Zhi Gang Sha

youth today engage in drug use due to peer pressure, curiosity or a way to deal with problems in their lives. As stated in the justice.org achieves: the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the U.S are gangs; street gangs, outlawed motorcycle gangs and prison gangs. The increasing numbers of gangs activity posses a dramatic increase in the availability of drugs to the public. The governments solutions to theses problems, listed on drug policy.org, are the fifty-one billion dollars spent on…

Gangs in Louisville, KY and how to Stop Them. This is the issue we are having on our fair city. There have been some incidents in downtown Louisville involving flash mobs of teens aged from 13 to 19 years. Assaulting persons and robbing them. Some stores are also being robbed and vandalized. These incidents have also resulted in some bad publicity that could result in loss of revenue to local business people and hurt the city’s reputation as a safe and attractive tourist destination. Local…

“rock” like substance that is smoked in a pipe. Both crack and powder cocaine peaked their popularity in the 1980’s through the early 1990’s. During the 80’s crake cocaine was the number one drug sold by gang members, thus causing gang warfare causing millions of deaths due to the lashing out of gangs. Each year there are 400,000 infants born affected or addicted to cocaine usage during the pregnancy. Currently the average use of cocaine is on the decrease; although this is a good statistic…

(MS-13) is a gang organization that commits its members to identify with the gangs collective mentality and dogma. To achieve gang conformity, MS-13 uses many rites of passage to prove that a prospective member is able to serve in the gang. These degradation ceremonies strip an individual’s self-identity so that it may be replaced as a soldier of MS-13. Prospective members are reviewed and upon acceptance they are “jumped in”. “Jumping in” a member is a ceremonial beating that new gang…

1. Imagine yourself as a youth living in a neighborhood contested by two rival street gangs. Would you join one of the gangs? Why or why not? • Personally, I could never imagine myself being a part of a gang. However, if I grew up in a different area where gangs heavily influence the area, then maybe I would be dragged into one. Although, personally I do not stand for anything that gangs do. I do not support violence. However, I do see the importance of having strong social connections and being…

as their self-defense or first response. Gangs often pressure their members to commit murders as part of their gang roles; this also allows them to feel like they are part of the gang and not as weak. Many children and adolescents feel a sense of entitlement to undeserved respect. When this is not received they act in violence. These gangs are not always organized or sophisticated nor do they always have a criminal purpose. Even a loosely formed gang may act out in extreme behaviors which…

There is a gang named the Black Ants they terrorized the northern part of the castle and have been a problem for years. I decided to take this in to my own hands and take their leader down. I scoped out them out and planned for weeks before executing my big plan. The second week of winter I started my big plan. It wasn’t much of a challenge to get through the area as I wasn’t known for anything just a peasant. Once I was at the manor where the Gang leader lived I asked to speak…

Gangs: Attractors of Juvenile Delinquency or the Cause for it? “Since the mid-20th century, gang violence in this country has become widespread” with 8% of youth being involved in them between the ages of 12 and 17 (Howell, 2010 p. 2). A question that has risen is if gangs attract delinquents or if they make juveniles delinquent. The main concern is if these youths had previous delinquency issues, or if they joined for friendship and a sense of community that turned violent. I believe it…

Eastwood and Harlem, both small neighborhoods in America, are weighed down by the world’s view of them; poor, predominantly black, violent and in need of “help” (Ralph 9). In Renegade Dreams, Ralph tells the story of activists, gang leaders, patients and teenagers while constantly refusing to portray them as victims. He gives us a glimpse into Eastwood, “a community that was battered but far from beaten.” Caught in the bonds of racism and poverty, the Fontenelles appeared Parks’ article A Harlem…

America has declared war, a war against illegal drugs and illicit use of legal drugs. For almost a century, this battle has been fought and little to no progress has been shown. The war on drugs sets the stage to remove drug abusers from society, prevent illegal drug trades, and reduce the effect of drugs on society. The allure of a state of ecstasy draws individuals to experiment with illegal drugs. This, sometimes social behavior, almost always becomes an addiction, which alters the life of…