3 quick discussion questions with 3 student responses

CRJ430: Advanced Law Enforcement

Discussion Question Week 8

Part 1: Week 8 Discussion 

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· TThe Connection: Juveniles, Gangs, and Drugs"  Please respond to the following:

· Review the document titled “The Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Connection”, located  here . You can also view the article at  here . Next, select at least two (2) major correlations between the gangs, drugs, and violence discussed in the article. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/93920.pdf

· Recommend at least two (2) interventions that authorities (e.g., municipality, school, police, and juvenile court, etc.) could take to intervene in the connections that you selected in Part 1 of this discussion. Justify your response.

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Part 2: Student Response

Theresa Thompson 

RE: Week 8 Discussion

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· GGood morning Professor,

One of the correlations between gangs, drugs, and violence is that violence is a part of everyday life in their neighborhoods. Gangs in this instance usually fight over territory or turf where they distribute and sell drugs. This can conflict with other gangs who try to move in and start selling drugs and then cause a fight or war to begin in order to take over the other turf.  

Two. Violence is an epidemic part of their status as individuals and gang members. In some gangs, in order for a person to be initiated into a gang, they would be asked to perform so form of a violent act. Also, according to the article gang cohesion grows in proportion to a perceived threat by rival gangs. When this happens as we all can relate gang violence breaks out and then there is an escalation in gun violence and homicides that occur when rival gangs are at odds with each other. We see it on the news every day about young people who have been gunned down including innocent bystanders.

One of the interventions that communities could do is to first assess the gangs and drug problems. By getting data from the police and juvenile court systems.  Gang and Drug policy training would help to bring community leaders to assess the extent of the gang drug problem. Programs that are needed to help break the cycle of gang members moving from detention centers to correctional facilities. Screening of these juveniles gang members needs to be done to determine their risk to society. And provide these young people with resources that could help them become independent of gangs. They need to learn job skills that could help them get employment.

Two preventing juveniles from joining gangs and dropping out of school should be the top priority by discouraging kids from joining gangs and the quick money they could earn by selling drugs and warn them of the dangers and consequences that could follow. Kids need positive programs to keep them off the street and employment that could bring them financial security which is one thing they are seeking. Parents need to be more involved in what their children are doing and their activities.

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