North Side Gang

associate themselves with, usually have a delinquent background. This is a concern amongst researchers, in the 1990s there was a surge arrest of girls, and this arrest made it recognized that girls are also involved in gangs, and delinquent acts. Although females are involving themselves in gang membership there is link to sexual and physical abuse experiences. Researchers identify how this victimization relates to delinquency and how there may be a prevention for this not to happen again.…

Gang crime today is no longer just an inner city problem. Gangs are often associated with inner cities where it had its early origins. However, they have now spread like the plague seeping its way into some areas of the U.S where gangs and the crimes associated with them were once unheard of. With now gangs being a nationwide problem it is important for law enforcement nationwide understand how gangs operate, their gang members, and the roots behind this phenomenon. By better understanding gangs…

is his father, also seems to be aware and share his wife’s sentiments. He had once been a gang member, and he would not want his son to go down that path that guarantees crime, violence, and sometimes murder. However, this theme is most superbly brought out through Dough. Unlike his brother who wants to college, get a job, and take care of his girlfriend and their baby, Ricky heads down the road of crime, gangs, guns, drugs, and violence. He is in and out of prison every…

many gang members who sell drugs, indicated that they would not give up drug selling for less pay by the hour, a number of them said they would sell drugs for lower pay, but an increase in hours. According to huff the drugs sold varied from region to region. Gang members were earning as much as $1,000 per week from 30 customers. In comparison those who were not gang member were earning $625 per week with 80 customers (Huff 1998:4) Gang Wars Gang wars are a part of everyday life within a gang.…

that the car driver played a key role in the illegal operation that contributed in bringing more than 2000 tons of tobacco from North Carolina into Canada, which also not paying over $530 million dollars in taxes. The Canadian native is also involved with illegal drugs such as cocaine and other vulgar substances. The U.S Drug Enforcement Administration worked side by side with the Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian government since 2014 conducting more than 70 search and seizures,…

through a lot but was still able to manage success for them and others. My father is a proven giant of mine based on the theme of the research paper. I consider my father as my giant because what he went through growing up in the inner-city around gang violence, and the ability to move to a better neighborhood to take care of his family when the poverty and unemployment percentage rate was at an increase in the United States demonstrates the adversity he overcame. What my father overcame…

just simply help them out if they need food, or just someone to talk to about their lives outside of school, like the student who witnessed his first murder when he was ten years old. Another limitation for success is the gang lifestyle. Since these students are placed into gangs from birth, it is all they know. This makes it very difficult to remove them this lifestyle, and once peers and protection are added into the equation, it becomes much more complex. For example, one of the speakers on…

Gentrification is forcing gang members to move out of their neighborhood and making them move to lower class communities. As the article “With gentrification, Echo Park gang members move outside their turf.” By Marisa Gerber. This article is stating how gentrification affected the gangs of Echo Park. Gerber pointed out “So many gang members have been priced out of the neighborhood” (Gerber, 1). Increasing the price of the houses force plenty of gang members to move out. This force the gang to…

of a gang or seeing gang activity in their schools (The National Association of Social Workers, 2011). This statistic alone is an alarming number. Almost half of the students nationwide are witnessing or participating in gangs before or at the age of 18. Now while this is a scary realization it shouldn’t be surprising. Kids who grow up in low income neighborhoods and are surrounded by gang activity have a tendency to lean towards that lifestyle. They would rather wrap themselves up in gang life…

Cycle of Violence in City of God City of God is a film by Fernaldo Mereilles and Katia Lund. The film is narrated by a young boy named Rocket and focused on the stories of the local gang leaders in Rio de Janeiro. Rocket observes countless acts of violence to and from the people of the City of God. Although the plot is driven by numerous individual acts of violence, the film illustrates a cycle of violence throughout the generations. Violence causes death, which incites revenge. Almost…