Gang Prevention

Mayor Villaraigosa's Failure to Endorse the Youth PROMISE Act is Puzzling and Disappointing

Jacqueline Caster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Gang Prevention, Youth Promise Act, Antonio Villaraigosa, Crime, Politics News
Jacqueline Caster

This bill continues to promote and devote the vast majority of its resources to expensive failed policies that may exacerbate the gang problem and crime while disproportionately affecting youth of color.

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Prison Prevention for Kids: A Little Money Well Spent

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Community Service, California Prison System, At-Risk Youth, Camps for at-Risk Youth, Poverty, Prison, Children in Poverty, Alcoholism, Gang Prevention, Overcoming Poverty, Childhood Criminals, Drug Abuse, Sexual Abuse, US-Prison-Overcrowding, Juvenile Crime, Healthy Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

Intervention at the right age can turn a kid away from gangs, crime, and drugs for good whereas doling out stiff penalties only seems to result in more people going to prison.

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Homeboy Industries -- Hope Has a New Address

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Children's Defense Fund, Urban Schools, Urban Youth, Gang Violence, Gang Prevention, Gangs, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Homeboy Industries is the largest gang intervention program in the US and is in the front ranks of diverting young people from the trajectory that leads to marginalized lives, imprisonment and premature death.

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Gang-Bangers Banned From Military

Wired | Noah Shachtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Pentagon, Warwire, Department of Defense, Gang Violence, Gang-Bangers, Gang Prevention, Gang Members in Military, War in Iraq, Gangs, 2008 Defense Authorization Bill, Politics News

A new bill passed by Congress means you can no longer be a member of the military and a member of a gang at the same time. The 2008 Defense authoriza...

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