Explaining High Murder Rates in Latin America: It’s Not Drugs. By Elaine Denny and Barbara F.
Walter In a background paper for the World Bank on homicide rates James D. Fearon found that in the last two decades murder rates around the world have either stayed steady or declined, except in Latin America and the Caribbean where they have significantly increased. This increase is across the board; as H. Hugo Frühling and Joseph Tulchin note in Crime and Violence in Latin America: Citizen Security, Democracy, and the State all homicide rates have been rising over the last 25 years regardless of whether a country had low or high homicide levels to begin with.
Most people might assume that this trend is due to higher levels of drug trafficking and the violence that surrounds competing drug cartels. What then might explain the rise in homicide rates in Latin America compared to the rest of the world? Terror in our streets: L.A. Daily News Special Report. Published Monday, September 27, 2004 From a window in her north Pomona home, Melba Robison sees a neighborhood transformed.
New homes are springing up across the intersection, and before long, young families will be moving in. Violence, gangs scar Chicago community in 2012. CHICAGO (AP) — It was February, the middle of lunch hour on a busy South Side street.
The gunman approached his victim in a White Castle parking lot, shot him in the head, then fled down an alley. The next month, one block away, also on West 79th Street: Two men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire at the Bishop Golden convenience store. They killed one young man and wounded five others, including a nephew of basketball superstar Dwyane Wade. The shooters got away in a silver SUV. In July, a Saturday night, two men were walking on 79th when they were approached by a man who killed one and injured the other. The Youth Gangs, Drugs, & Violence Connection. Madeleine Hale: Violence in America. 23 Jan After reading various sources and watching videos on the causes of gang violence, I have come to the conclusion that gang violence is caused by society’s inability to grow.
Even though segregation is technically illegal, people are still just as racist as they ever were before. This unending cycle causes extreme poverty in black neighborhoods because they are unable to make better lives for themselves. Because of gangs, many African-American men are going to jail or being killed, leaving their children with no male influence. The lack of male influence makes joining a gang of men much more appealing. The causes of gang violence are complex and cannot be solved by enforcement alone. Police for a line during the riots in Tottenham, north London, in August 2011.
One in five rioters were said to be part of a gang resulting in the government declaring an "all-out war" on gangs. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA On 1 August 2012, an early morning phone call left me stunned and numb. One of the most amazing women I have ever worked with, who has dedicated decades of her life to working with young people in the inner city, lost her son. Chicago gang violence shows no signs of stopping. (CBS News) CHICAGO - There is a war going on -- not overseas, but right here on the streets of America.
A gang war has taken over parts of Chicago. Over the weekend, 14 people were shot. Chicago's Gang Violence Fueled Through Social Media. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy Social media has helped launch revolutions and bring down government regimes, but these incredibly powerful tools are also helping to keep the streets of Chicago bloody.
ABC News recently hosted a summit, "Hidden America: Don't Shoot I Want To Grow Up. " It was moderated by World News anchor Diane Sawyer and ABC News correspondent Alex Perez and brought some of the city's gang members, former gang members, victims and community organizers together to talk about the spread of gang violence, why it happens and how to stop it. The 5 U.S. Cities With the Worst Gang Violence - Nate Berg. Five cities – Long Beach, Los Angeles, Newark, Oakland and Oklahoma City – are the U.S. capitals of gang homicide.
That's according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which also found that homicides in each of those cities have their own local flavor. The report is based on data from the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System, comparing gang and non-gang data on violence and homicide. Analyzing data from between 2003 and 2008, the report looked at large cities in 17 states.
Gang Member Migration. Prevalence of Gang Member Migration In 2010, respondents provided information regarding the presence of gang members who have migrated to their jurisdictions.
Gang member migration refers to the movement of actively involved gang youth from other U.S. jurisdictions to the respondents’ jurisdictions. Among agencies with an ongoing gang problem, the majority (71 percent) reported the presence of gang member migrants. Respondents serving larger cities and suburban counties were significantly more likely to report gang member migrants than were respondents in smaller areas (74 percent versus 65 percent).
Approximately half (51 percent) of the agencies reported that their local gang problems emerged well before the arrival of gang member migrants. Rising crime blamed on youth violence, gangs - US news - Crime & courts. WASHINGTON — Increasing violence among teenagers and other youths appears to have contributed to a nationwide crime spike, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Gangs and gun violence are partly to blame for the rise in crime that is on pace to increase for the second straight year, says Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in a prepared speech. In response, the Justice Department is pledging to spend nearly $50 million this year to combat gangs and guns, and will push Congress to enact new laws to let the federal government better investigate and prosecute violent crime. FBI data from last fall show violent crimes, including murders and robberies, rose by 3.7 percent nationwide during the first six months of 2006.
Those findings came on top of a 2.2 percent crime hike in 2005 — the first increase since 2001. Results of study into rising crimeFaced with the discouraging data, Gonzales last fall ordered a study of 18 cities and suburban regions to show why crime is surging. GANGS.