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    Gang violence has grown to be a great problem in El Salvador in the last 30 years. Gangs have grown into large, complex organized crime units; the two largest gangs, MS13 (also known as Mara Salvatrucha 13) and Barrio18 (also known as Calle18), now encompass large parts of Central America. Both gangs rely heavily on local drug-peddling, which drives most of the general gang violence. The desire for control over certain areas had forged a fierce rivalry, in which civilians are often endangered when

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    $54,000. Gang Violence in Honduras Thousands of U.S. citizens have visited Honduras every year to study, for business, and even tourism. However, the government lacks the resources to fully address crime and violence. The U.S. Department of State has issued a Travel Warning for Honduras since late 2012 (Miller, 2016). Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. While not all the murder rates can be attributed to gang violence, there’s an estimated 7,000 street-gang members among

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    Causes Of Gang Violence

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    community where gang violence is a problem, I am grateful that you are able to take part in a movement to decrease the amount of gang violence today. According to NeighborhoodScout.com, gang-related crimes occur an average of seven times a week in my small community of Delhi. The number may sound small but considering the size of my community where everyone knows each other this gang violence is affecting us a lot so it needs to stop. These numbers show that gang-related violence is an everyday problem

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    G H 456 Final Project Outline Gangs and Their Role With The Violence In El Salvador I. Introduction (1 page) a. What defines gang activity? What do youths have to do with it? i. Give the definition of gang activity, what it actually is compared to the world’s stereotypical view of members ii. Prevalence of gangs in the world iii. Youth involvement iv. Differences of gangs across regions of el Salvador v. The extent of member’s participation (what does an average member do? What crimes do they commit/not

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    Uche Igbokwe Mr. Hines ELA 11 - Period 6 18 March 2016 Is Gang Violence Worth it? Back in 2015 there was a great concern with fraternity homicides, especially with Asian-American fraternities and sororities. Originated from Chinese men in 1916 attending Cornell University, there are now more than 65 Asian-American fraternities and sororities throughout the country today. They were created because Asians found themselves excluded from the other white fraternities in many universities. Unknown to

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    Gang Violence Essay

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    Gang Violence Did you know that gang violence affects our world today? In this century we’re experiencing more gang related crimes ever than before. Current research shows that there is an estimate of 250,000 gang members in America (Almonte and Desmond 4). The more gangs the more killings. Adolescents are getting more involved in gangs, because of this dropout rates are increasing. The more dropouts the more drug dealers. Once they begin to sell drugs they end up in jail. This is where we come

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    Gang Violence Essay

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    GANG VIOLENCE Introduction According to the Criminal Justice of Canada, gangs are defined as “an organized group who plan and carry out crime for profit, often using violence” (CJC, 2017). Gangs promote their lifestyle to our youth by glorying their materialistic objects such as expensive cars, jewelry and brand named clothes. Youth fall for the false illusion and make themselves vulnerable to the hazards of gang violence. Many troubled youths crave for a sense of belonging and gangs recruit them

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    “Gang Violence & Its Effects” Eric R. Thomas Tennessee Temple University In this talk about Gang Violence & Its Effects, attempts will be made to show how gang violence occurs. It will also depict the effects it has on societies, and individuals. And the consequences gained both metal, and practical. Gang violence is an ever ongoing, and prevalent issue within the United States, and spreads through almost every ethnicity, and people. Gang Violence Gang violence is

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    Gang Violence In America

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    Gang violence is a severe problem in the United States. It effects people in all sorts of ways. The death rate due to gangs is bizarrely high. They kill each other for no reason at all. Even if you’re not involved with gangs physically you might be involved financially. Taxpayers might not even know it but money is being deducted from their checks without their consent, possibly because a gang member shot someone without insurance and the bill has to be paid some type of way. Gang members can also

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    Gang Violence In Chicago

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    Gang violence has become very popular over the past 20 years. It's more common than what we know and it is becoming more popular as we speak. Gang violence is not a good thing at all our government should be trying harder to put a stop to gang violence. The people in gangs are terrorising cities, causing more crime than what we need, and over-populating our streets with weapons that are used for a bad cause. Since 2012 the homicide rate in Chicago has increased by 25% and is mainly caused by the

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