Gang Signs and Solutions: Addressing Gang Activity in Our Schools
Format
Individual Presentation
Location
Harborside Center East
Strand #1
Safety & Violence Prevention
Relevance
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Brief Program Description
You have an interest in serving “at-risk” or gang related kids! This program was specifically designed for school professionals, law enforcement, and parents involved in or interested in school safety. Participants will gain insight into the criminal gang cultures. You will be able to identify clothing, signs, and symbols associated with gang activity. You will understand some of the cultural differences and community dynamics that shape modern street gangs. Understanding these differences is key to effecting change within gang related and at-risk youth. This presentation focuses the gang mindset giving the participant tools to begin to reach and teach youth touched by gang violence and culture. This presentation contains graphic images of gang violence and strong language.
Summary
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Biographical Sketch
FEATURED SPEAKER: Daryl Macaluso, Corporal, Gang Resistance Education And Training, Durham Police, Durham, NC
Daryl Macaluso was featured in the North Carolina Justice Academy 2006 training video on gangs. He has spent four years as a School Resource Officer in middle and high schools and teaches Gang Resistance Education and Training as well as supervises Durham’s G.R.E.A.T. unit. He is the South Eastern Representative for the International Latino Gang Investigators Association and a member of the following associations: National Gang Investigators Association, East Coast Gang Investigators Association, North Carolina School Resource Officer Association, and North Carolina Gang Investigators Association.
Keyword Descriptors
Gang activity, Gang culture, At-risk youth, Gang violence
Presentation Year
2015
Start Date
3-3-2015 8:30 AM
End Date
3-3-2015 9:45 AM
Recommended Citation
Macaluso,, Daryl, "Gang Signs and Solutions: Addressing Gang Activity in Our Schools" (2015). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 64.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2015/2015/64
Gang Signs and Solutions: Addressing Gang Activity in Our Schools
Harborside Center East
You have an interest in serving “at-risk” or gang related kids! This program was specifically designed for school professionals, law enforcement, and parents involved in or interested in school safety. Participants will gain insight into the criminal gang cultures. You will be able to identify clothing, signs, and symbols associated with gang activity. You will understand some of the cultural differences and community dynamics that shape modern street gangs. Understanding these differences is key to effecting change within gang related and at-risk youth. This presentation focuses the gang mindset giving the participant tools to begin to reach and teach youth touched by gang violence and culture. This presentation contains graphic images of gang violence and strong language.