Gangs
After completing the readings and studying the PowerPoint video lectures, view the following 3 video clips.
Remember to do the following in preparation for the assignment:
1) View and critically study the video clips listed above.
2) Meticulously reread the week’s readings and study the video lectures as needed.
Video 1)
Inside America’s Ridiculously Old-Fashioned Gun-Tracing Center 10:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMQ2b6ZwwCU
In this first video, you are exposed to information that will help you better understand one of the contextual factors known to inflame gang set space, which according to the readings, serves to facilitate gang-related violence: one of the least known facts about gun violence is based around federal agencies and the study gun violence.
Video 2)
MS-13 gang rocks Long Island suburbs 7:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ot6Uves-Oc
In this second video, you are presented with the case found in the textbook’s In Focus 8.1 section, and so you will learn about one of the features of a type of gang: and how transnational gang growth may influence the seriousness of local gang-related violence
Video 3)
How Portugal and Colorado solved their drug problems | The Economist 15:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7LKfLxVtzE
In this third video, you are introduced to the intersection of patterns of drug trafficking or related activities, which are contextual factors known to inflame gang set space, to learn about how the decriminalization and regulation of drugs is connected to gang-related violence.
Discussion Topics, Question #2:
Which factors facilitate gang violence, and how can we capitalize on this knowledge to reduce gang-related violence?
To build your essay response to the assigned question, do the following:
1) Write a 600+ word essay, based on course content that reflects a clear understanding of the assigned week’s readings.
2) Correctly apply applicable course vocabulary words (contextual factors, transnational gang, gang-related violence, gang set space, gun violence…).
3) Correctly apply ONE sociological theory (your choice) to explain or support your response: define it, and then apply within response.
4) Type, proofread and save your work in a separate file>save all submissions separately in case of a Blackboard glitch then copy and paste the proofread text within the submission box
5) Cite all sources, including the text (Author year): (Cohen 2018) (Kornblum 2001), then one line after the last sentence, list your citations: textbook (use syllabus format) and any outside sources (do not list videos).
