Exam 13: The Challenge of Gangs: Controlling Their Destructive Force

Civil injunctions can be used to reduce gang activity.

As discussed in the text,explain the importance of recognizing a gang problem in the community and why those in authority are reluctant to recognize the problem.

According to the text,gang membership increased in over how many reporting jurisdictions in the last two years:

According to the text,gangs use children to commit all of the following acts in schools except:

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In the 1950s and 1960s,law enforcement used _______________ toward gangs.

Pulling levers refers to a multiagency law enforcement team imposing all available sanctions on gang members who violate standards of behavior.

One way in which community involvement can help reduce or prevent gang activity in schools is

Gang activity is mostly concentrated in which area?

According to the text,_______________ distribute wholesale quantities of drugs.

List and describe prevention efforts that need to be addressed in youth's lives.

The Youth Leading Change program engages area youth in

Tactics such as prevention,arrest,imprisonment,supervision,and surveillance are part of the _______________ strategy to address the gang problem.

Typically,police chiefs in cities where gangs have recently arrived are quick to recognize the threat gangs pose to the community.

According to the text,gangs are identified by all of the below except:

Efforts to prevent gang memberships should target children as young as 10.

An estimated 756,000 gang members are active in roughly _______________ gangs nationwide.

The GRIP program targets groups of students in what grades?

A strong correlation exists between gangs in schools and both __________________ and availability of drugs in school.

Street gang activity and violence may also increase as more dangerous gang members are released early from prison.