Comparing Gang Violence & Terrorism

After the Los Angeles riots of 1992, many people tried to understand the causes of such violence and why young men join gangs. One of them was Jim Brown, the movie actor and athlete. He gathered invited some gangbangers on a radio show and gave them a voice. He found that they were desperate young men who expressed the hopelessness of their lives and explained exactly why lives of violence made sense given their reality.

After the radio show, Jim Brown continued his work with gang members, which often has been in the form of giving them money for necessities, such as a mother's day gift, baby medicine, or money for funeral expenses. He also meets with them to discuss their goals and needs. In these meetings, gang members expressed feelings of wanting to be loved. He also has found them work in his many business ventures, such as in his security business, his sporting-goods store, his independent film company, or his Amer-I-Can program.

Indeed, many people believe that gangs will disappear once jobs are plentiful for inner city youths. This is becaus

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terrorist groups in Turkey, Greece, Peru, and Chile who exploited the war to advance their own goals. Cooperation among law enforcement and intelligence services in many countries increased the effectiveness of preventing terrorist activity. While anti-gang measures have included making concessions to gang members, in the form of creating job opportunities for them, giving them a voice in the community, or providing them with a place for recreation, U.S. anti-terrorist measures include making no concessions to terrorists, especially when terrorists are holding American citizens hostage. The government, however, will try every means possible to obtain the release of hostages without making concessions. It is a widely held belief that making concessions to terrorists will encourage more terrorism--because terrorists will feel that their actions have obtained results. While the United States tries to learn about the goals and ideologies of terrorists, it does so only to better identify and apprehend them. Educators have long searched for ways to keep students from joining gangs. In order for these ways to be successful, educators must fulfill the motivational needs met by gangs. The interpersonal, competitive, individualist
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