Terrence Stone focused on ways to help young people see that there is a good life outside of gangs. Ray Culberson is another individual to found a program for youth at risk of joining gangs. This program is called Kids in Chaos. Culberson had first-hand knowledge of the gang life; therefore, he was very effective in the turning kids away from gang affiliation. “Simply spending more money is not always the best way to reach out to the troubled young people, says Culberson.
If you really want to stop kids from getting into gangs, the parents just have to support their children and spend time with them to see how they’re doing. If children know they have someone who is going to support them and who cares for them, they may not have to go to the streets and rely on them to survive just to live another day. Like the saying “Every man has good woman behind them” if every kid had good family supporting them everyone’s lives would be much easier. As adults we should understand as we get older there are more responsibilities and things for us to do, but that doesn’t mean that parents don’t support us any more because we’re kids and we are still learning to become adults. (McHugh pg 166) Until we get to the age of not being treated like a child, we won’t need their guidance to make sure that we stay on the right path and are being the best people we can be.
There are so many reasons as to which juveniles can talk themselves into joining gangs. Reasons having to do with family problems or even involvement in the gangs, to friends being there, making money fast and having a sense of “security” when with his or her gang members. One of the main reasons why kids partake in gang activity is because of a neglected feeling from their family. “If young people aren’t getting positive attention from parents, joining a gang certainly provides lots of negative attention. Youth who are angry at a parent may join a gang to shock or be defiant toward the parent”.
For example, some had clear wishes to become positive mentors for younger gang members still on the streets, to help them out of gang culture. The second way participants could talk about maturing was the role of a new focus or meaning in new life. Often this was a new relationship, such as becoming a father. There was a sense of having something else to live for, suggesting that gang life was all they had prior to becoming a father. Some participants also conveyed that the desire to be a good role model for their child was motivation enough to cease criminal activity.
At the end of the day, social disorganization meets the measures of organized crime, it is totally not for the usual beliefs and set values by the public through the predominant law liberated for the safety of individual’s right or freedom. Unlawful behavior is commonly exist within the environment of social disorganization and finally street gangs possibly will develop as groups that will possibly have fundamental have connections with corrupt officers leading to their economic, social and governmental power. Because of those fundamental ins and outs, without a doubt the social disorganization for example in the circumstance of gang culture ultimately meets the standards for organized crime. In reality, it is evolution significantly completes the accomplishment of those measures. As argued, social disorganization and organized crime possibly will result in having similar economic, political and social objectives.
The gang and its members become truly a surrogate family. Leaders are quite skilled in drawing in new members by promising money or drugs to, by intimidating, or by acknowledging vulnerable and impressionable teenagers. In the end, a gang produces loyal gang members, having not long-term aspirations, and do not consider the consequences of their gang-related behavior. Several reasons may be attributed to juveniles joining gangs. However, one of the primary reasons of young people why the join gangs and commit violence is to gain recognition in the community.
Another possible answer comes from a facilitation model (Thornberry et al., 1993) in which the norms and the group processes within the gang encourage involvement in violence and other delinquency. If norms within gangs are favorable toward violence and delinquency, members would be expected to adhere to those norms and commit delinquent acts while they were a part of the group. "Once a person enters a group, reciprocal processes lead to further commonalties in activities, including deviant ones. There is a transmission of values and, for some networks, a contagion of social problems" (Cairns and Cairns, 1991:273). A third possibility is that both processes are in effect, operating in an enhancement model, as suggested by Cairns and Cairns (1991), Esbensen and Huizinga (1993), and Hill et al.
If they did not step in there would be no one there to enforce the laws and there would have been out of control riots in the streets. Although it may have been severe, their actions were justified. The ends justified the means. If was the police commissioner I would have re-hired the officers that went on strike, but it would be a difficult decision. One
Although the players may be supporting the coach’s actions, most are calling for their heads…and possibly for good reason. These acts are not only premeditated, but they are malicious and create a bullying environment that is already dangerous for the players. Paying people to harm others is not legal in our society no matter what the circumstances may be. The only exception to this would be boxing or UFC matches, but even then, there are not bonuses for ripping off an arm, leg or ear. Should there be legal ramifications to those involved in bounty programs?
This program was base to give juveniles extra activity in the evening to keep them out of trouble. They did this by providing the juveniles with recreational and social service on Fridays and Saturdays. Both of these community base programs before GREAT were effective but not a deterrence from gang. They help with curve restriction and police control gang activity but not from school students joining gangs because they were community base programs. GREAT was developed as a school base program which teaches