In the article “Gang Membership and Drug Involvement“ by Beth Bjerregaard, when we hear about gangs we think of murders and drug dealers but are gangs involved in more stuff than we think. Gangs are more likely to sell drugs than non gang members. Gang relationships are very complicated and many members have violent behaviors . Gang memberships and their drug use. Many gangs sold drugs likes heroin, cocaine and marijuana. But most of these member are not daily users of the drugs they sell. People who were in a gang and used these drugs would be kicked out and counted as a traitor to the gang. 1980’s gangs were most heavily drug users then to the people they sold it to, showing how gangs have changed from 1980-2017. Some gangs are users of …show more content…
Gang would recruit these juveniles to sell drugs at a school or a university. Juveniles who would be in involved in gangs were grown up around all the drugs and may have a parent or family member or maybe even a friend addicted to these drugs. Juveniles in such gangs would start out early and be in the gang until they have been killed or kicked out. Most people who leave a gang on their own wouldn't live much longer. Gangs and drug sales. Gangs are more involved in drug sales than non gang members. Jeffrey Fagan who wrote The Criminalization of Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits stated that minor drug selling is a “common feature of gang life for decades.” Small gangs can average one-thousand dollars in income, but a gang that is much larger could average a income of twenty-thousand dollars. Nongang member can average of income of two-thousand dollars. Gang member sales in drugs increase every year, soon they could be making millions like Pablo Escobar did. This research was to point out three main ideas, drugs, gang relationships and violence. Drugs have been sold and used in gangs for years now. Gang relationships aren't much different from regular relationships only thing different is their is rules and boundary you can't cross. Gang members have always used violence as a way to solve problems. Gangs have changed in many ways but they are involving into something much bigger
There is a number of reasons that range from simple to complex, on why teenagers join gangs, and we can help by finding solutions to their specific problem before they choose to join one. To help someone get out of a gang, we as a society need to show there’s more out there in the world that they could do that will make a positive impact. Teenagers have different reasons to join gangs depending on their life situation. Everyone in the “Greasers” in The Outsiders had different reasons to be part of the gang. “We were used to seeing Johnny banged up-
Also ”gangs offer protection and governance in places where established institutions fail, and that it makes sense for prisoners to join them,” (Skarbek). This is the main reason people join gangs they are forced to in order to insure their safety. The reason the leaders of the gang allow people to join and keep the safe is explained here ”Gangs can trade far more effectively than lone inmates. Prisoners listen when they threaten violence; members can ease trade from the outside after their release. Consumers, in this case buyers of drugs, benefit too.
Due to this great number of individuals the effects from gang activity in society can be very vast. Local business and communities also suffer from the activity of the gangs. For example, in a community where there is a gang there are things that com with that gang being in that particular
However the gang did bring some sort of structure to the Robert Taylor Projects, the only interest that JT, the gang leader, has was profiting off of the drug addictions of his community. Often throughout the book Venkatesh contrasts the effects of having low and high level of gang activity, arguing that teenagers with “appetites for crime” would have possibly been involved in misdemeanors, small crimes such as vandalism and shoplifting but with the emergence of JT and the heavy gang activity, they are more likely “to be involved in the drug trade”(72). One of the effects of having high gang activity is how more
They examine current gang management strategies and see what works and does not. They completed their research by survey. “First, according to the respondents, inmate containment and sanctions were perceived to be very effective at managing gangs…. The second strategy is based on investigations, which if successful, also increases the costs of being affiliated with a STG through internal and external sanctions… Last, respondents placed great value on using the products of these investigations through intelligence sharing within their prison system, other correctional systems, and with law enforcement (Winterdyk & Ruddell,p. 734.
Most of the gang members come from a poor and unstable upbringing. Many of the youth who are a part of the Crips have dropped out of high school and are
Political Factors are also considered as an important reason for gang violence. One of the reasons for people joining gangs is to find an alternative to earn money. Gangs include a lot of publicly feared members and members that has links to business elites and politicians. However, there is always a cost for earning money through gangs. Gangs often choose to rob or steal money from institutions and individuals which includes major risks.
The brain is more sensitive to the influence of drugs and alcohol. Most likely today gangs are used and sell drugs and it might be easier for them to make powerful businesses to make a big profit, including weapons, and stolen property. Teen gang violence affects the neighborhood, middle school, high school, and the community. Which causes them to miss behave and act upon a gang. Gang should be terminated
Gang Definition and Classification Classifying gangs is no simple task and to begin you must thoroughly understand the definition and requirements of being classified as a such. There are multiple definitions of a gang, according to The Modern Gang Reader but the one I will focus on is “A street gang is any durable street-oriented youth group whose involvement in illegal activity is part of its group identity.” Now that the definition has been identified it needs to be broken down further to clearly differentiate why this definition is essential.
“Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean,” -Romeo & Juliet. We all know the classic story- fighting, love, death. But how does such an old story relate to our society today? In what ways? The first thing that stands out to audiences in Shakespeare's story is the immense fighting that takes place between the two families.
Gangs gain these people by recruiting them through seduction, deception, and the most common way is self recruitment. Many people join gangs because they feel as if they can rely on them for protection. Many gangs aim for people ages 14-21 because it has always been easy
As gang membership entails much criminal activity, it is not surprising to find that leaders change regularly, as members go to prison.?(Curry and Decker, 1998, p. 75). Gang members has been proven to be intelligent and competent resulting in a great threat and resistance to various social institutions including the police and army. The strain theory, most notably associated with Robert Merton (1968) posits that anomie develops in individuals because of a recognized gap between individual?s goals and what they can achieve through legitimate means. In so for these gang members to achieve their financial goals they resort to drugs, arms dealing and trafficking. However does this yearning for these individuals goals allow these youth to enter a petty gang without a set hierarchy or is it that they enter into an organized group or network of gang members?
Gang violence has been a problem in society for several of years and is a growing problem each and every day. The youth that is involved in gang violence will have numerous effects upon them that will come soon or later when associated with a group of thugs. Children and teenagers if they still go to school when accompanying a gang, they face the heightened risk of dropping out of school; teen parenthood; be victimized by another gang ; abuse drugs and alcohol; commit petty and violent
Gang effects on the community: Gangs has their own culture and characteristics that includes their dress codes, identifying symbols, language, graffiti, drugs use &trafficking, use of other narcotics, and involvement in other illegal activities. However the nature and characteristics of gangs differ from community to community. Gangs however are found to be more prevalent in high crime areas and are also responsible for the majority of crimes committed. However to understand the function of gangs within the community we have to delve once more into the definition which is characterized as an identifiable group of people who: are generally perceived as a distinct aggregation by others recognize themselves as an street identifiable group (almost invariably with a group name) have been involved in a sufficient number of delinquent incidents to call forth a consistent negative response from neighborhood residents and/or law enforcement agencies.
Most gangs are made up of young males that are of a similar background and have a desire of acquiring