Analysis Of Gang Related

Why are these stories relevant? These stories are relevant to the gang problem because if a gang member, Frank Gottie, sees that the gang problem in Memphis has to stop then it should be addressed. The community should want a change so the generation in Memphis doesn’t fall into the typical stereotypes, they should want more for the future youth to come. Everyone(the youth) won’t have that second chance like the Memphian Ar’tavius Brown, all the youth won’t have that judge that will see the better side of the situation.The community needs to get more involved with the youth, their kids, and family; so the gang problem won’t become worse than it is becoming.

The victim, Tamoi CHEWS was the front passenger of a vehicle driven by his girlfriend, Michelle GOODSON. In the rear passenger area were the victim's two children, Tyron Bradford, age 22 and Toni TAYLOR, age 21. They were driving home after attending a party in the area of 40th and Prairie. They were going N/B on State Street in the area of 4229 S. State. At that approximate address there were two vehicles blocking both lanes of N/B State St. It appeared that the occupants of these two vehicles may have been talking to each other. The victim recognizes the driver of the vehicle stopped in the lane closest to the curb. The victim's girlfriend believes

One of the sad parts about the documentary is that you see little kids who are sucked into these gang circles. They watch what is taking place and even if they don’t intentionally intend to become a part of a gang they somehow end up being a part of it by association. Not only are little kids being affected by gangs, but also families. We see a case in which two brothers are part of rival gangs and constantly argue with one another. Although, they have a caring mother it is not stopping them from having the conflicts they do with each other. Another sad statement made by one of the gang members is that you have to live day by day. You don’t know what the future holds for you so you have to survive the moment. As Eddie mentioned within 30 hours

J.T operates exactly like a franchise. J.T must pay a 20 percent due towards the board of directors of the gang. The boards of directors are essentially the big bosses of the gang. Anything left over is a profit for J.T, but he must handle the expense that the gang has. These costs can be separated as fixed and variable cost. The fixed costs are the dues and the Extortionary taxes and the variable costs are weapons or mercenary fighter. Any earning made after these cost go towards J.T pocket, which are tax free. The similarity between a corporation and a gang is astonishing. An example of this is the similarities that drug dealer and a newly hired corporate worker face. A drug dealer must face the same initial obstacles that your everyday worker goes through. The drug dealers must start out at the bottom as a “foot solider”, which is the case for a regular worker. An example of this is when an aspiring accountant starts out as an intern of their future employment. The end goal for both of these careers is to get to

Throughout the song, Tupac gives an inside look on the social problems affecting African-Americans and suggests possible solutions. In the first stanza of the song, Tupac first talks about how certain social issues are linked together; he makes a correlation between his skin color and being poor. Tupac says “I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black.” Then he explains how poverty causes crime by saying “My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch.” And finally, he demonstrates the relationship between police brutality and race by saying “Cops give a damn about a negro? Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero.”

There are many outside risk factors that influence gang involvement and membership for both males and females. These factors are what lead an individual toward joining a gang and participating in criminal activities. While many of these factors are similar between genders, some weigh heavier for males than females. The risk factors are predominately associated with the environment around young individuals participating in gang activity, as well as uncontrollable factors such as biology.

Gang affiliation has been a major influence on the career path of rappers since the beginning of the generation X hip hop genre. Rappers, producers, record label owners, and even the simplest of bodyguards have endured drastic repercussions of artists unintentionally combining the music industry with their street life. From having trouble with the law and having trouble in the streets, rap wasn’t the only lifestyle for them. Most are able to escape the effects, while others tend to drown in the downfall that follows after their unvarying course of adverse decisions.

Dr.samenow is a Ph.D he says gangs do not offer family. He also said that”a desire to belong to the individual never had while growing up”. Also “Gangs offer a hierarchy of leadership and a path to gain approval and achieve success”. Samenow also says “ as he saw it, gangs offered only a future of destruction, poison, and death .He wanted something far better”.This is what Dr.Samenow thinks.

A large number of studies suggest that gang-affiliation can be linked through shared risk factors, such as adverse childhood experiences (Sampson & Laub, 1993; Huff, 2002; BMC Medicine, 2014; Public Health England, 2015; Anda et al, 2005). Adverse childhood experiences are stressful occurrences during childhood that affect a child’s living environment (e.g. substance abuse, domestic violence etc.), or that directly affects a child (e.g. child malnourishment) (Public Health England, 2015). Experiences of this nature can increase the risk of obtaining detrimental behaviours, this is because they can have a major influence on a child’s social and emotional development; thus, leading to negative outcomes in later life (Bellis et al, 2014). Further,

Adolescence is a point in a child’s life when they are transitioning to become more independent pro-social beings, in which behavioral changes occur as they enter adulthood. Exposure to Gang membership at a young age is proven to be very influential and can be a risk factor for children who have parents involved in gang activity (Augustyn, 2014). Men involved with gangs who are imprisoned and have sons’ on the outside encourage them to join the gang as well in order to stay protected while they are in prison (Shade, 2013). These youths are extremely vulnerable to influence and will usually do what their parents ask of them specifically in a situation where rival gangs may be after them due to their parents involvement with a gang. If children

have you ever been in a war that at the end your hurt your own kind but make friend with others. Well in this essay you will read how two girls hated each other, but later they will become close. They will both lose someone that’s close to them, but one of them loses more than others.

Chang writes in his book about how hip hop connects with many different real world problem going on politically and socially in many different places. He tells a story of a beaten and battered area of South Bronx. In this small area there was no law or order since many jobs were lost and most of what was left there were people of color from different parts of the world, including Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Due to the lack of protection Chang tells us that gangs were created as a means of protection from the junkies and other scavengers. Their way of dealing with things was very violent in nature, later on when more and more gangs started popping up they became territorial. They attacked other members who wore their “colors” on another gang’s turf. South Bronx became a very dangerous place full of nothing but youthful gangs and gang related violence. Socially it was the lack of jobs and other necessities that led to the creation of hip hop. There became a treaty of sorts, although its terms weren’t really discussed, but the gangs decided instead of focusing on violence and other things maybe they could focus on music to show the world their struggle. So all the different gangs started producing different strands of what we call hip hop. Each had different roots in it that all became mixed into a sort of melting pot.

Gang involvement and its associated violent crime have become a rapidly growing problem for the United States. Generally, gangs consist of young people of the same ethnic, racial, and economic background. Usually of a low socio-economic status, these gangs engage in illegal money making activities and intimidate their neighborhoods and rival gangs with violent crimes and victimization. Gang members exemplify a high value for group loyalty and sacrifice.

He explains on how violent his life was and how he had to survive. In the song he mentions “ The projects is full of bullets, the bodies is droppin” showing that where he

According to the United States Census Bureau, about 14% of the population lives in poverty. African Americans make up the majority of the population that suffer from poverty, the rate is 24.1%. The second highest percentage is made up of the Hispanic population, at about 21.4%. There is no doubt that the majority of the population living in poverty is made up of minorities. “Whites” make up only about 9.1% of the population. Being poor is caused because of the criminal justice system failing to acknowledge the lack of equality within the system. The book argues that the only ones that are being punished are the “poor and dangerous”.