that your chances of becoming a victim of any type of crime in Oakland is 1 in 10 if you reside there for a year. Street gangs are posted on street corners while others hang by the bus stop or in their “owned” area. Growing up, I have witnessed many incidents in which my home was shot up or experienced losing a family member or friend due to gang violence. Society knows that gangs exist, but few try to understand or question how they came into existence.
years old. With many young people trying strong narcotics illegally it is no surprise that other young people will also become more apt to try these heavier drugs. The article, “Marijuana is a Dangerous Drug for Teens” by Joseph Calfifano discuses why marijuana is so dangerous for teens and how the gateway effect plays part in this problem. The article states that marijuana use is a “signal of trouble”, the troubles include lack of growth, focus, and motor skills. He also brings up the gateway
United States are involved in a gang and about half of crimes are related to gang violence. Crimes dealing with gangs and drugs have rates that are the highest they have ever been. Illegal immigrants are a large chunk of people that are involved with gangs. Crime in the United States has an indomitable influence on our society. Additionally, our efforts to reduce the amount crime are necessary and can unquestionably affect the progress in our country. Gangs and drug-related crime serve
(Strout, Brian 1996). This sharp increase is largely due to the rapid formation of gang activity throughout the United States (Strout, Brian, 1996). In today's larger cities, gang violence is a reality that people have to deal with every day. As gang related crimes increase, officials are trying to find out why people join and remain loyal to gangs. Unfortunately, experts can only hypothesize explanations for gang involvement. However, by studying societys influence on humans, there is evidence to
overall public and gang members in particular on SNSs and argue that, when used ethically and appropriately, law enforcement and the communities they serve can benefit greatly from this technology. Just what are SNSs and what do people routinely use them
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”
media, gangs, religious affiliation, psychological abnormalities and bullying for murders carried out by juveniles. There are only two of these that I believe is a legitimate reason for juveniles to carry out a murder. I believe that gang affiliation is a legitimate reason. There are numerous situations in which children have little option in joining a gang. Refusal to join a gang can put their family members at risk. Also, being raised under strain can influence juveniles to join a gang. As far
For years, gang crime has been loathed by society, as society has perceived it to threaten the well-being of its members. In addition to the fear of gang violence, concerns have been raised of gangs polluting youth; hence, policing strategies have emerged more increasingly in an attempt to put an end to the delinquency. Nevertheless, for society the causation of gang crime has been discussed to a lesser extent; thus, the objective of this essay will be to depict a viable explanation of gang crime through
social statuses. First of all, some Greasers have problems because of the involvement of gangs and the unbiased law towards them. In the article “The Allure of Gangs”, the text states “kids who join gangs feel alienated by their parents...want to feel like they are part of some kind of family”(“The Allure of Gangs” on page 40). This is important because the deprivation of parenting caused the joining of gangs. This shows that Greasers are more emotional and just want to be cared. In addition, the
Los Angeles, the “gang capital” of the nation. Over than 450 gangs in the city, some have been in existence since the 1950’s. All of these gangs combined have an individual total of about 45,000. Gang affiliation has taken a big role in the city of Los Angeles, in the last 3 years there has been a total of about 16,000 crimes, 491 of them were homicides. Gang affiliation has taken a big role in the lives of many young people, falling into drugs, and maybe in the course of committing murder or other