Girls and Gangs For much of history, gang members who are female have generally been left out of the equation. When both the layman and the researcher looked at gang life, gang members, and how they function, rarely have women and their role in gang culture been considered. However, women have long played important roles in gang life, culture, and membership, and the importance of such cannot be ignored. When women in gangs are studied, patterns emerge, the paths that often lead to gang life are
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Prevention Youth Gang Services has studied youth gang involvement and delinquency in cities and rural areas since the rapid increase after the 1980’s Persons ages 12-24 years face the highest risk of nonfatal violent victimization of any portion of society. Arrest rates for homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault peak among adolescents and young adults. Homicide is the second leading cause of death for all Americans ages 15-34 years. The risk factors of young gangs and delinquency include
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Ethnography Excerpt 1: Gang Leader For A Day: Sudhir Venkatesh J.T. seemed to appreciate having the ear of an outsider who would listen for hours to his tales of bravado and managerial prowess. He often expressed how hard it was to manage the gang, to keep the drug economy running smoothly, and to deal with the law-abiding tenants who saw him as an adversary. Sometimes he spoke of his job with the same dispassion as if he were the C.E.O. of some widget manufacturer — an attitude that I found
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effects of Gang Violence Gangs have been around since the beginning of time. Humans have always banded together for mutual protection and support - and to better dominate others. Gangs have always provided a way for people to more effectively get what they want, especially if it comes to force. And weaker members of society gravitate toward gangs that they feel can offer a sense of community and protection from others. But today were going to reflect on the effects of the most modern gangs. I watched
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Gangs The word “Gang” at one point in time was only used to describe a group of people, now days the word “Gang” is associated with negative groups who commit crime and violence. According to the FBI over 20,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs and prisoner gangs currently exist throughout the United States, with over one million members (Federal Bureau of, 2009). Gangs are made up of all types and kinds of human beings from men, to woman, and even children. A good amount of the crime
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The Growth Of Gangs Gang: A formal or informal ongoing organization, association, or group that has as one of its primary activities the commission of criminal or delinquent acts, and that consists of three or more persons who have a common name or common identifying signs, colors, or symbols and have two or more members who, individually or collectively, engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal street gang activity. The key to the any gang definition is the phrase, "engage in criminal
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Forty Thieves diminished and the birth of individual gangs emerged. The new gangs that were formed were grouped together according to one’s ethnic background. The biggest gangs formed were from the Italian-Americans who formed the Mafia or The American Cosa Nostra (Origins of Organized Crime. n.d.). Organized crime includes drug trafficking, robbery, violence, extortion, and even the illegal production and distribution of alcohol. The gangs were well known and feared, but it wasn’t until prohibition
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play factor in influencing school violence. These characteristics include gender, age and ethnicity/radical identification. Morrison and Furlong found that violent/aggressive acts by use of a firearm are predominantly committed by males rather than females. Also that forms of aggression are higher in junior high school and high school than in elementary schools. And that African American students have a slightly higher tendency to commit acts of aggression in schools than Hispanic and Caucasian students
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killed, or are now fugitives, living in fear of being found by their fellow gang members. Over the years, gangsterism evolved, changing with the times, with new gangs springing up, changing or disintegrating. Their modus operandi also evolved with time. Most of the old terminology retained its nineteenth century significance, although much of it became distorted or started to mean something different altogether. Gangs also became more dangerous and violent. Whole communities or sections of towns
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With the never ending problem of juvenile delinquency on the rise in United States, a solution to this problem has never been more important. Many of today’s youth actively and proudly engage in criminal activities, with much of it being spurred on by gang activity. The lack of structure within the lives of adolescents and lack of discipline has created a generation of unlawful, disrespectful delinquents that are difficult to successfully integrate into society. This column reviews three article that
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