Understanding the psychology of gang violence.
The concern of street gangs is alarming in the United States. Declassified National Gang Assessment 2009 report showed an increase of 36.5% in street and youth gang members sine 2002. My dissertation will involve looking at vast majority of theories to why young people join street gangs. I will be looking at psychological, criminological.
Social Network Analysis of an Urban Street Gang Using Police Intelligence Data 4 Executive Summary Background As part of the Home Office’s Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme a commitment was made to help police forces better understand their local gang issues (HM Government, 20131).
Download file to see previous pages Policing force and governments across the world have come up with strategies to control street gangs but the process has become very complicated, Street gangs are always a step ahead of the government control agencies making it a challenge to control them. Street gangs have evolved to be very influential and powerful becoming a major threat to the society.
As a result, street gangs come to form part of the life of the area where they occupy, something which has led to the spread of gang life especially practices such as drug abuse, prostitution and violence in the areas occupied by street gangs (Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou, 2004). Another factor, which defines street gangs in America, is the fact that all are involved in criminal activities and.
FEATURES. Gang Culture. Gang culture is growing in the UK, with increasingly young people joining gangs, often carrying imitation or real firearms and knives, both for protection and as part of their image. When violence erupts, it gains a high profile in the press. “The shooting of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare in Aston in 2003 received a huge amount of media attention and.
Essay Street Gangs: A Guide To Community Awareness INTRODUCTION This information is to help parents determine if their child is either at risk in becoming associated with or is involved in gang activity. Indicators of gang association outlined in this brochure may generally fit a variety of youths. If parents observe more than one indicator, they should talk to their child about their concerns.
Children and young people in gangs: a longitudinal analysis. Summary and policy implications. Juanjo Medina, Andreas Cebulla, Andy Ross, Jon Shute, and Judith Aldridge. 2 About this project. This project was a collaboration between the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Manchester and NatCenSocial Research. Research team. University of Manchester. Juanjo.