Why Teens Join Gangs Teenagers are often emotionally insecure and want to fit in with people who have the same mind set. Teens sometimes choose to associate with people who have a bad effect on them such as gang members. In fact, there are three major reasons why teens choose to join gangs: bad family relationships, drug addiction and influence of other teen gangsters. Perhaps the most common reason for teens to join gangs is bad family relationships. For example, some parents have arguments or fights most of the time which cause stress for their children, and sometimes parents don’t give enough time to their children.
These stereotypes are what some people class teens into automatically without getting to know them and seeing what their capabilities are. This is very dangerous as if stereotypes are give then the person could see it as an excuse for his or her behavior. In reality a person could just be going through a hard time but in the eyes of others they are showing the characteristics of a particular stereotype. In the media today teens are portrayed in a negative manner for example in a lot of soaps like “Home & Away” there is a bad boy theme at times. This is shown through the introduction of the River Boys gang.
Most of them are a result of outside factors, which cause emotional instability in adolescents. However, other factors can be internal. The main contributing psychological causes to juvenile criminal behavior include: The desire to belong. Many adolescents will commit criminal acts because they seek to be accepted by friends. Juveniles will produce delinquent behavior because they want attention from peers or seek approval from others their own age.
At times, teens may be rejected and in order to feel accepted, they make bad decisions such as using drugs, drinking alcohol, cheating, and bullying. Trying so hard to fit in can lead someone to lower their self – esteem and feel like they’re being judged. The stress and difficulty of fitting in can cause them to hurt themselves to make the pain stop and can lead to cases of teen suicide. Teenagers such as those trying hard to fit in and who’s self – esteem are lowered need a place in Hawaii where they can be themselves and no one can judge them for who they
Heroin, which has often been portrayed as being highly addictive, is only so for a small percentage of users. Current legislation also has ramifications on the social lives and well-being of individuals who are prosecuted under anti-drug laws. The primary means of this is stigmatization. According to Cleveland, a policy economist, “policies that stigmatize and imprison drug users may hurt rather than help young people and problem users” (as cited in Thronton, 2007, p.423). Indeed, the criminalization of individuals who—often—are otherwise law-abiding citizens, can affect their relationships with family and friends, as well as their standings with employers and loaners (Ezard, 2001).
Due to that point of view, they decide to abstain interacting with people. That is doubtlessly not a reasonable solution because they are now seen as acrimonious or maybe even a bit standoffish by others. A shy person can actually handicap themselves with negative thinking and end using their shyness as a crutch and an excuse for not pursuing more social occasions, “I can’t handle all these situations because I’m so shy” (Jonne 257). Although at some point it might be advantageous temporarily, the more they
It is good to know that there are effective treatment programs out there that can help handle people’s addiction. Some of the media out there does promote drug abuse. It makes us feel that we have to look and act a certain way and most teens often fall into the trap and find themselves under pressure. This leads to finding ways to numb their pain and often it is the illegal and/or legal drugs which come to their aid faster then their family. I believe drug use is a social
In so many ways, teenage sex only has negative results including: pregnancy, sexual transmitted diseases, depression, and many others. Teenagers have a really hard time seeing the big picture in this world and think they know much more than they really do. Keeping teenagers from having sex is a hard task but is really important to keep our teenagers safe and free of negative impact.
The child’s lack of adequate socialization with peers may contribute to identity confusion. The adolescent being to notice that they are not like their friends. and this alone can cause a great deal of distress. Teenagers want to fit into a group and Crohn’s disease constantly pulls them away from their peers and deprives them of a sense of belonging. Teens may be self-conscious of their delayed puberty a complication of Crohn’s disease.
Many times, “the social support a person receives while in an interracial relationship can be either beneficial or detrimental” (Honeycutt et al). This disapproval of interracial dating could also be accredited to the well known belief that interracial dating is a sign of rebellion and angst shown by teenagers that subconsciously want to disobey their parents and go against the “norm”. Analyzing data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Kara Joyner and Grace Kao also found that “interracial dating is most common among teenagers but becomes infrequent for people approaching 30” (Jones et al). Joyner and Kao attribute this shift in attitudes to the growing importance of the opinions of the persons’ friends and family. As the individual grows up, they find themselves more sensitive to the judgement of those around them.