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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