Sentences with phrase «youth gang violence»

The time is the future, and youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become «free fire zones» into which not even the police will venture.

Public perceptions of the rising tide of knife crime and youth gang violence in London have reached such a pitch that Boris needs to be equally clear, ruthless and relentless in his fight against crime in London.

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Education Code 32270 (2003) establishes a statewide school safety cadre to facilitate interagency coordination and collaboration among school districts, youth - serving agencies, community - based organizations, and law enforcement agencies to improve school attendance, encourage good citizenship, and reduce school violence, crimes, gang membership and violence, truancy, bullying, and discrimination and harassment.

One of the most sinister instruments behind Kenya's 2007/8 post-election violence was the Mungiki, a criminal gang that claims to represent the neglected Kikuyu youth.

«What is absolutely important is to teach our youth, who are losing the benefit of education, who have lost their revolutionary fervor, who moved into gangs and violence, that we were once them,» he urged.

«We are disheartened to hear the Governor has decided to implement a School to Deportation Pipeline that will ultimately make all youth and communities less safe,» Rahsmia Zatar, executive director of STRONG YOUTH, a gang violence prevention group based in Uniondale, said in a stateyouth and communities less safe,» Rahsmia Zatar, executive director of STRONG YOUTH, a gang violence prevention group based in Uniondale, said in a stateYOUTH, a gang violence prevention group based in Uniondale, said in a statement.

«It's no secret that I desired someone who has a clear strategy for tackling gang violence and youth crime and restoring pride in our great city.»

Prioritized program areas, designed for youths ages 6 - 18, include academic enrichment; cultural enrichment (arts, music, science); career enrichment; youth leadership, community service and civic engagement; and gang and violence prevention.

Curtis Sliwa, founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, called on community residents, Guardian Angels members and youth programs to work together to fight the MS - 13 street gang's violence in areas such as Brentwood, Central Islip and North Bay Shore.

Prioritized program areas include academic enrichment; cultural enrichment (arts, music, science); career enrichment; youth leadership, community service and civic engagement; and gang and violence prevention.

«We are very concerned that this rash of recent killings of young people will drive us back to the old days,» said State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who blamed much of the violence on a growing problem with youth gangs in Upper Manhattan.

Wilding involved nights of insane revelry, violence, and destruction of anything and anyone in the path of a youth gang.

The series juggles police brutality, systemic racism, black youth culture, gang violence, and black parenting with aplomb, and all topics feel entirely new to The CW but also necessary for the network, where it can be paired with an equally pulpy series like Riverdale.

It tells the true story of Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved with.

The report, «Youth Violence: Gangs on Main Street, U.S.A.» studies the increase in gang activity in cities with populations of 50,000 to 150,000, and describes the responses of four cities: Las Cruces, N.M.; Peoria, Ill.; Topeka, Kan.; and Yakima, Wash..

Nearly one - third of 94 small cities surveyed report that escalating gang activity and youth violence is a «major problem,» according to a new publication from the Pew Partnership For Civic Change.

The findings also show slight increases in the proportion of school leaders worried about sexting, drugs and radicalisation for their pupils, as well as gangs and youth violence.

Key words: «maras» and youth gangs, prevention strategies of the violence, rehabilitation and reintegration of young people into society, Guatemala.

Contents of this guide run as follows: * Visual summary of plot * Storyboard resource for students to then recall the plot and key events from memory * Form and structure comprehension questions * Settings questions * Context (students explore key issues raised in the play such as youth stereotypes, gang culture, growing violence in the age of the internet etc) * Symbols and Motifs - lots of information about symbols and motifs in the play, followed by a revision activity * Key Quotes - Students explore key quotes through analysis of their meaning and significance, quotes are broken down chapter by chapter and provide thematic links etc. * Themes - Students make connections between themes, characters and events in the novel * Characterisation - Students have to complete a character profile for all the main characters using the study tasks provided * Key Terminology - Exploring some key terminology and vocabulary that will deepen their understanding of the play as well as impress examiners.

With prevention as its primary objective, the program is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership.

Carroll also founded A Better LA and A Better Seattle, initiatives that support community - based solutions to reduce youth and gang violence.

Throughout a semester - long course, the nonprofit implements a civics curriculum based on students» civic identities and issues they care about, such as gang violence, public transit, or youth employment.25 The course framework encourages students to think through an issue by researching its root cause, developing an action plan, getting involved in their community through engagement tactics, and presenting their efforts to their class.

At the same time, gang violence in several parts of inner city Chicago was drawing national headlines, much of it instigated by youths under the age of 18.

It provides a powerful explanation for schoolyard bullying and youth violence; its effects are painfully evident in the context of teenage gangs and criminal activity, in tragedies such as in Littleton, Colorado; Tabor, Alberta and Victoria, B.C..

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Gangs, drugs, and violence were the dominant realities with which nearly all Belizean urban youth, especially the poor, had to deal.

1976 Andrews becomes the art program director for the Inner City Roundtable of Youths (ICRY), an organization comprised of New York City gang members seeking to combat youth violence by strengthening urban communities.

In 1976, he became the art coordinator for the Inner City Roundtable of Youths (ICRY)-- an organization comprised of gang members in the New York metropolitan area who seek to combat youth violence by strengthening urban communities.

Dr. Andrew Davies, Senior Lecturer of History at Liverpool University has researched extensively on youth and gang violence in 19th Century Manchester.

It targeted three spheres: reducing violence from political parties and elections, reducing violence by gangs, youth, and the state in marginalized communities, and reducing violence from organized crime.

The community had expected that youth issues, gang violence and safety would be addressed and resolved at an early stage of the trial.

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially probation and parole officers, addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about youth gangs, drugs, and violence connection.

The Parent Project directly addresses the following Risk Factors of the Youth Level of Service / Case Management Inventory Assessment Tool: General offenses, Restlessness, Risk taking, Aggression, Physical violence, Crimes against person, Antisocial behavior, Substance abuse, Poor parent - child relationships, Harsh or lax discipline, Poor monitoring / supervision, Low parental involvement, Antisocial parents, Abusive parents, Family conflict, Poor school attendance and performance, Antisocial - delinquent peers, and Gang membership.