Part A Identifying the at-risk children There are numerous factors that may contribute to a young man’s decision to join a gang, and these factors often vary case by case, but four factors in particular appear to have a high correlation among gang members in Bermuda (as confirmed by a number of Bermuda social workers, [...]
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Building a Policy to Reduce Bermuda’s Gang Violence
Part A Parameters of this Paper This paper does not discuss the various social programs needed to reduce the number of at-risk children today who will become gang members tomorrow (For such suggested programs see, “Building a Policy to Reduce the Number of At-Risk Children Joining Gangs,” http//bdagoodgov.org) nor does it discuss the various programmes [...]
READ MORE »Protecting Juries From the Threat of Gang Retaliation
Recently, there have been calls for the Bermuda government to enact legislation to eliminate a defendant’s right to trial by jury, particularly in criminal cases involving gang violence and the use of firearms. Before going too far down this road, we need to understand a few legal principles. First of all, the Bermuda legislature doesn’t [...]
READ MORE »How to Protect Prison Officers and Their Families From Threats by Gang Prisoners
How to Protect Prison Officers and their Families from Threats by Gang Prisoners Bermuda prison officers have complained that imprisoned gang members are not only threatening to harm prison officers but also threatening to harm their families. These officers have argued, with good reason, that such threats place them in an untenable position that not only [...]
READ MORE »Why a Gang Truce Negotiated Now Will Fail
In Bermuda, we have gang members shooting rival gang members for revenge, for control of the drug market, and for simple survival—”I need to shoot him before he shoots me.” Getting the gangs to stop shooting and put down their guns amid all this rage and retribution will take a great amount of persuasion. Many [...]
READ MORE »Why the Australian Anti-Gang Legislation Won’t Work in Bermuda
This article discusses the reasons why the Australian Anti-Gang Legislation would not work well in Bermuda.
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