Why Gangs Can Be Harmful At Risk Youth

Curfews, a tool used by governments and parents alike to ensure the safety and security of those they care for. The youth of today have to face many challenges before their inevitable cross over into adulthood, and the addition of a curfew can aid this process by preventing easy access to drugs and alcohol and protecting youth from the dangers of dark streets late at night. Many schools throughout the US have programs, such as DARE, to educate kids on the dangers of drugs and alcohol; however

Gangs and Violence in California 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. The solutions provided in this document are a response

Youth and School Violence The Center for Disease Control (CDC) describes youth violence as “harmful behaviors that can start early and continue into young adulthood” (Center for Disease Control, 2016, para. 1). It includes bullying, robbery, assaults, or even acts that include the victim, the offender, and the witness. School violence is a sub-section of youth violence that exists on the school grounds during a school sponsored event or on the way to or from school. It can also involve an adult

perceived negatively, it can greatly benefit an individual provided one understand it and conforms to the right pressure. Peer pressure consists of positive and negative interactions between adolescents resulting in a change of behavior. It can range from friendly competitions of getting good grades to negative behaviors resulting in drug use. Peer pressure not only can be bad peers may teach you good and it encourages you to follow them it is a constant daily issue in today’s youth. Peer pressure is very

will prevail and save adolescents from being drug addicts. Prevention of Adolescent Drug Addictions Today’s adolescents are becoming addicted to drugs each day. At some point this trend must be stopped. If it is not the future of the youth is meek. Parents must be held responsible for being the

smoking. This is just one of the many reasons why I believe that cigarette smoking should be banned in public areas. I will argue this point in three ways. First, I will argue that the health effects of smoking are so harmful that cigarettes should not be allowed in public areas. Next, I will argue that the negative effects go beyond just health, but to the money of people affected by

Juvenile Delinquency: Factors that lead youth to delinquency It has long been a problem why some children steal, damage properties and not others. Many researches have been done to know the main factor that lead youth to delinquency, and it has been learned that there is no single path to delinquency. Although much of the research on factors that youth face has focused on predicting serious and violent offenses. Many people wonder about the factors that lead youth to commit delinquency. There are many

Monster by Sanyika Shakur yields a firsthand insight on gang warfare, prison, and redemption. “There are no gang experts except participants (xiii)” says Kody Scott aka. Monster. Monster vicariously explains the roots of the epidemic of South Central Los Angeles between the Crips and the Bloods that the world eventually witnessed on April 29, 1992. As readers we learn to not necessarily give gangs grace but do achieve a better understanding of their disposition to their distinct perception in life

surface, the criminogenic factors that can lead an individual towards gang involvement are similar amongst Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal gang members. However, upon closer inspection, it is the experience of colonization that drastically sets these two groups apart. That is, the impact and the trauma caused by the colonization of the Aboriginal people of Canada is the predominant factor that exacerbates and intensifies criminogenic factors associated with Aboriginal gang participation (Totten, 2009, 137;

started around 170 years ago, with the opening of Massachusetts’ Lyman School for Boys in 1846 (Miller, 1991), American reformers began experimenting with a “new” approach to troubled youth” according to Patrick McCarthy author of the article “The Future of Youth Justice: A Community-Based Alternative to the Youth Prison Model”. The juvenile justice system has changed dramatically over the years, it has come a long way but we are still improving on the issues we have had in the past, currently have