Why do gangs exist in New Zealand?

How And Why Join A Gang?

How to join Why Join

Made to do dangerous, violent acts to prove they are worthy of belonging.

May have to run across a busy road or steal from a shop.

To test how loyal a person will be in the future.

Children from non functioning families join to feel loved.

Their family and community neglected them.

They feel like they have power and make people fear them.

Gang Identity

Have their own way of indentifying each other.

They have hand signs.

Different ways of dressing.

Gang names.

Structure Of Gangs

Rituals And Types Of Gangs

Hanging around

Drug dealing

Violence

Extortion

Robbery/theft

Setting fires

Graffiti/vandalism

Black power

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Gang Signs

Are All Gangs Bad?

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Not all gangs are bad.

Being in a gang is different to hanging with friends.

‘Gang’ can also mean a group of people.

Cartoon Violence

Makes children more aggressive.

Animated shows are usually more aggressive.

Children mimic the cartoons.

Most kids like aggressive and violent shows.

Video games

COD (Call of duty)

Grand theft auto

House of dead

Tekken

Movies

Death race

Bad boys

Ninja assassin

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Other Violent Influences

References• http://www.police.govt.nz/service/cib/organised_crime.html• http://www.police.govt.nz/service/cib/organised_crime.html• http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1642123,00.html• http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/questions/index?

qid=20080724154033AArmoj2

• Looking at gangs, Julie Johnson, 2009, Wayland• Gangs and violence, Gus Gedatus, 2000, Capstone Press• Why do people join gangs? , Julie Johnston, 2001, White Thomson

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