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Socio-Economic and Family factors that Affect Gang Violence in California

Socio-Economic and Family factors that Affect Gang Violence in California. Ernesto Rebollar CHHS Major CHHS:302 Professional Writing for Health & Human Services March 2, 2012. CHHS Family Experiences Friend Experiences. Career interest Help the youth in my community.

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Socio-Economic and Family factors that Affect Gang Violence in California

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  1. Socio-Economic and Family factors that Affect Gang Violence in California Ernesto Rebollar CHHS Major CHHS:302 Professional Writing for Health & Human Services March 2, 2012

  2. CHHS Family Experiences Friend Experiences Career interest Help the youth in my community Professional Interest

  3. Critical situation • socio- economic and family factors impact a adolescents decisions whether or not to join a gang • There are approximately 360,000 teenage boys and 32,000 teenage girls in gangs

  4. Rhetorical Timing . Economic crisis in California and with the current budget cuts it causes many adolescents to be in a at risk situation. According to the article Is Gang Activity Rising due to the Economy former gang member states that “today's "at-risk" youth are in worse position, with parents out of work or struggling to make ends meet”

  5. Violence and fear of violence cause people to be less physically active and spend less time outdoors; Violence and fear of violence limit people’s access to healthy food because they alter people’s purchasing patterns Community connection

  6. “They Say” • Poverty, neighborhood disorganization has the strongest community risk factors for gang membership (Howell, 2003b ) • Effects the way a adolescents connects with his or her community.

  7. Thank you • Any Questions?

  8. References • Almanac of policy issues. (2003, August). Retrieved from http://www.policyalmanac.org/crime/archive/gangs.shtml • Cruz-Santiago, M., & Ramirez Garcia, J.,I. (2011). "Hay que ponerse en los zapatos del joven": Adaptive parenting of adolescent children among mexican-american parents residing in a dangerous neighborhood. Family Process, 50(1), 92-114. doi:10.1111/j.15455300.2010.01348.x • Hill K.G., Howell J.C., Hawkins J.D.,& Battin-Pearson S.R. Childhood risk factors for adolescent Gang membership: Results from the Seattle Social Development Project (1999) Journal ofResearch inCrime and Delinquency, 36 (3), pp. 300-322. • Wyrick, P. A., & Howell, J. C. (2004). Strategic risk-based response to youth gangs. Retrieved fromhttps://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/203555/jj3.html • California Cities Gang Prevention Network. (2011). Addressing gang violence by creating safe and healthy communities. Retrieved from http://www.ccgpn.org/Publications/CA%20Cities%20Bulletin%2021.pdf • Daniels, C. (2010, July 01). Retrieved from http://www.king5.com/news/Gang-Activity-Rising-Due-to-Economy-97643114.html

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