Most violent crimes occur in urban neighborhoods and that they are either gang related or domestic. According to research most domestic crimes happen between male and female where the male hits the women because his masculinity is threatened and he wants to feel powerful and superior to the female. I also know that in most gang related crimes rival gangs fight over territory or because another gang member is not of the same background. Basically meaning if they don't abide by the same guidelines or don't have the same " chief" or leader they wont get along, causing tension and the well being of another person to be put in danger. Males experienced violence attributed to gang members at higher rates than those of females. Basically males are more involved in gang related crimes than females are. What is it? I like to know why are males more involved in gang related crimes than females are. Gang activity is influenced by Rap music and MTV music videos. I want to why kid as think it is cool to wear baggy clothes .In most neighborhoods a kid has to make one of two choices; join a gangs, or become a victim of it. i know that violence top one of the top reasons for death among African American males besides sexually transmitted diseases. is it because black men put themselves in situations where their lives are at stake? violent crimes have placed lots of
people in jail . I have to question myself and say is being tough worth losing your life or going to jail?
people in jail . I have to question myself and say is being tough worth losing your life or going to jail?
Your last question in this post piques my curiosity, and this is what I hope you explore in more depth--what is it that causes people to respond violently when they are so upset, and why do they take the risk to respond violently despite the likely consequence of going to jail?
ReplyDeleteIronically, your link is to wikipedia here, which you correctly identify in your third post as a non-credible source. I hope you utilize higher quality sources, which will help you get to the big question! Definitely return to the article you took Cornell notes on earlier about treating violence as an epidemic and Cease Fire's mission to prevent it.