Gang Related Violence Case Study

In todays United States we have a huge problem affecting society, gangs and the violence that follows them wherever they go. These days’ gangs aren’t just compiled of grown adults, they often lure in young teens to do dirty work and to add numbers to their turf. Despite laws aimed straight at these gangs they still defy the law and wreak havoc upon the territory that they claim. The members in the gang have a gang first mentality and will do everything possible to provide for and protect their fellow members. They will very rarely snitch on their own to help put a stop to some of the meaningless crimes committed by these savages.

After many mixtapes and nearing the edge of household name status, Maryland rapper Logic drops his first album. In this album is a song titled Gang Related. This song tells the story of what environment and household he grew up in. His brother is in a gang and sells cocaine to his father in front of him. Logic's mother is in an out of mental institutions, all the while logic is growing up and trying not to get shot when he walks outside. With drugs and gangs all around him, it is quite amazing that he got out and become a famous rapper. Gang Related also has a core message of stopping the violence, which leads to a question, is this song about his story or a message about ending the violence?

I have observed that individuals and communities, and institutions think that poverty, gang violence and child abuse is what represent who you are and where you belong. Going through poverty, gang violence and child abuse would lead individuals in the wrong direction in life. When an individual or a communities see a gang member or someone they don’t care about that person because they say once you’re in the hole it hard to come back out. I just think it wrong for individuals and communities to judge people the way they do. People are the way they for a reason. Everybody has a kind heart. They made not seem like they do but they do. Their mostly likely that because there not given love or support. Like in the story said they in need of attention.

Gang violence is a serious problem in America today, and it is also prevalent in the other countries in the world. “According to a national gang survey, the most recent estimate

     Nowadays gangs are big issues in America. People who are in gang feel like they belong some where and people care about them. There are various reasons people join gangs, and almost all age group between ages 12-40 are involved in gangs. One of the big reasons people join gangs is because of their needs, protection, and also they want attention from people around them. Gang’s should be taken seriously because today’s gangs are more violent and brutal then they were in 60’s. Gangs do more violent act every day and if police don’t do anything about gangs then it will be hard to control the gangs in the future.

Crime this year has exponentially increased all around the world. From the Middle East all the way to some of the big cities in the U.S. Fresh data from the FBI show that U.S murder rates have increased by 10 percent since 2015 compared to the previous year.

The policy initiative aimed at tackling gang violence needs not only the police to play their role, but also other public service workers, like teachers, youth workers and multi-agencies. All of them have to work together and share information. The policy claims that to prevent gang violence the police will have to apply fixed custodial sentences for people using a knife to threaten or endanger others. The UK Boarder Agency will also have a role as with the police they need to undertake using immigration powers to deport dangerous gang members who are not UK citizens, bringing Operation Bite in London strategy to successes. When working together all hospital emergency departments will have to share confidential data on knife and gang assaults with the police and other agencies. In addition the possibility may be even a possibility of including hospital data on local crime maps. All of this is just part of the initiative and will affect not only gang members, but the public services too. The police job may become easier as they will work with other services. For example, as the hospitals will provide data to mark on local crime

Gang Violence has been seen throughout the nation. From Compton with the now infamous Bloods and Crips to the Gangster Disciples that were born in South side of Chicago. Its been studied and shown that one of the underlying issues of gangs and gang violence is that they form in impoverished neighborhoods. Theoretically bundled within these "neighborhood effects are institutions’ and actors’ social networks that are the foundation of other neighborhood-level processes such as social control, mobilization, and cultural assimilation" (Papachristos, 2013, p. 417). This notion of geography creating more crime in certain areas is true to a certain extent. Whereas most people look towards Chicago or Los Angeles

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

In my neighborhood, there’s a lot of gang violence. Every night, we hear gunshots from a couple streets away, sometimes they are followed by police sirens, and sometimes they aren’t. Gangs are involved with drugs, guns, crime, and violence. Many gangs are associated with robbery, drug and gun trafficking, fraud, extortion, and more. According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report, gangs are responsible for an average of 48% of violent crime in most jurisdictions, and up to 90% in others.

Have you ever thought joining a gang?. Every year teenagers are getting killed, it's mostly children between 9 and order. That's not the only problems that gangs have, most gangs members are getting addicted to drugs and alcohol. This is why gangs are turning into

Handling this situation is both tricky and easy (but mostly tricky). It’s tricky because the bond that these members have is something that is not easily disturbed so to begin to change/rid the area of a specific thought is something that is nearly impossible. But, if you cut off the problems where it begins, the problem will be solved. Imagine an idea in the shape of a seed. In order for the seed to germinate and to grow, you need the correct ingredients like water and sunshine. If you stop those, then the seed won’t germinate and you won’t have any growth. Now apply this metaphor to how the minds of youth’s work. Being brought up in an environment where they are constantly told that one perspective is the right one or that hating another

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

The purpose of this paper is to review and verify a recent study by Scott H. Decker of the University of Missouri – St. Louis, entitled Collective and Normative Features in Gang Violence (Decker & VanWinkle, 1996). The study will attempt to address why our local increase in gang violence has reached monumental heights causing an increase in gang members appearing your court.

Abstract: This review studies in depth research done on street gangs. Social issues have social scientists turning away from including this in their research around this time. Sociological views have been changed dramatically in the past 40 years due to gender and racial studies. Also, women have started to join gangs since America has been changed with woman equality laws passing.