kinds of threats to inmate and officer safety daily. The correctional system in our country contains many gangs within the walls and connected to our streets. These groups‚ known as Security Threat Groups‚ are usually operated by race‚ and are active in our Federal Bureau of Prisons and in at least 40 state correctional systems. Inmates are pretty much forced to join their racial group or gang to ensure their personal safety while in prison. In the 1980’s and 1990’s‚ inmates were more racially twisted
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Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today ’s cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon‚ but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface‚ gangs are a direct result of human beings ’ personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we
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I’ve never resided nor visited California. Therefore‚ I wouldn’t understand the high crime rate nor the gang activities that exist. I’ve only seen movies that reflect different gang images. Movies such as Colors‚ Fresh‚ Boyz N Tha Hood‚ Menace II Society‚ and Original Gangstaz explain the life of crips‚ bloods‚ and other gangs. When children view these movies‚ they think they are cool. Their minds are too young and immature to witness such graphic images. These images include distribution of drugs
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Gangs‚ which are usually groups of criminal or youth delinquents‚ are said to be able to be dated back to the times of the Greeks. It is theorized that some of America’s present-day gangs are stemmed from these ancient formations. However‚ today’s gangs are more serious‚ violent‚ and spiraling out of control. The indications of a gang can be identified by certain graffiti tags‚ tattoos‚ gang colors‚ and the self-identification by youths. When departmental crime officials are asked to tell how they
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Gang is: A group of people‚ youngsters or adolescent who associate closely‚ often exclusively‚ for social reasons‚ esp. such as a group engaging in delinquent behavior. It is said that there are about 750‚000 different gangs in the United States‚ ranging from cultural meaning people from the same culture like the “The Latin Kings” consisting of Hispanic members to the “ Zoe pound” which include only Haitians or the well know the “mafia” which consist of the Italians. Other gangs are just diverse
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Albert Medina Mrs. Hill English 101 22 March 2014 The Location Standing around waiting under the blazing hot sun my group of friends Brad a tall meathead‚ Jake a tall snake‚ Brandon a average white boy and there is me a small light skinned Mexican. Waiting patiently in line‚ one by one thousand of fans are trying to go in to this big salmon and aqua green color building. Before we can go in we have to pass-by security first‚ taking off my hat and everything out of my pockets. This gigantic
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Sometimes I believe that we as people‚ specifically college students‚ forget how lucky we actually are. My eyes were opened up to this upon reading Sudhir Venkatesh’s remarkable story entitled Gang Leader for a Day. Through this novel‚ which I really enjoyed‚ I found myself going through an array of emotions. If I could pick one word to best describe the novel it would be a rollercoaster. At points I would laugh hysterically‚ while at other times I felt sorry for people‚ constantly my feelings
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TEACHING ACTION PLAN – PREVENTION AND ENTRY IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM | Teaching plan | Outcome | Learning objectives | Identify some of the risk factors associated with Gang membership.Identify some of the risk factors for juvenile offenders. Identify ways of tackling gang culture and juvenile crime. | Some of the learners already had some prior knowledge of the subject.All learners gained a basic understanding of the subject and made progress in identifying society’s ills.Most made a verbal
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Youth gangs/violence What are gangs? Gangs are a group of organized criminals with more than 4 people involved. I believe youth violence/ gangs has been an up-rising problem for the last 10 years. In 2001 there were only 88‚984 first time offenders introduced into the youth justice system‚ by 2007 this increased by a staggering 21‚842‚ but by 2012 it dropped by 62%. Goldson‚ B and Muncie‚ J (2015) youth crime & justice (pg. 76) Over the years there has been an up-rise in youth gangs and violence
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opportunity for happiness‚ success‚ and escape from otherworldly problems an individual may have faced in their lifetime. For as long as this ideal has been in place‚ there have been those who argue of its existence or its truthfulness. The movie Gangs of New York follows a wide variety of factions existing in New York City in the mid 1800s. After watching this movie‚ it is clear that the “American Dream” gave immigrants a false sense of hope. The prosperity and success it spoke of could only be
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