Gangs in Australia

assessing the relative independent effects on gang membership of differential asocial and self-control measures in terms of both strength and significance (Kissner J., Pyrooz D., 2009). The respondents were asked whether there were any immediate family members in gangs. Based on their responses there were different measures created such as; parental gang memberships and older sibling gang memberships. The dependent variable of this study was: gang membership and the independent variable…

Prescription drugs are widely prescribed by care providers for various conditions that cause pain, anxiety and other mental health conditions. As these drugs become more common place in our society, the potential for misuse and abuse increases along with it. Through this essay I will attempt to determine if the misuse of such prescription medications causes social and economic damage to the same extent as that caused by the misuse of illicit drugs. Prescription drugs can only be obtained with…

The drug world has typically been male dominated. Most drug gangs consist of male members and male leaders. As one of the oldest careers, prostitution has often been characterized by that with drug usage, specifically cocaine. Dominated by men in the streets, the likelihood of females taking on higher roles were…

you have a prime candidate for a juvenile gang. HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILLE GANGS Juvenile gangs are an organized group of young people, normally in their teens that come together and place their claim on certain territory. These gangs are from different backgrounds and will do anything to protect and preserve what they believe is theirs, and theirs alone. Street graffiti is a way of life for them, showing their territory to other rival gangs. They are also known for their…

In Sanyika Shakur’s memoir, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member, the audience follows the events that transform Monster Kody Scott into Sanyika Shakur. While writing his memoir from prison, the book starts in 1975 with his graduation from elementary school and initiation into the Crips. His initiation included a brutal beating from fellow Crips members, which immediately followed his first gang shooting against the Bloods. At the age of thirteen, Kody Scott earned the nickname…

different reasons why individuals might join a gang. According to organized crime, we all have what is called cognitive R.A.M. or random access memory. It is the ability to process information just like a computer. Therefore, everyone is programmed differently and has different ways to process information in this world. Furthermore, how we process information is mainly determined how we were raised. Those particular individuals who are raised around gangs such as the Mafia are more likely to…

anger and also the formation of alternative values that endorses and normalises gang membership and violence (Pitts, 2008). Likewise, the gang can be seen as a place for gang members to express their masculinity. Although the research on gangs and masculinity is limited in…

In my opinion, I find tittle 's control-balance theory to be a little bit off. In the book, it states, “Tittle argued that a person is least likely to offend when he or she has a balance of controlling and being controlled” (Tittle, 1995 ). The thing that I don 't understand is: How can the balance of controlling and being controlled determine whether or not a person will offend or not? I believe that a person could offend on other circumstances, such as how they grow up. By this, I mean if the…

consisted of gangs, drugs, and violence. The neighborhood was very dangerous so for his safety and his siblings’ safety, his parents would send them to Mexico the whole summer to keep them out of trouble. He feels like overall this experience helped him culturally because he was able to see the differences between the U.S. and Mexico. He talked about the violent experiences he faced in his neighborhood on a daily basis, for example while playing baseball at the park shootings between gangs would…

The Effects Of Gangs on Single Parent Children Children are the future of our generation every child deserves a wonderful future filled with happiness and success. Growing up with just a single parent is hard for most children because of many factors some of which include lower living wages due to single parent income or not enough time being with family during a child 's critical years of growing. One of the main reasons children are often introduced to gangs is the lack of a fatherly figure…