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Gangs can make one’s life more difficult by controlling how they live and who they interact with. Gangs are able to convince its members that the gang is their only real family. A gang membership will create broken family relationship as gang members do not consider their biological family as their real family, (Curry). Their gang members make it seem as if they are more important and as a result, this creates broken homes. Gang members rely on their family to support them financially, (Curry).…

perspectives of young black and Latino boys on the system and how it should be changed. This environment would have produced a benevolent police officer who would have answered Jose’s cry for justice. In this alternate reality, Jose doesn’t join a gang for protection because he is self-empowered: “When a young man becomes self-empowered and believes he can change his marginal conditions and his environment, his ability to engage in his education and civic participation increases, leading to…

preparing meals while dad goes to work to pay the bills, and all in all not a worry in the world. As this idea is taught, the ignorance to reality grows deeper and deeper throughout society. With poverty flooding the streets, crime rate sky rocketing, and gangs taking over our neighborhoods, this is the true reality…

mass murder etc. then it should not matter whether the criminal confessed or not. When determining a criminal’s, who committed a horrendous crime, fate; the judges are faced with a double edged sword decision. If the criminal is sentenced to life in prison then the cost of keeping the criminal will come back to haunt the city housing the criminal. The Independent Budget Office released a study for the cost of housing inmates in New York City, which is $167,731 per inmate in 2012 (New York…

Street Gangs Street gangs have created a great impact on neighborhoods, communities and especially to family members. All family members that have a relationship with gang members become target for any rival gang. Rival gangs would kill anyone who gets on their way. The fear and danger that their families have live with for the rest of their lives. Street gangs play a big role in minorities, low income families, schools and law official. The low-income community’s members are profile by gangs…

certain individuals will find peace in gang life and all the activities that come with it. Gangs are far from unfamiliar when it comes to the black community and how it shapes the actions and lifestyle of our youth. Many youth become affiliated…

The Purple Gang in Detroit History During the liquor prohibition in Detroit which happened from 1920-1933. As a result of Michigan passing a law and adopting the Damon Act that banned liquor from being sold and consumed in the town, organized crime began taking shape during this era as Jewish gangsters controlled the underworld of the American society (Kavieff, 20). The Purple Gang was led by one of four brothers by the name of Abe Bernstein and it was formed by young Jewish immigrants as a…

to the author girls are becoming more violent in the 21st Century. Not fitting traditional good girl getting good grades stereotype, however girls have been on the rise in the delinquency area. In today’s society girls have found the need to join gangs for the same reasons as boys. I believe these reasons rage from growing up in foster care being moved from home to home to having a single mom living in a high crime rate area of the city. Girls have now decided they need to protect their self at…

Cressey’s statement relates to the Greg’s past where he was forced to beat up his closet friend with a bat for the sake of his gang title. Even though Greg knew that dealing heroine and beating his friend was wrong, he was forced by societal influences because it was necessary for his success and survival. Another sociological theory that helps explain Greg’s choices is the Reintegrative Shaming Labeling Theory by sociologist John Braithwaite. Braithwaite’s theory explained the idea that…

Cure Violence is a violence prevention program that works with communities that have high levels of violence in an effort to address gang violence and reduce retaliatory killings1. This program applies public education, anti-violence slogans “Don’t shoot. I want to grow up.”, conflict mediation and community mobilization activities2. The Cure Violence program is currently active in 25 cities in the United States as well as several international cities3. In New York City, the Cure Violence…