Socio-Economic and Family Factors that affect gang violence in California

California Assembly Representatives By Ernesto Rebollar CHHS Major

INTRODUCTION• California is

considered the birth place of gang culture. Socio -economic and family factors factors have allowed this problem to expand to mass proportions

Findings • Causes- “Youths with weak attachments to parents are likely

to engage in deviance because they lack important indirect controls on their behavior” (to Esbensen, F., Peterson, D., Taylor, T. J., and Freng, A. 2009),

• poverty, lack of opportunities The unemployment rate among 16- to 19-year-olds in California was 34.2 percent in 2010 (Huff post, 2011)

Effects• Effects- “In California, gang-

related homicide is not accounted for separately, but it is estimated that approximately 25 percent of California homicides are gang-related” According to legislative analyst office (2007)

Effective Programs

• The Azteca soccer alternative program for young adults who are involved with gangs.

• practices, games, and successful mentoring, participating youth learn sportsmanship, leadership skills, conflict resolution, and anger management. (Squires, 2006)

Synthesis

• california should support youth by proving funds on programs like the Azteca Soccer program andBarrios Unidos

ReferencesCalifornia Cities Gang Prevention Network. (2011). Addressing

gang violence by creating safe and healthy communities. Retrieved from http://www.ccgpn.org/Publications/CA%20Cities%20Bulletin%2021.pdf

• joven": Adaptive parenting of adolescent children among mexican-american

• parents residing in a dangerous neighborhood. Family Process, 50(1), 92-114. doi:10.1111/j.15455300.2010.01348.x

• Esbensen, F., Peterson, D., Taylor, T. J., & Freng, A. (2009). Similarities and

• Differences in Risk Factors for Violent Offending and Gang Membership.

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