Gangs

There are very few that have been able to avoid gangs because they had an income and were able to move out of the neighborhood. Unfortunately, this only made it worse for those who were unable to get out. Those left, either join or suffer the consequences by robbery and beatings. Gangs are able to grow strong in influence and power which has a direct effect on the schools and the residents. Drop-out rates grow and…

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart CRASH unit was established in the 1990s to deal with the gang problems facing the city. CRASH stood for Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums which was an anti-gang unit of police officers. There were around seventy officers involved in the Rampart CRASH unit that were a part of the scandal that took place, making the LAPD Rampart scandal one of the largest police corruption scandals that happened in the United States. Within the scandal many…

but when they join together to form gangs, it’s an entirely different thing. In the following paragraphs this paper addresses the youth subculture of gangs including their origins and history. It will then identify some of the delinquent and illegal behavior that is common with gangs. Lastly, it will discuss prevention recommendations with regard to gangs. The existence of gangs in Western civilization stretches as far back as the 1600s. These early gangs operated primarily in England…

Hazing are the humiliating acts done to a person by a group of people as an initiation into the group. These acts are done mostly in sororities and fraternities across the world. Many hazing activities can include physical, psychological, and even emotional harm. One hazing incident occurred in 2005, where Matthew Carrington and his friend were ridiculed by their “frat mates” during the fraternity’s “Hell Week”. Both were forced to drink five gallons of water, and were then left in the basement…

The rise of gang activity amongst adolescents in the Wilmington, Delaware area was sited in a 2012 audit of the Juvenile Systems of Delaware stating that, “A 2012 review of Delaware Juvenile Justice System conducted by Comprehensive Strategy Group brought attention to Gang-related violence, making the assessment and addressing of gang violence as one of the highest priority recommendations. This recommendation was supported in part by a 300% increase in gang members from…

Father Boyle helps those in need, but not just the poor. He helps everyone in trouble, he puts others first before him. Father Boyle has inspired a lot of these gang members to change who they are, even though he is the “gang capital of the world”. Chapter 4: Father Boyle has witnessed so much in this chapter. He had to tell a former gang member, who just got baptized, that his brother was killed. Father Boyle, or “G”, as the homies call him, has talked to a young teenager who is pregnant and…

Mafias, cartels, mobs, local street gangs, etc. all have one major commonality—the innocent members of society despise them. All other organized crime groups must hide their crimes and identity not only from law enforcement but from the people of their own community. Law abiding citizens shamefully…

As a young child growing up in the ghetto, selling drugs, stealing cars, running for your life from another gang trying to shoot you, and getting into all sorts of mischief. Would you think you would be arrested, end up in prison? Or even possibly die in the crossfire between two gangs? What would you think is going to happen to you in the future? In this incredible story Driven by Donald Driver it tells you a story of exactly this. Of his childhood growing up with little to nothing to live on…

York City and one female in Los Angeles, are presented with conflicts such as living inferior to those around them and feeling lost. Oskar is a young boy struggling to cope with his father’s death while Cecilia is a teenager facing the struggles of gang life in her neighborhood. Despite the very different obstacles each character has to face, both characters refuse to stay inferior to their troubles and seek forms of closure. First, Oskar and Cecilia both experience uncommon hardships…

Perlman (2009) describes these factors as the ‘ingredients’ that create a ‘violence stew’ (p. 173). These ‘ingredients’ each add to violence and put its residents in a more vulnerable position. Most of these ingredients are caused by a strong drug gangs, indifferent government with unaccountable police, and vulnerable poor population. Each these alone would not necessarily increase the violence seen in Rio today, but when combined together create this ‘violence…