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    Gang Violence And Crime

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    perceived crime rate would be decreasing as well. However, gang-related violence has increased as developing countries improve economically and become an established nation. A plethora of evidence exemplifies that the law enforcement system corruption has increased to gain influence and power. Thus, the paradigm of gang violence and crime has become prevalent over the decade of economic growth. To minimize the threat of organized gang crime among developing nations, governmental agencies must increase

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    Causes Of Gang Violence

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    fixing gang violence the correct way? We should use all acts to stop gang violence and use all the proper ways to build and get great results. Before solving the problem, we should first try to understand the problem. A person's tough experiences whether in their childhood or from just going through times creates them to be violent. An example of this would be such experiences within a certain gang of people and un-happiness with social economic status within the community. The cause of gang violence

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    Essay On Gang Violence

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    are against gang violence because we all know that it’s not the solution to anything. It just increases the violences in the U.S. which is not necessary. The gang-related activity and violence has increased along the U.S southwest border region, as US-based gangs 2 Thesis Context Paper act as enforcers for Mexican drug cartels. A gang is a type of small war that occurs when two gangs end up in a feud over territory. Based on these reasons we have every right to stop the gang violence before it's

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    Gangs And Violence Essay

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    Gangs are not a new phenomenon, but they are still a problem that has to be addressed. Gangs are involved in a number of criminal activities. In the last few years or so many urban cities have experienced an epidemic of youth violence that is rapidly spreading from the inner cities to the suburbs. Gangs are no longer the problem of those who live in the crime-ridden neighborhoods where the gangs thrive; they are now everyone's problem. Along with the violence that comes from gangs, there are also

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    history of gangs and gang violence. There are a total of 1,150,000 gang members in the United States and 40% of them are under the age of 18 years old. There has been much research done on gang members, but the theory that stands out most is Social Identity Theory. When considering that almost half of gang members are under the age of 18, it is not shocking that Social Identity Theory applies to the lives of these gang members. In the video “A homeboy’s guide to healing by former L.A. gang members”

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    Those groups are called gang graffiti. Gang graffiti accede violence to show preeminence of there such called territories.When gangs have indicated their neighborhood, anyone that's not part of their gang will have a higher chance of being attacked. An example occurred on April 6, 2016, fifteen-year-old high school player had a brutal bleeding due to not being in a gang.

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    Gang Violence Speeches

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    has no simple solution. For this group project we decided to present the topic of gang violence. We then talked about gang violence in a perspective that others may have not considered. The purpose of this speech was to have all the students involved and to get the information for each bullet completed and detailed. The target audience could be anyone that ranges to teenagers and adults who have considered joining a gang or others who are even being affected without knowing and to have more knowledge

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    Teens And Gang Violence

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    About one third of every community experiences some sort of gang violence (Tucker). Although, it may not directly affect one specific community. It is making a great impact on the new generation. Gang violence among teens has become more prevalent in today’s society. For example, during the summer of 2017 in Lancaster South Carolina, five teenagers were murdered by other teens in gang affiliated behaviors. Thus, resulting in imprisonment. The question is how we punish these teens. Should they receive

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    friends to gang violence. Additionally, JC is involved heavily involved in gang activity himself and is causing the family anxiety as they are afraid that he will place himself in danger attempting to obtain “revenge”. Rather than working from micro level, it can be helpful to approach this case from the broader mezzo level. As Mr. Alvarez is highly involved in the community, it would be beneficial to partner with him when approaching any community related issues, including the gang activity.

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    site tending a friend funeral that’s younger then you. Seeing everyone in the building cry is so wrong. Gangs where I’m from goes by what neighborhood you grew in. You not actually in it until you start hanging with the wrong people or repping your set like throwing up gang signs. I witness a couple of good people getting shot because they was at the wrong place and the wrong time. Gang violence is nothing to be proud of at all kids just need to have that come to Jesus speech in the room. Englewood

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