What can you suggest to reduce the participation in the gangs?

To prevent youth from joining gangs, communities must strengthen families and schools, improve community supervision, train teachers and parents to manage disruptive youth, and teach students interper- sonal skills.

Why is it important to stop gangs?

Gang-involved youth are more likely to: Engage in substance abuse and high-risk sexual behavior. Experience a wide range of potentially long-term health and social consequences, including school dropout, teen parenthood, family problems and unstable employment.

What can schools do to prevent gangs?

Actions school police officers, administrators and staff can take to alleviate and discourage gang activity include the following: Ban anything related to gang membership including weapons, violence, illegal activity and gang-identified clothing, insignias and gestures.

How can we prevent violence?

Tips for Youth to Stop Violence

1. Tell someone. If you are the victim or are witness to violence, tell someone.
2. Take all violence and abuse seriously.
3. Take a stand.
4. Be an individual.
5. Take back the power.
6. Remember, putting others down doesn’t raise you up.
7. Wrong.
8. Be a friend.

How do you help violence in youth?

Preventing Youth Violence

1. Modify the physical and social environment.
2. Reduce exposure to community-level risks.
3. Street outreach and community norm change.

Why do students join gangs?

Some children and adolescents are motivated to join a gang for a sense of connection or to define a new sense of who they are. Others are motivated by peer pressure, a need to protect themselves and their family, because a family member also is in a gang, or to make money.

How can we prevent or avoid violence?

Level the playing field and step up….Tips for Youth to Stop Violence

1. Tell someone. If you are the victim or are witness to violence, tell someone.
2. Take all violence and abuse seriously.
3. Take a stand.
4. Be an individual.
5. Take back the power.
6. Remember, putting others down doesn’t raise you up.
7. Wrong.
8. Be a friend.