Helping “Homies” Heal

Authors

Amy-Jane Griffiths, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-29-2007

Abstract

"How could a 14-year-old child stab a 15-year-old child to death?

This is a question that many people in our community are asking. The reality is that there is an ongoing animosity between rival gangs in Santa Barbara. Young children are witnessing and becoming involved in progressively more violent conflicts each day and many have seen unimaginable acts by their teenage years. Reports may tend to place blame for gang criminal activity on individual children, but we must recognize the problem as a societal rather than individual one."

Comments

Griffiths, A. J. (2007). Helping homies heal. Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved from https://www.independent.com/2007/03/29/helping-homies-heal/

Recommended Citation

Griffiths, Amy-Jane, "Helping “Homies” Heal" (2007). Education Faculty Articles and Research. 228.
https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/education_articles/228

Copyright

Santa Barbara Independent, Inc.