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Gang Violence

            
             The gangs today are much more organized and better equipped than the gangs of .
             I believe there are many reasons for this and do not think that things.
             Are going to get any better as time goes on due to the simple Fact that the kids being.
             Recruited into the gangs are more intelligent and more aware of the things going on .
             around them and they will learn how to exploit these things.
             II. Body.
             We need to ask our selves first why join a gang? The problem of gang activity is not a .
             New one facing the U.S. Ever since the beginning of human existence people have .
             Sought safety by forming groups and the youths of today are still doing this same thing.
             It can be for many reasons such as an alienated kid in school that seems to be harassed.
             by other students. It could be a child who comes from a broken home and is seeking.
             Not only the safety but also security of belonging. By surveys taken we know that 32.3 .
             million children total do not live with both of their biological and if even one of the .
             parents is abusive, dysfunctional than this is a starting point the child. I believe .
             that with society changing every Day, with both parents working or more single parents .
             having to work longer hours to earn enough money it is less time spent with the child .
             guiding him or her in the right direction. I do not blame the parents they have to do what .
             they have to so they can provide for their families. So the kids go out to seek guidance .
             and security elsewhere. We have to first know what is considered to be a gang. Residents .
             of a neighborhood may think that ten or more kids that run around the neighborhood is a .
             legitimate gang when some officers were asked for there definition of a gang most of .
             them agreed that a good definition would be an on-going, organized association of three .
             or more persons who individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in criminal .
             activity. Now this could range from a group of boys drinking beer in the woods or a .


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It's hard to believe we can answer this question with a certain yes, but gang violence certainly cannot be completely stopped. In fact seems impossible to stop activities in gang violence from happening but there are solutions to minimize gang violence. ... How the economy is doing is a huge factor to the increase of gang violence around our major cities. ... Furthermore, while gang violence is going on our communities it causes people to go into jail and have to deal with violence which gang violence won't stop. ... Maybe trying to tackle these issues can help overcome gang violence...

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