by Stewart Giddings | Mar 5, 2020 | News
The first step in combating illegal gang activity is awareness. Citizens armed with knowledge can help prevent gang activity and are better able to avoid being victimized. The following information will answer some questions you may have about gangs and gang activity...
by Stewart Giddings | Mar 5, 2020 | News
This is a teen-written article from our friends at Represent Magazine, a platform for and by young people in foster care. Some details from this young woman’s story have been changed. At age 13 I got fascinated with the gang members in my neighborhood. About 20 of...
by Stewart Giddings | Mar 5, 2020 | News
CHICAGO — Gary Slutkin, an epidemiologist, has spent his life treating contagious diseases: cholera, tuberculosis, H.I.V. — and for the last 23 years, violence. Yes, violence. A disease is a condition with identifiable symptoms that causes sickness or death. That...
by Stewart Giddings | Mar 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the things that can greatly increase the chances of your teenager becoming involved in teen violence is involvement with gangs. Gangs account for a majority of the serious violence in the United States (1), and these gangs are not shy about recruiting teens....
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