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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Gang violence"”.
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A Credible Fear: The Politics of Gang Violence in the Northern Triangle
… will create an argument for how the victims of gang violence from the Northern Triangle nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras qualify for asylum in the United States based on a well-founded fear of persecution. An analysis of the legal framework of the asylum system in the United …
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Peace education as a transformative strategy in a community affected by gang violence
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration: Peace Studies, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2025.
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Developing a monitoring and evaluation system for the ceasefire gang violence programme in Hanover Park, Cape Town
… study is a formative evaluation of the Ceasefire gang violence programme in Hanover Park, Cape Town, South Africa. The primary audience of this evaluation is the Ceasefire programme management. The Ceasefire programme is a project of the City of Cape Town's Violence Prevention through Urban …
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Learners exposure to gang violence and their participation in high-risk behaviour : a study in a Western Cape high school
… is to assess the level of learners' exposure to gang violence and their participation in high-risk behaviour in and outside of a selected secondary school in the Western Cape. The study was exploratory and a self-report questionnaire - 'School Safety Survey' devised by Cornell and Loper of the …
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An exploration of male youth's perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence on their educational attainment in Khayelithsa Site B
… perceived impact of their involvement in youth gang violence (YGV) on their educational attainment. A qualitative research design was adapted in this study. A non-probability purposive snowball sampling was adopted in the research. The study used a semi-structured interview schedule as a …
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Los Angeles County's Criminal Street Gangs: Does Violence Roll Downhill?
<p>According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there are more than 33,000 gangs in the United States, cited as being responsible for nearly 48% of the violent crime in the country. Using information drawn from gang-related court cases, this …
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Spatializing social networks: making space for theory in spatial analysis
… is a quantitative and spatial analysis of the gang-related violence in a section of Los Angeles. Using data about the spatial distribution of gang violence in three neighborhoods of Los Angeles, this research first adopts a deductive approach to the spatial analysis of gang violence by spatial …
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Bridging the gap : boundary-less bureaucrats and gang reintegration in Panama City
… issue of growing concern for planners is urban violence, particularly gang violence. In Latin America, a region that stands out as one of the most violent in the world, repressive police and military tactics have generally failed to solve the problem of gang violence. Recently there has been a …
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Paz Juntos
While some societies face problems of crime and gang violence and are looking into different solutions, very little research exists on what community and architectural design and building can contribute to the reconstruction of the social fabric. This text explores how various elements and factors …
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Decolonial delinquency: Gender, sexuality, and criminality in Latina/o gang literature and film
… Delinquency studies the representation of violence and criminality in Latina/o literature and film since 1950. The project analyzes a range of genres, including fiction, autobiography, poetry, and documentary, to uncover how cultural production discloses a systemic impetus to gang violence …
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The construction of the gang in British Columbia : Mafioso, gangster, or thug? An examination of the uniqueness of the BC gangster phenomenon
… the structure, demographics, and history of gangs in British Columbia (BC), Canada, through a social constructionist lens. The purpose of this research is for the reader to consider the current state of gangs in BC as inherently different from other places in the world, to assist in …
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Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America: Implications For U.S. National Security
… problem, TCO-terrorist collaboration, increasing gang violence, and economic difficulty, are explored. Recommendations for combatting the activity of TCOs are given, with an emphasis on international, multilateral intelligence cooperation and anti-money laundering (AML) operations, as well as …
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An Examination Of Community Members' Reactions To Violent Viral Media And Their Perceptions Of Its Impact On Black Chicago Communities
… City of Chicago has always been known for its violence and high crime rates. Traditional media has portrayed Chicago as a war zone in terrifying headlines and news stories. While traditional media has portrayed a distorted view of senseless murders and gang violence in Black Chicago …
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Implementation in Reality: Magistrates and the Domestic Violence Act
… their experiences in implementing the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998. The data has been gathered from in-depth interviews with 6 magistrates from different magisterial jurisdictions in the Western Cape. This study has uncovered many barriers to implementation of the Act, the greatest issue …
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Preventing Community Violence: A Case Study of Metro Detroit and Interfaith Activism
Community violence can have lasting impacts on populations that experience it, including but not limited to, financial damages, property damage, and psychological trauma. Therefore, exploring mechanisms of violence prevention is increasingly important, especially within the context of multicultural …
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An Analysis of Bullying Behaviors at E. B. Stanley Middle School in Abingdon, Virginia.
… include, but are not limited to, increased gang violence, school shootings, and attendance problems due to student concerns over safety.</p><p>The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the bullying behaviors of a single class of students as they progressed through E. B. …
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Diagnosing the Increase in Homicides in Montevideo
… on in the city. Specifically, the emergence of a gang violence problem seems to be at the core of the growth of homicides, with drug distribution at the retail level being probably the main force driving gang formation and wars.
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Deconstructing Gangsterism in the Western Cape Policy Response to the National Anti-Gangsterism Strategy
… Province of the Western Cape in South Africa, gangsterism continues to be associated with issues of violence, crime and localised conflicts, affecting residents on the Cape Flats in particular. Although the country's legal framework promotes human rights and despite ongoing interventions by law …
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The geography of the clinic: spatial form, meaning and practice at a Western Cape community health centre
… of space as a strategic resource in a context of gang violence and health service crisis. The architectural design of the clinic was analysed in terms of the international criteria and logic for PHC facility design. Unique local features were understood as socially and political contingent. …
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