Why Is Trevor Considered Unjustified In The Destructors?

Gangs have been around for many years; the founders of some of the original gangs in the United States will be discussed. The statistics of youth gangs in Canada will be presented followed by an in depth discussion about why young adults can be persuade into

uses this advantage to manipulate the gang into taking on a task that is more extreme than their normal daily bad deed; his own ambition. He uses his higher education and adept social skills to trick the boys into agreeing to fulfilling his own ambition; destroying Old Misery’s house. The gang normally use their time to carry out petty crimes like, “At Blackie’s suggestion the gang was to disperse in pair, take the buses at random and see how many free rides could be snatched from unwary conductors.” This activity may be frowned upon and slightly illegal, but they would never get arrested for it. Which is one of Blackie’s main goal as the leader of the gang; he is trying to keep every one out of jail. “Blackie said, ‘Nobody’s going to pinch things. Breaking in-that’s good enough, isn’t it? We don’t want any court stuff.’” However, when T. challenges Blackie to do something more daring, Blackie is hesitant, and T. seizes the chance to replace him as leader of the gang. “‘‘You can stand down, Blackie, if you’d rather…’” T. did this by describing the destruction of Old Misery’s house as grown up and more of a challenge for the boys, leading them astray from their minor crime lives and into the big leagues. T. puts the gang at risk of being arrested for breaking and entering, and vandalism among many other things, he slowly pushes their limits and bends their morals with the project of destroying Old Misery’s

This paper will serve as a profile of a prison gang of your choice. You will research this gang, its origins, growth, culture and newsworthy incidents. This paper should include the influence gang membership has on inmates, their progress in their sentences, rehabilitation and recidivism.

Even though gangs provide a sense of support, the "values" instilled in members are horribly dangerous to society. Murders and drive-by shottings go unpunished more often than not in areas like the Henry Horner Homes. Gangs have become powerful enough that high-ranking members who are forced to face the law are protected by high-priced attorneys and investigators (163).

Joanou’s (2006) Movie Gridiron Gang relates to Hard and Lazloffy (2005) information regarding youth involved in gangs’ memberships. According to Hard and Lazloffy (2005) the amount of youth involved in gangs has amplified considerably over the years, which has also contributed to the escalation in homicides, aggravated assaults, rapes and other forms of violence types of adolescents’ crimes rates. According to Joanou (2006), most of the adolescents inmates at Camp Kilpartick where gang members that committed some type of crime that involved violence. Also according to Hard and Lazloffy (2005), most young teens join gangs because they offer a buffer against violence, but the buffer against violence comes with the price of them having to commit crimes, which creates an unending vicious cycle of violence, and this cycle of violence is seen throughout Joanou’s (2006) movie.

In the 1950’s, Cohen (1955) took Merton’s theory of crime further by focusing on gang delinquency within the working class demographic. Cohen used the central idea of the anomie theory but narrowed its focus on this particular subculture and elaborated it in order to explain the characteristics of gang delinquency.

This paper was done in response to an article that I came across in which a child was convicted as an adult for homicide. The homicide was supposedly gang-related; the young child that was only 14 years of age was painted as an entrenched gang member. This article made me think what contributed to this situation and how it can be eradicated from today’s society so this will never happen to any of our youth.

As shown in Laura Schroff’s “An Invisible Thread”, Events caused by gang violence have proven to be a way of tearing apart families and harming people far past those of the gang victims through increasing crime rates, reducing the education of teens, and increasing the impact of problems such as drugs abuse.As long as gangs exist in the United States the crime rates will continue to climb as more and more people rush to join this violence.Existing gangs in the united states continue to “Threaten The public safety”, especially in urban areas where there is a surplus of teenage aged children ready to join. (National Gang Center)Constantly, gang members, such as Maurice's father in “An Invisible Thread” can further cause problems is public safety and community tranquility.Many times these acts of violence can lead to the disturbance of innocent peoples lives further victimizing them.Urbanized areas such as Maurices hometown of New York remain to be “The largest Concentration” of gang crime. (National Gang Center).These large amounts of gang memberships in these cities can have a negative effect on the lives of children and teenagers in these areas, who can fall victim to these crimes.These concentrations of gang membership can have the biggest effects on kids such as Maurice who can often find themselves the most exposed to these crimes.In the city of New York alone multiple gangs have been suspected for “several high-profile killings”. (MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press)Crimes such as these can most often have the biggest effect on the homeless such as Maurice from “An Invisible Thread”.Killings like these, especially in highly populated cities can continues to lead to gang involvement in teenagers; further increasing the sizes of these violent gang activities.As violence continues In the streets of these cities it will further increase crime rates as more people rush to join these events.One of the many other effects that these gangs have had on society in many of these cities is that on Education as they target the youth as their new members.One of the many problems that can lead to these educational problems is the influence of “poor parenting” (Gangs- Lewis Yablonsky).The Influence of parents in education

Gangs can be classified as a group of adolescents who are perceived to be a threat to society, are mostly recognized by their name and territorial power, and have been involved in numerous acts that violate criminal law procedures in North America. (Esbensen, Winfree, He and Taylor, 2001). The first theme that was present in the pieces of literature collected was the lack of opportunities. As previously stated before, becoming involved in a gang starts at a young age. An article titled “Youth Gangs and Definitional Issues: ‘When is a Gang a Gang, and Why Does It Matter?’” explicates what exactly constitutes a gang, starting with young adolescents. Using a survey conducted in the United States, Finn-Aage Esbensen, L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Ni

In the early twentieth century, the term “gang” was associated with groups in socially disorganized and deteriorated inner-city neighborhoods: It was applied to juveniles who engaged in a variety of delinquencies, ranging from truancy, street brawls, and beer running to race riots, robberies, and other serious crimes (Regoli, Hewitt, DeLisi, 2011). There were several gangs within the United States, which included street gangs, prison gangs, motorcycle gangs, and organized crime gangs that still exist today. The word “gang” is derived from the word “gonge,” which is a term that means a journey. Frederic Thrasher who was called the “Father of Gang Research”, who defined the word gang as kids in the streets back in the 1920s.

Initially gang activity could only be found in large metropolitan cities, but now gangs have invaded neighborhoods of all sizes across the country. Gangs introduce violence and fear to the communities they occupy, raise the level of drug activities, and destroy businesses and property which brings down the overall value of the whole area. Instead of going to school, many young people find themselves drawn in to the gang life which in most cases either leads to being locked up or death. There are various reasons why people would want to join a gang, but no matter what that reason might be one can only expect a life of violence and troubles.

The short story “The Destructors” by Graham Greene is set in London after World War II (Kolin, 158-161). During this time of gloom and despair are a group of boys that are a product of the war. They form a gang, establish a leader, and find a house to destroy. The gang is called the Wormsley Common Gang (Greene, 106). The Wormsley Common Gang consists of 12 boys, which has two alternating leaders Blackie and Trevor. Blackie is the original leader and handed over leadership to Trevor momentarily. In the story the boys find order to chaos, organize opportunities, set goals, take risks, open communication, and motivate others for a greater purpose. If a leader leads with destruction then they are a poor leader but, if an

Gangs originated naturally during the adolescent years of a child. They started from small play groups that eventually found themselves in conflict with other small groups of youth. Due to the conflict between the two small groups of youth it became a part of a child’s mind set to come together as a gang and protect their rights and satisfy the needs that their environment and families couldn’t provide. There are about 24,500 gangs in the U.S and out of those gangs 40% of them are juveniles (Hess, Orthmann, Wright, 2013). There are numerous reason why a child would join a gang, and the

Gangs are becoming prevalent in today’s society and within our schools. More and more young people are turning to gangs in an attempt to escape their everyday lives and the future, which they perceive as dismal and bleak. They are initially attracted to the prestige and cash flow, which is glamorized by the street gang. Many gangs are actively involved in criminal misconduct, such as drug and gun trafficking, burglaries and homicides. However, street gangs are not just a criminal justice issue, but a social problem, which is triggered by poverty, peer pressure, boredom, despair and lacking a sense of belonging.

In society today, there is a major problem We live in a society where gangs are taking over our neighborhoods in numbers. It is the responsibility of the individuals to part take in getting their neighborhoods back under control. Gangs are becoming a growing problem in American society. More young people are turning to gangs to solve problems in their lives or for acceptance. When youths join gangs, they drop all their social activities with school, family, and friends. However, individuals ruin their lives, and the chances of them having a decent education, and a successful life by getting involved in gang activity.