Gangs Recruiting our Children to Kill

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make them feel wanted. Many parents don't have time for their children's needs and they feel less needed so joining a gang makes them feel loved. The fear that is inflicted by street gangs has touched our society.

In our society today we think about gangs, we think of the "Latin Kings" " Duces" _________________________because we hear so much of them. But today's gangs are not just a big city problem. Gangs are everywhere they travel from state to state, and leave their roots of the growing phenomenon that can be found in today's society. (G. Thomas Chief, Aurora Police Department 2011).

'A recent study from (about Teenage Gangs) concludes that a parent can have a major affect on whether or not a youth will become a gang member. Intervention programs can have a greater influence on the youths if the parents are involved. The most important finding in this research is that parents need to act differently, depending on the ethnic group. Some parental actions that may dissuade ...

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