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Counter Street Gangs Intelligence

Consulting Solutions Inc.   

We are the National CSI consulting and training specialist. We are a National and International consulting firm addressing timely issues. We specialize in Cultural Diversity, Violent Street Gangs, Domestic Terrorist, Youth Violence, Weapons on Campus, Bullying, Youth and community motivation.  We are often requested to address: community concerns. Our Clients are: Law Enforcement, Educators, Parole, Probation, Corrections, Community Organizations, Social Service Groups, Senior Citizens, Business Community, Concerned Youth, Faith-Based Organizations
 

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Warning Signs of Gang Involvement

These activities are a warning sign of likely gang involvement or interest in joining a gang:

• Buying or warning to buy excessive amounts of clothing that are blue, red, or black.
• Wearing a bandana of one predominant color, sagging pants, wearing only certain types of colors of shoes or shoelaces.
• Wearing a lot of gold or silver jewelry, especially if not accountable for how it was obtained. Jewelry might include stars or other gang symbols.
• Hanging out with known gang members.
• Using hand signals with friends or showing off hand signals around others.
• Secretive behavior, skipping school, sneaking out of the house and not being accountable for activities or whereabouts. Having large amounts of money or property for which they cannot account.
• Arrested for gang-related activities that might include vandalism, theft, drugs or violence.
• Unexplained bruises or marks on the body.
• Writing or wearing gang symbols on personal property or on the body.
• Excessive listening only to gangsta rap music with themes of violence and glorifying gangster activities. This music includes groups such as Dr. Dre, Gangstarr, NWA, and Snoop Doggy Dog.

Gang Prevention and Warning Signs

For Parents

• Parent Participation Helps Prevent Violence
• Respond to Warning Signs
• More Tools for Parents

As parents, we want to feel secure in the knowledge that our children and their friends will be safe from harm when they go about their daily activities, such as attending school, shopping at the mall, or participating in sports.

Stories of violence in our schools and communities can leave us feeling concerned, worried, overly protective, uncertain, and even helpless. But parents can play a central role in preventing youth violence, not just in our own children's lives, but also in the lives of children in communities across the nation.

Parent Participation Helps Prevent Violence

When we are committed and involved in our children's lives, we can teach them, by example and discussion, how to avoid violent situations.

Although we are not present during school time, parents are key players in promoting school safety. When parents take an interest in school work, participate in school events, teach their children how to manage anger, or talk with their children about rules at school and home, they are helping to provide their children with alternatives to violence.

Youth gangs are responsible for much of the serious violence in the United States. In schools and neighborhoods where they are active, they create a climate of fear and increase the amount of violence and criminal behavior. Parents can take action to prevent their children from participating in gangs.

After school programs not only give our children safety and supervision when we're not there; they also help them develop their skills and abilities. Finding good after school programs for our children is worth the effort.  Many resources are also available online to assist parents interested in starting their own program to prevent youth violence in their local school or community.

Alert and Involved Parents Respond to Warning Signs

The earlier we can recognize and respond to situations where violence may happen, the better we can help and protect our children.  Here are resources for identifying and responding to a variety of warning signs:

Violence in General

• Youth Violence Warning Signs
• Responding to a Potentially Violent Child

Dating Violence

• Protecting Your Child From Dating Violence
• Dating Violence Warning Signs
• Confronting Teens Involved in Dating Violence
• Intimate Partner and Family Violence Fact Sheet

Bullying

• Bullying Warning Signs
• When Your Child is a Bullying Victim or Perpetrator
• How Schools Can Prevent Bullying

Teen Depression and Suicide

• Teen Depression Warning Signs
• Youth Suicide Warning Signs
• Responding to a Depressed or Suicidal Child
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Fact Sheet

Substance Abuse

• Protecting Your Child from Substance Abuse
• Substance Abuse Warning Signs
• Confronting Your Child About Substance Abuse

Gang Violence

• Protecting Your Child From Gang Involvement
• Gang Involvement Warning Signs

More Tools for Parents

• Checklist: What Parents Can Do to Help Prevent Youth Violence
• Checklist: How Parents Can Help Make Schools Safer
• Parenting Resources - online sources of guidance for parents covering topics such as parent-child interaction, teen development, and mental health
• Fact Sheets for Teens - down-to-earth fact sheets covering topics including community violence prevention initiatives, conflict resolution , hate crimes, and school violence.
• Responding to Terrorism and War: Information for Parents - information for parents on providing support to children during times of terrorist violence or war
• Media Violence's Impact on Youth - Resources - information about the relationship between youth violence and violence in television, movies, popular music, video games, and other media
• Crisis Hotlines - a list of toll-free numbers to call for help in emergencies involving domestic abuse, suicide, sexual assault, runaways, and other crises.

For answers in these areas visit  http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/parents/index.asp

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