Preventing Gang Violence

in Oakland, Ca

Francisco R. Bautista

CHHS-302

City Council

Introyouth join gangs

because The lack of funding, opportunity, and social structure.

The problem the City unquestioningly spends more money

on police tools and prison/jail-oriented solutions, they continue to fail to invest in the most fundamental elements that make safe communities

Gang Injunctions like this, we had a

gang … that basically took over that community. Good people couldn’t walk down the street, they couldn’t drive down the street, and within the first year of the injunction you had kids back out playing in the streets (Stuart, 2010).”

Effects .

Scraper Bikes

Reference Oakland Police Department “Gun tracing

project” Youth Alive (2000)Stuart, T. (2010, May 26). [Web log message].

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