Topic > Analysis of Jumped In by Jorja Leap - 879

This book also presents the perspective of the police, showing gang violence as a more black and white or good versus evil issue, and their approach militant for gang reform. Jorja Leap believes that to stop gang violence, the same members who once gangbanged must turn young people away from the same lifestyle. The book highlights the idea of ​​how difficult it is to leave the gang lifestyle. There are frequent cases of relapse by individuals in the book, who were once out only to return to the gangs again. This case is brought about by what the gangs represent in the book and what abandonment implies for them to surrender. The definition of gang presented to the class was: three or more members, share a name, color, or affiliation, or must exist in a geopolitical context. For members associated with gangs, this definition can include members of your family, neighborhood, and anyone they associate with. Take Ronnie from Jorja Leap's Jumped in for example, it states: "Ronny's role models are gang members." His family are thugs. His mentors are old friends locked up in the county jail.”(102). Ronnie and other gang members like him don't