Thesis:Even though many people think that troubled youth wont succeed or change after they join gangs, I believe they can change. Youth joing gangs for many reasons, authority pushes those youth to gangs, they turn to gangs to find comfort and acceptance, the solution would be that youth should be encouraged to attend programs which will help them change unlike, being isolated like the current system does it.

Youth that is believed to be affiliated with gangs, are now called “monsters” and they have the connotation that they do not deserve to be treated as humans. Those with authority make regulations for the troubled youth, like treating them in court as adults. They are humans themselves and deserve the same respect as any other human being in the community. In the book, Hears and hands, Rodriguez claims, “Of course being called a “monster” now a days had the connotation of not being a human—an animal—therefore, deserving of less than human consideration” (Rodriguez 31). This quote makes me view that violence changes the whole perspective on people and how they view those that are involved. People in the community should not judge them because they do not know the reason on why they joined the gang and violence is not always the main reason.