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There been gang issues in our community and our community has found way to try to beat these gang with the help of our law enforcement. Together the community and law enforcement fight to stop gangs from steal and killing each other and people in the community. Followers of the community and their relatives all got together where the gangs stayed hanging around. They had movie nights in the park, with families popping and transporting popcorn and other candies for people in the parks, and made

social epidemic among the youth of our nation. This social distress stems directly from the rising number of youth gangs throughout the country. Gang mentality and social deviance of this form has been noticed and documented in this country for decades. “ Prior to the 1970’s, gang violence was still popularly associated with white ethnic enclaves in the cities of the Midwest and East, and gang incidents were typically brawls involving fists, sticks and knives. Today, gangs are made up largely of ethnic

it’s tape or is absent of any CGI, it’s seemingly not worth our time. This is why the film “The Warriors” came as such a surprise to me. I have never been so intrigued with something older than myself. The movie begins with masses of New York gangs congregating together to listen to Cyrus, a powerful gang leader. Cyrus’ speech was intended to unite the several gangs and establish a peaceful coordiance. Rather than fighting each other, the gangs would entirely focus on overthrowing law enforcement due

Gang violence has become very popular over the past 20 years. It's more common than what we know and it is becoming more popular as we speak. Gang violence is not a good thing at all our government should be trying harder to put a stop to gang violence. The people in gangs are terrorising cities, causing more crime than what we need, and over-populating our streets with weapons that are used for a bad cause. Since 2012 the homicide rate in Chicago has increased by 25% and is mainly caused by the

Class and Culture in Urban American A gang is a loosely organized group of individual people who join forces for social reasons. Or anti-social reasons depending on how one looks at it. A person may join a gang for numerous reasons. These reasons include the need for “identity, discipline, recognition, love, money, and belonging.” 5 “Today there are approximately 274 Blood and Crip gangs in Los Angeles County alone.” 1 The gangs that are often in the news are usually made up of African-Americans

living in a community where gang violence is a problem, I am grateful that you are able to take part in a movement to decrease the amount of gang violence today. According to NeighborhoodScout.com, gang-related crimes occur an average of seven times a week in my small community of Delhi. The number may sound small but considering the size of my community where everyone knows each other this gang violence is affecting us a lot so it needs to stop. These numbers show that gang-related violence is an everyday

group of criminal activity would be gang violence and drug cartels. Gang violence has taken a big role of criminal activity threw out the years. In many places you may have two gangs going at each other because of something that could’ve happened 40- 50 to even 60 years ago. In the United States you have two gangs known as the “crips and bloods”. The crips have with an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 members. The crips are one of the largest and most violent street gangs in the United States. Bloods refers

people see gangs as intimidating, threatening, dangerous, and problematic. In fact, as discussed in class; gangs are considered problematic because they intimidate citizens, sell drugs, party in public, stash weapons, and commit crime without getting caught (Lecture, 9/12). Society as a whole, judges gang members and places such a negative reputation on them. The frustrating part is that instead of offering a second/third chance for these individuals and provide them with alternatives to the gang street

Gang violence is a reality that many American citizens must deal with from day to day. Webster defines gangs as an “organized group of criminals”. Why do people join gangs? probably to satisfy the need of being accepted. Being accepted gives an individual a sense of identity or belonging. Many join gangs for a source of income and to provide stability. Peer pressure is another reason why individuals join gangs, especially teens and young adults. They can easily be influenced by older gang members

Children and Gangs       Gang violence is a huge problem in America today. More and more children are joining gangs every day. It has become evident that these gangs made up of young people are causing numerous problems. Gang violence and gang activities impact all of those around the gang members. The kids in these gangs are hurting themselves, each other, their families, and the communities around them. Those who are associated with the gangs through family ties or just those who are