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What are Gangs?

Patrick FridayA

12/7/10

Introduction

•In 1992, about 700 cities reported the arrival of gang members from elsewhere. The overall number of migrants appears to be fairly low, however. (SIRS)

•A gang is a group or association of criminals.

At what ages do people join gangs?

•The age of the average gang member recruit is 14.

•But children in elementary schools join gangs every day.

1995 Street Gang

How have gang activities changed recently?

•In the past two years gang shootings, assaults, and burglaries have returned in some cities.

•In 2006 many school officials started reporting that students were coming to school and leaving once they had peddled their drugs.

How do gangs finance themselves?

•More popular methods of gang financing include drug and weapon trafficking

•While some other ways are human trafficking, gambling, prostitution, and sales of forged documents

Marijuana grown on Public Land in Kentucky

What are gangs like in other countries?

•Mexico has no anti-gang laws, Nicaragua has debated over anti-gang laws but it was no accepted by congress. Guatemalan gang law is still under consideration.

•El Salvador and Honduras do have anti-gang laws and their law enforcement puts emphasis on gang prevention.

What kinds of people join gangs?•Smaller cities, with more recent gang activity, are more likely to report juvenile-aged gang members.

•Figures provided by law enforcement are 49 percent Hispanic/Latino gang members, 35 percent African-American/black gang members, 9 percent white gang members, and 7 percent other race/ethnicity of gang members.

Police Officer•Police officers enforce laws, collect evidence, patrol areas for crime or even testify in court.

•A police officers average yearly salary is $52,810, and most get paid overtime.

•Employment for police officers is expected to raise along with the average for all careers through 2018.

Correctional officers Customs and immigration inspectors Firefighting occupationsPrivate detectives and investigators Security guards

Related Careers

Atholton High School

•PC systems academy

•I choose this academy because I enjoy learning about computers.

George Washington University

•It is located in Washington D.C. and is the largest college in the capitol. The college is 19,980 for housing, meals, transportation, and personal expenses.

•Three academic letters of recommendation are required for admission.

Community Service

•For my community service I donated can and money to the Maryland Food Bank.

•I did it so I give back to my community and help others in need.

Prior Job Experience

•Babysitting

•Landscaping

•Worked at Giant

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