RECOGNIZING GANG INFLUENCES
Hello, this is Rusty Keeble with the Gang Enforcement Company; welcome to this Gang Enforcement Training Tip - today's topic is this ----
Recognizing Gang Influences
Where did my kid learn about this stuff? We hear this from parents all the time.
Gangs knowledge is learned from a variety of sources but here are today's most common.
Actual Gang Member
While being recruited into a gang, the prospect may be introduced to the gang’s traditions, symbols, hand signs, etc. The most unfortunate influence we are seeing more of today is the family generational influence – today we have kids, fathers and grandfathers all affiliated with street gangs.
While being recruited into a gang, the prospect may be introduced to the gang’s traditions, symbols, hand signs, etc. The most unfortunate influence we are seeing more of today is the family generational influence – today we have kids, fathers and grandfathers all affiliated with street gangs.
Television
Prime Time TV - shows gang activity on a regular basis. The nightly news reports gang- related crimes and shows gang members in their gang attire. The initial introduction to this subculture can be intriguing to a curious young mind.
Prime Time TV - shows gang activity on a regular basis. The nightly news reports gang- related crimes and shows gang members in their gang attire. The initial introduction to this subculture can be intriguing to a curious young mind.
Movies
Movies such as Menace to Society, Boyz in the Hood, Colors, Clockers, Gangster Paradise, Blood In Blood Out and Sugar Hill are just a few movies that glamorize the gang lifestyle, its graffiti, traditions and behavior.
Movies such as Menace to Society, Boyz in the Hood, Colors, Clockers, Gangster Paradise, Blood In Blood Out and Sugar Hill are just a few movies that glamorize the gang lifestyle, its graffiti, traditions and behavior.
Music
Gangster Rap music promotes the degradation of women, the glorification of violence, gangster life and the total disregard or authority and human life.
Gangster Rap music promotes the degradation of women, the glorification of violence, gangster life and the total disregard or authority and human life.
Video Games
Today’s video games are as realistic looking as they can get – some videos have to double looked to make sure they are not real. Some video games today incorporate a level of violence in the virtual world that would land one in prison for life if done in the real world. The player can commit crimes of prostitution and weapons up and to include murder. Much like we see in music and movies, some video games promote the degradation of women, the glorification of violence, and the gangster life with a total disregard or authority and human life. This virtual world can become so “real” to a hard core player that research has shown an increase in the lack of ability to separate the real world from the virtual world – leading to the acting out of these behaviors in both worlds.
Today’s video games are as realistic looking as they can get – some videos have to double looked to make sure they are not real. Some video games today incorporate a level of violence in the virtual world that would land one in prison for life if done in the real world. The player can commit crimes of prostitution and weapons up and to include murder. Much like we see in music and movies, some video games promote the degradation of women, the glorification of violence, and the gangster life with a total disregard or authority and human life. This virtual world can become so “real” to a hard core player that research has shown an increase in the lack of ability to separate the real world from the virtual world – leading to the acting out of these behaviors in both worlds.
Literature
Current trends in Gangster Rap music and the gang sub-culture can be seen in mainstream magazines everywhere. Both parents and teachers are encouraged to monitor and examine the literature their children/student reads in an effort to identify and be cognizant of the content they consume.
Current trends in Gangster Rap music and the gang sub-culture can be seen in mainstream magazines everywhere. Both parents and teachers are encouraged to monitor and examine the literature their children/student reads in an effort to identify and be cognizant of the content they consume.
Internet
Gangs often post their own websites and communicate, via the internet. Gang knowledge is often copied and converted by local non-traditional gangs that are forming and wanting to emulate the more experienced and feared gangs. Parents and teachers are encouraged to monitor Internet access at home and at school to include the parents monitoring their social media.
Gangs often post their own websites and communicate, via the internet. Gang knowledge is often copied and converted by local non-traditional gangs that are forming and wanting to emulate the more experienced and feared gangs. Parents and teachers are encouraged to monitor Internet access at home and at school to include the parents monitoring their social media.
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Again this Rusty Keeble with the Gang Enforcement Company saying, Thank you for being here - I am signing off saying In Omnia Paratus (Be Ready for Anything). GFORCE OUT!
Again this Rusty Keeble with the Gang Enforcement Company saying, Thank you for being here - I am signing off saying In Omnia Paratus (Be Ready for Anything). GFORCE OUT!
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