to this. Gang violence has hurt many people, it caused heart ache of losing loved ones, it changes a member's life for the worst, and it also puts a member's life and other life at risk, and so on. So why are teenagers turning to gangs? Why do they choose to live in that life style, knowing the trouble they may face?
             In recent discussions of, "Effective ways to prevent youth form turning to the gang life style", a controversial issue has been whether to assign more policing task forces enforce on kids or provide after-school programs as an effective method to prevent children turning to gangs. I found several other report studies of measurements of gang prevention, such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the Bureau of Justice and other academic books, which bases claims on gang prevention. On one hand some argue that prevention with positive programs for the youth and educating them to build integrity, such as G.R.E.A.T., "Gang Resistance Education And Training", a school-based gang prevention program is better and is very helpful for an individual to gain something from (the Institute for Intergovernmental Research, 2012). Others perspective on this is, children who are brought up in poor neighborhoods can be given a chance to make an impacting future for themselves. In the words of Larson and Eccles (2005):
             Community-based youth programs provide a rich source of support for the healthy development of young people...enhances healthy and thriving psychological and social development, including positive changes pertinent to logical and social development, identity, moral development, and civic engagement. (p.xi)
             This idea provides us with an understanding of how after-school programs are effective for children. On the other hand, however, others argue that policing teens and enforcing special task forces such as gang units will prevent gang from increasing and help keep people safe. Fr...