Throughout the city of Los Angeles, one of the major problems that have been going on for a while is having gangs in different areas. Due to that, some of the cities in Los Angeles are not safe as they used to be. The majority of the people who join gangs are male, but now we ...
“Why do teens join gangs?” This is a question many parents ask themselves. There are several reasons why teens join gangs, but ranging from; to fit in or to feel accepted, come from a broken home, being rebellious, these are the most common. Peer pressure is a major influence on ...
More young people are turning to gangs to solve problems in their lives or for acceptance. When youths join gangs, they drop all their social activities with school, family, and friends. However, individuals ruin their lives, and the chances of them having a decent education, and a ...
And then there's Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing fromfoster hometo foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care cent...
Why Do Teenagers Join Gangs? Whydoteenagersjoin gangs? Have you ever felt lonely or rejected? Manyteenagersaround the world have. The need for acceptance‚ fear‚ protection and money are some reasonswhyteenagersjoin gangs. Probably the number one reason forteenagersjoining gangs is to feel ac...
Why Do People VolunteerFor someone who doesn’t do it, trying to understand why people volunteer can be challenging. 【1】 But there are several motives (动机) that can be used to explain this.Whenever there have been wars, there have been those who made the decision to join the battle....
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men usually favor the use of military force more than women, and it is mainly boys who join the military and girls who praise them and cheer them on for being heroes who kill and die for their Motherland.15Why the difference? And why the shared fantasy of boys killing and dying for...
For certain individuals, seeking social acceptance is so important that it becomes a(n)___: in order to satisfy the desire, they may go so far as to (7)___ their sense of right and wrong. Teens and young adults may feel forced to use drugs, or join gangs that...
Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods in the city, she managed to get a job at a local health care center, start a program to keep young people out of gangs, and she's on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college. And...