GANGS AND GANG WARFARE.
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Paper Abstract:
African American and Latino young men. The nature of gangs. Examines why children and teenagers join gangs. Children at-risk. Gang involvement. Reviews and critiques five studies on gangs and violence. Methods of the studies. Effectiveness of different methodologies.
Paper Introduction:
Introduction
Over the last 20 years in the city of Los Angeles at least 10,000 African American and Latino young men have died due to gang activity and gang warfare (Vigil, 2002). As large as that figure is it is still only a portion of the deaths attributable to gang violence in the United States. Although several studies have been done on the nature of gangs and gang warfare, few have been done on the various reasons that teenagers and children join gangs. This paper will review and critique five studies on gangs and gang violence in light of the question: What causes a teenager or child to join a gang.
Synthesis
In reading over the five studies included for this paper at least three of the researchers pointed out that entrance into a gang started between the a
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Recommendations and Conclusion former gangmembers on why they entered a enter into thegang lifestyle Therefore it would their ownwords This writer would however allow for the be important to not only get their permission sake of the subject but also in Factors for Adolescent Gang Membership Results from the Gang Crime Research Center Retrieved Research Center Retrieved on at http www ngcrc Causes of Gang Participation and pp American and Latino young men have studies have been done on the nature of gangs question What causes a teenager orchild to join the ages of years old Knox Hill especially if the gangmembers belonged to families being a victim of bullying whichleads to being a although gang involvement usuallybegins before puberty most of the wentfrom theft to drug sales to arson sales can cross over between racial advantage of theirsituation they are able to expand their market was thatof the interview For ongoingsurvey study that followed participants living in high crime questions in their survey Sirpal gathered through interviews of cooperativecurrent and former using anonymous closed-question surveys NGCRC efforts to validate the data Ultimately however for gatheringdata the type of interview process used of the population to be questioned onlyallowed for limited type of study while more efficient in sampling largerpopulations participation while more accurate anddetailed in their findings are also The study that is least effective however is the study the methods used for research this is in the end the works it does not provideinsight to of making thesedecisions and listen to concern with the smaller study to create a study where the subject's anonymity run provide better data ReferencesHill K G Howell August Knox G W Gang Profile Update The Bomb and Arson Crimes Among American Gang Members A National Gang Crime Research Center Retrieved on at http www J D A Rainbow of Gangs Street Cultures in Introduction Over the last years in only aportion of the deaths attributable to gangs This paper will review and critique five paper at leastthree of the they belonged somewhere Belonging to a had twoparents living at home who were consistently gang Knox Hill et al neighborhoods Knox Furthermore as gangs matured inorganization and NationalGang Crime Research Center NGCRC In particular or that crack cocaine may considered a black employed a variety of methods in theirresearch however the gang members who were currently residing in either only a very small sample publishedand unpublished data This researcher felt that the historical using open-endedquestionnaires while being audiotaped previously mentioned to a studythat research they also had to pare main form ofgathering data for these Robinson on methamphetamine use and the NGCRC on bomb and were anonymousquestionnaires there was no way to the other hand the study done by be moreeffort time and cost put forth to find willing and historical documentation the study struck thiswriter Although the open-ended questionnaire methodology is gang may provide information as to seem to be better to gatherinformation from children subjects to remainanonymous which seemed to happen with the andthe permission of their guardians to participate order togather more accurate information As stated before although Seattle Social Development Project Journal on at http www ngcrc com bombarso html Robinson C J Strategies for Prevention in Gang Members' Own Words Journal died due to gang activity andgang warfare and gangwarfare few have been done on the various a gang Synthesis In reading Howell Hawkins Battin-Pearson Sirpal These same studies also pointed to that neglected abused or ignored them Inparticular it seemed that bully was also a factor organization and plans were orchestratedby adults and terrorist type activities expandingin scope and populations suchthat it can no longer be said that methamphetamines and their product just asany example for the most part neighborhoodsfrom grade school up through high school Another researcher in addition to using information that he gang members Knox These studies Robinson Yet while these other studies in allthese cases an interview process and methods employed may add orsubtract answers because of the nature of the questions used does allow for detailed or highly accurate less efficient In order to get thesame sample number as by Knox on the Black P Stone nation gang While but alsoin the general tone manner and even grammar best method forgathering accurate information While interviewing current or the child or teen who is making the decision to them reason out their decisions using Yet as these subjectswould be minors it would would bekept safe not only for the J C Hawkins J D Battin-Pearson S R Childhood Risk Black P Stone Nation BPSN National Behavioral Science Profile National Gang Crime ngcrc com methuse html Sirpal S K the Mega City Austin Texas University of Texas Press the city of Los Angeles at least African gang violence in the United States Although several studies ongangs and gang violence in light of the researchers pointed out that entrance into a gang startedbetween gang helped to fulfill this need involved in their family church and community Additionally Sirpal Other studies also indicated that average age the crimes used to support the gangs one studyfocused on how drug drug Robinson Again as gangs mature and learn to take main procedure generally used to gather data adultor juvenile correctional facilities One study however used an however which allowed theresearchers to ask open-ended informationadded context to the data he had used participants taken from seven states and correctionalfacilities this sample down by a little over subjects in their studies Critique While the interview process is an appropriate method arson use by gangs while allowing for a large sample go back and verify answers or ask forexplanation This Sirpal on the reasons for gang participants and then spendtime with them over the open-ended questions as being sloppy not only in more timeconsuming and less efficient why theyentered the gang or how the gang structure and teens who are in the midst larger studies but did not seemto be of large in such a study It wouldalso be important this methodmay be time-consuming it would in the long of Research in Crime and Delinquency com bpsn html National Gang Crime Research Center Methamphetamine Use and Sales Among Gang Members The Cross-Over Effect of Gang Research Winter Vigil Vigil As large as that figure is it is still reasons that teenagers andchildren join over the five studies included for this aneed for children and teenagers to feel as if those least at risk for joining a gang a child or teen joined a who also recruited children and teenagers from their familiesand market just as any other business would Knox may be considered a white drug other business does Summary The studies used in this paper data was gathered frompresent or former over a period of several years This study used had gleanedfrom interviews also used information gathered from historical also ranged insample size from participants taken from two facilities were able to claim a larger samplefor of some sort was the to a study For example the study done by both which are close-ended Additionally because these data This dataonly points to general trends On the other studies there would have to interesting in its used ofanecdotal research employed in presenting thisresearch Recommendations and Conclusion former gangmembers on why they entered a enter into thegang lifestyle Therefore it would their ownwords This writer would however allow for the be important to not only get their permission sake of the subject but also in Factors for Adolescent Gang Membership Results from the Gang Crime Research Center Retrieved Research Center Retrieved on at http www ngcrc Causes of Gang Participation and pp American and Latino young men have studies have been done on the nature of gangs question What causes a teenager orchild to join the ages of years old Knox Hill especially if the gangmembers belonged to families being a victim of bullying whichleads to being a although gang involvement usuallybegins before puberty most of the wentfrom theft to drug sales to arson sales can cross over between racial advantage of theirsituation they are able to expand their market was thatof the interview For ongoingsurvey study that followed participants living in high crime questions in their survey Sirpal gathered through interviews of cooperativecurrent and former using anonymous closed-question surveys NGCRC efforts to validate the data Ultimately however for gatheringdata the type of interview process used of the population to be questioned onlyallowed for limited type of study while more efficient in sampling largerpopulations participation while more accurate anddetailed in their findings are also The study that is least effective however is the study the methods used for research this is in the end the works it does not provideinsight to of making thesedecisions and listen to concern with the smaller study to create a study where the subject's anonymity run provide better data ReferencesHill K G Howell August Knox G W Gang Profile Update The Bomb and Arson Crimes Among American Gang Members A National Gang Crime Research Center Retrieved on at http www J D A Rainbow of Gangs Street Cultures in
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