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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…

violent street gangs, including prison and motorcycle gangs with roughly 1.4 million members who are active in criminal behavior. It is nearly impossible to get an exact number of the total gang members and those who are criminally active in violent and drug related crimes. Recently, the conflicts between gangs concern the community of their safety due to the battles between territories, drugs, and power that lead to drive-by, homicides, and other street gang violence. Urban street gang violence…

situation for more than 850,000 teens participate in gangs and 30,700 gangs exist in the US... Mostly males ages generally between 12 and 24 years old and only 10% of gang members are girls. (OJJDP, 2014). Because they did not have enough guidance from parents and advices from schools as well. So that let teens join gangs and have bad influences, which make them involved in criminal activity and be more dangerous. Do you know What is Gang? " “Gang is a formal or informal ongoing organization,…

When Capone’s family moved to Chicago, he became associated with a famous gang leader named John Torrio. Torrio believed in using diplomacy with crime which was a factor that Capone looked up to. A little while later, Capone became involved in the scandal that would be known as the Flower Shop Murder. This was the killing of a rival gang leader under the name of O’Bannion in his own flower shop. As Laurie Dimaurio shows, after this attack, there would…

understanding as to why young people would join a gang is that chemical dependency can cause…

there is a stigma stereotype which suggests that only males can run and be a part of a gang. It can be argued that girls can take on the typical role of male gang members. Written in the Centre for Social Justice the children’s commissioner uses the term ‘Gangster Girl’ to describe a girl who takes on the male personas within gangs (2014). Therefore showing that females are just as much able to run their own gang on the same or similar level to males. Back in 2013, ‘The Independent’ published an…

At a young age, he was influenced by the area he lives in to join a gang. In elementary school, he has a school photo taken of him flashing gang signs. Kody proceeds to then join the Eight Tray unit, a division of the Crip organization. He is initiated into the gang by being jumped by its affirmed members. After this test, he is then given a firearm and his crew proceed to attack an enemy gang. Kody shoots at the opposing gang, killing several people. After adjusting to the life of crime, Kody…

Consciousness is the key to ending gang activity, many parents are not aware of the child's gang association. Most youths are unwilling to discuss it with their parents. Which is why the community should acquire to distinguish the signs of gang commotion and to take suitable action. The first stage is to identify that there is a gang issue. People who identify the issue are better fortified to discourse the dispute with their child, as well as not becoming victims of gang crimes. All communities…

society it is hard to stay away from the gang culture because it is everywhere. There are many gangs that are family based in the United States, as well as in different countries. Some gangs have parents that lead children into following in their footsteps. Gang life can guide an individual to commit crimes and even kill another person. According to Why American Boys Join Street Gangs, “a total of 1,017 gang homicides were reported” (Taylor, 2013). Gangs such as MS-13, Bloods, and Crips are…

“Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member,” is a memoir written by Sanyika Shakur. Set in East Los Angeles during the late 70s, 80’s and early 90s, Shakur’s book illustrates the overwhelming amount of violence that occurs due to conflicts between rivalry gangs. As mentioned in the book, the majority of the conflict is not between the Crips and the Bloods but instead between Crips and other Crips. The book offers a unique difference from most other books about gang life because the…