders from taking over their turf. This is what leads to large scale gang violence and the increase of crime rate in urban communities. This takes place every where in the world not just in the United States. Gangs in order to rise to power strategically take control of a popular commodity and become the source/vendor…

In the transcript of the video, “Gangs and Guns Fuel Chicago’s Surge in Violence”, Chris Bury discusses the horror of violence during the summer, also called “the killing season.” Many promising young teenagers get caught in the crossfire which ends up with them wounded or worse. One of the teenagers named in the video was a seventeen- year- old boy named Vonzell Banks, who died during a family trip over the July 4th weekend. People are getting killed at any time. Around 11 PM the police are…

As a commander of the gang unit, If I was responsible for intervening in a cycle of escalating violence among five prevalent youth gangs in my jurisdiction. What can I do to stop the escalation of inter-gang violence? First, I would set up a meeting with all the top members one on one so that I can get a feel for what type of feelings they are having among others in the community and how it is affecting them. According to pg. 153 "traditional organized crime was nationality based; today's…

existence. Today, gangs in big cities are the main source of the criminal underbelly. The visual in the appendix depicts FBI agents finding a burial ground for the Mafia’s own. With all these incidents, even today we are able to pinpoint when the Mafia truly began to gain power; during prohibition and how gangs have risen to power with the rise of drugs. How and why prohibition caused such a growth in the Mafia is simple supply and demand and how the Mafia lost power and the gangs began to take…

this day, through the use of drugs, gangs and police discrimination the United States has created an environment for constant racial discrimination. The drug business in the United States is the biggest contributor to incarcerations among black males. According to the NAACP “about 14 million whites and 2.6 million blacks report to using illicit drugs” that’s about six times as many whites using drugs than whites, yet when looking at the prison population,…

Gangs, violence and the high crime rate in society. The similarities discussed in the videos are based on gangs and their violent outburst causing high crime rates in different society. Dr. Slutkin’s was a doctor working on epidemic diseases and he compares the gangs in society to clusters of epidemic diseases. He also discussed why young people are easily distracted and influenced in the wrong direction. Some reasons can be poverty, peer pressure and the environment surrounding the individual.…

of the projects their set name Rollin 60. He wanted people to feel their impact and presence. There were two victims that had died in the gang shooting that happened. The two victims were from Dominican Republic. One of them was Albert Cintron of twenty four years old. He was raised in a small town of Pennsylvania called Reading. He moved to the Bronx when he was about seven years old with his parents and sisters. He was affiliated with the bloods for three years. The other victim was Allen Diaz…

Youth Gangs: They Need Our Help Tekya Morman CJC-113 Juvenile Justice James Crawford Fall 2015 Abstract There are several factors that play into youths joining gangs. These factors are a big deal and can easily be fixed to lower the youth gang rate. For my research paper I will be writing about youth gangs and how factors in a childs life pertains to why they join gangs. I will research why youths get involved with gangs and how it affects the communities. I will explain what types of…

Why do youth join gangs? An examination of the social factors that motivate youth individuals for gang membership within Western culture Why do youth join gangs? It appears obvious that family, neighborhood and peer groups have an immense impact on the decision for a youth individual to join a gang. Family disorganization, living with a gang member, low parental monitoring and pro-violent behavior can lead to the desire for gang membership and social acceptance among youth. Neighborhood…

are about 21,500 documented gangs and over a million documented gang members (Teen Violence Statistics). About 40% of these members are under the age of 18 (Johnson). This gang violence affects every child that is in a gang or not. These gangs take in a lot of different kids of adolescence for many reasons. These kids feel the need that they have to be a part of a gang because their friends are doing it too, but there are many ways to prevent them from joining. Gang violence in America has…