Gangs in Central Massachusetts
By:Tashneal Africa
Chelsea Ma is a small city in Suffolk County MA directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. Chelsea is about 2.5 sq. miles. 23.5% of the residents in Chelsea are below the poverty line. There are many issues that Chelsea are facing at the moment like, economics, a large number of residents not having jobs, housing issues. The main thing that is impacting the city the most is Gangs. Gangs scare the youth from attending school, contribute greatly to the economic issues that Chelsea is facing.
Gang's have been a long standing issue in Chelsea. We need to understand how the gang member communicate with each other, why young youth join gangs so we can stop them and finally how they recruit new members and where recruitment take place. Gangs member like to recruit member at “schools, malls, Internet(facebook, YouTube,etc) correctional facilities.” Youth join gangs because they feel that Gang give them a sense of protection, they also join because economic hardship. When gangs tag the Police learn“ the existence of a gang in a new or specific area, turf boundaries, membership and hierarchy and gangs conflicts.”
Gangs in Chelsea have a lot to with the kids in school feeling unsafe where they should feel safe. This was survey happen on 1989 “15% of students feared an attack on their way to or from school and 22% are feared attack while school.” This is violence related behavior and gangs.“24.3% of students (12% in 2011 and 18.4% in 2010) report having been in physical fight one or more times in past year. 18.1% of students(20.3 in 2011) report that they have ever been approached to join a gang. 12.5% of students(14.2% in 2011 and 11.7 in 2009) report having carried a weapon, such as a gun, knife or club in the past 30 days.”
Chelsea is a small city and "the annual crimes rate (per 10,000) is overall 9,069.33, while the national annual crime rate (per 100,000) is overall 4,506.21. The national murder rate is 5.70 while Chelsea murder rate is 6.17." These rate have to with gangs fighting over territory, and drugs.
According to the article "The Impact of Gangs on the Community" it talks about the effect that gangs have the community. "A study in Orange Country, California, in which was random sample of residents were interviewed, illustrates the case (Land and Meeker 2000). Fear of crime and gangs who live in low income communities where gangs were more prevalent and dangerous." This connect to Chelsea because many people are below the poverty line.
Gangs in Chelsea have a lot to with the kids in school feeling unsafe where they should feel safe. This was survey happen on 1989 “15% of students feared an attack on their way to or from school and 22% are feared attack while school.” This is violence related behavior and gangs.“24.3% of students (12% in 2011 and 18.4% in 2010) report having been in physical fight one or more times in past year. 18.1% of students(20.3 in 2011) report that they have ever been approached to join a gang. 12.5% of students(14.2% in 2011 and 11.7 in 2009) report having carried a weapon, such as a gun, knife or club in the past 30 days.”
Chelsea is a small city and "the annual crimes rate (per 10,000) is overall 9,069.33, while the national annual crime rate (per 100,000) is overall 4,506.21. The national murder rate is 5.70 while Chelsea murder rate is 6.17." These rate have to with gangs fighting over territory, and drugs.
According to the article "The Impact of Gangs on the Community" it talks about the effect that gangs have the community. "A study in Orange Country, California, in which was random sample of residents were interviewed, illustrates the case (Land and Meeker 2000). Fear of crime and gangs who live in low income communities where gangs were more prevalent and dangerous." This connect to Chelsea because many people are below the poverty line.
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