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A Systemic Analysis of The Dynamics and Organization of Urban Street Gangs
In this paper, the study systematically analyzed the Dynamics and Organization of urban Street gangs in the United States of America. This study was conducted in 2000 and was published in the American general of family therapy. This study was conducted by Nikki and William from Florida State University and the University of Kentucky respectively. The study suggested that different social systems and family systems are responsible for the ongoing of street gangs’ functions. The study suggested that most of the glands consider themselves to be family members. Street gangs have different factors like complexity, structure, functionality, and process and all these factors are interrelated with each other to formulate continuity. It is important to analyze street gangs from the Systematic analysis to understand them (Ruble & Turner, 2000).
To analyze the formulated objectives, the study utilized extensive literature review technique and qualitative techniques. The extensive literature review provided enough material to systematically analyze different dynamics and organizations associated with urban Street gangs in the United States of America. Different demographics like age, gender, ethnic and racial composition, and location were analyzed. Different hierarchies relating to gang systems were also analyzed, subsystems related to gangs; Supra systems related to gangs, entropy, boundary communication, and morphogenesis were also investigated in this study (Ruble & Turner, 2000).
Clinical implications suggested that it is important to understand the systems of gangs to explain the function that is served by the members of The Gangs based upon their Holistic perspective. System thinking also helps to understand the hierarchy as well as the structure associated with the gang organization. Family system thinking helps to analyze how different games function as a whole (Ruble & Turner, 2000).
This study also investigated the concept of family therapy interventions associated with gangs in the United States. Family dysfunction is mostly considered to be associated and correlated with gang involvement and intervention. Different family issues are considered to influence the formulation of gangs in the United States. The study suggested that family therapy helps the members of different banks to communicate among Each Other by expressing their anger, heart, and sense of rejection which they had received from their family members when they were young or when they were living with them (Ruble & Turner, 2000).
For thousands of years, it has been conceded that street gangs are responsible for creating a negative image of the neighborhood and they are responsible for creating trouble in the neighborhood. Few types of research have been conducted to investigate the systems and functions associated with street gangs in the United States of America. The study suggested that games are responsible for acting as a family for most gang members. Most of the gang members who join different kinds of gangs are mostly looking for closes, correlation, Association, and acceptability which they have not received from other members of the society. Again, it may be responsible for providing different kinds of factors to members like connection, stability, and self-esteem. Gang members are not familiar with these kinds of concepts in their usual life as most of them face rejection and dejection in their usual life (Ruble & Turner, 2000).
The study suggested that gangs are responsible for connecting different aspects of gang life with a complex chain of communication and interaction. It is important for researchers not only to investigate the violence committed by the gang members but also the organization and functioning of banks to understand them better. This study also suggested that almost similar kind of culture is present in all kinds of street gangs in the United States of America if they are studied properly. This study also suggested that Group Therapy can be a significant tool which could change most of the gang members (Ruble & Turner, 2000).
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Ruble, N. M., & Turner, W. L. (2000). A Systematic Analysis of the Dynamics and Organizations of Urban Street Gangs. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 28(2), 117-132. Re https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/docview/230116970?accountid=8289
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