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Gang Violence - Essay

Gang Violence

Gangs are becoming a growing problem in American society. More young
people are turning to gangs to solve problems in there lives. When youths join
gangs they drop social activities with family, friends and school. Members fall
behind their classmates in school and do not try. A study shows that less than
1% of gang bangers is literate1. Gangs destroy teenager lives and destroy their
chances for a good education and happy life. Gangs are now a haven for rats.

Teenagers are joining gangs every day. They join gangs for many reasons.
A former gang member known as G-Ball was very young when he joined a his gang.
He and a friend would play a game. They would pose as gang members to be ...

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gangs use graffiti to show their power and to mark their turf.
"Everywhere you go you see graffiti." Professor Allen Walker Read of Columbia
University said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." Gangs in Parma are very
active with the pen. They "tag" their property buildings and houses everywhere.
Police want to know where all the parents are. Why aren't they doing anything
about this? Many people in Parma want to know the answer to the same questions.

Cincinnati also has active gangs. "Graffiti is a creeping problem in
every neighborhood and in and on public buildings" said Mayor Roxanne Qualls of
Cincinnati said. Graffiti is so bad that Star Bank has donated $25,000 to have
students to help clean up all the graffiti.2 The city made a group called the
"E-Racers". These people are ready to clean up all the graffiti. The gangs set
school buses on fire, tear-up park benches, and drive across lawns including the
police station lawns.

Graffiti comes in many forms. ...

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Added: 5/28/2004 01:26:24 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Free Paper
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