'How Do Gangs Affect Adolescent Behavior?\r'

'Since the earliest 1920s, researchers have closely studied the dealing between the passage syndicate ups and unwarranted shame froma variety of perspectives: criminological, sociological and psychological (Thomas, 2008). any(prenominal) the underlying causas for gang membership, the resuls seems trig; members of street gangs admit to a far greater rate of serious crime, and to far more(prenominal) severe acts of of the same age, race, and socioeconomic priming (Penly H all(prenominal), Thornberry & Lizotte, 2006) than non-gang members of the same age, race, and socioeconomic cathode-ray oscilloscope (Battin-Pearson, Thornberry, Hawkins & Krohn, 1998).According to the Web site safetyouth. org (n. d. ) gang violence is certainly a cause for concern: Gang members be liable for much of the serious violence in the United States . . . Teens that are gang members are much more likely than other teens to commit serious and violence crimes. For example, a survey in Den ver plunge that while only 14% of teens were gang members, they were responsible for committing 89% of the serious violent crimes. (n. p. ) Many researchers have come to the refinement that gangs necessarily cause violence and abnormal behavior.As a matter of policy then, it seems clear that the outcome of a number of complaisant ills is to break up, disrupt, or prevent the formations of gangs (Battin-Pearson, et al. , 1998). Yet, is this the reply? As George Thomas (2008) states, â€Å"The problem is complex, so the solutions cannot be complex” (p. 88). So what is the solution? According to the U. S. Department of Education (n. d. ), all factors of age, race, and socioeconomic background must be taken into consideration . . .\r\n'