School Gang and

Violence

BSSE 0908 April 17,2019 BUS 503

Title of the Report: School Gang & Violence

Submitted to
Md. Iftekharul Amin
Assistant Professor
Institute of Business Administration
University Of Dhaka

Submitted by
Md. Atiquer Rahaman
BSSE 0908
Institute Of Information Technology (IIT),
University of Dhaka

Submission Date: April 17 , 2019

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 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

Md. Iftekharul Amin

Assistant Professor
Institute of Business Administration
University Of Dhaka

Subject: Submission of final report on School Gang and Violence

Dear Sir,
With due respect, we are pleased to submit the final report on School Gang and
violence. Although this report may have shortcomings we did try our level best to
produce an acceptable report. We would be highly obliged if you overlooked our
mistakes and accepted our effort.
Sincerely yours,

Md. Atiquer Rahaman

BSSE 0908
Institute of Information Technology
University of Dhaka

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 Acknowledgement

We are highly indebted for getting such a tremendous opportunity to prepare the report on School
gang and violence. We would like to thank whole-heartedly our course teacher, Mr. Md.
Iftekharul Amin, Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Administration, University Of Dhaka,
for giving us guidelines about how we can prepare this report. In completing this paper we have
collected various important data and information from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and
Institute of information Technology, University of Dhaka. We are thankful to all of the works
cited.

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Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................1

1.1 Background of the Study...................................................................................................................1

1.2. Origin of the Report.........................................................................................................................1

1.3. Objectives of This Study..................................................................................................................2

1.4. Scope of This Report........................................................................................................................2

1.5. Limitations of the Study...................................................................................................................3

1.6. Rationale of the Study......................................................................................................................3

1.7 Methodology of the study..................................................................................................................4

Findings of the Study...................................................................................................................................5

2.1 Area of School...................................................................................................................................5

2.2 Time spends with their family...........................................................................................................6

2.3 A statistical report of their parents:....................................................................................................6

2.3(a)Occupation of their father:.........................................................................................................6

2.3(b) Occupation of their mother:......................................................................................................7

2.3(c) Divorced Experience of their parents:.......................................................................................8

2.4 Familiar with "BORO VAI"(Big Boss).........................................................................................8

2.5 Making Group...................................................................................................................................9

2.5(a) making Group: Kind of activities...........................................................................................10

2.6 Reports on Who involved in Political Activities:.............................................................................10

Summary, Recommendations and Conclusion...........................................................................................12

3.1 Summary of the Findings................................................................................................................13

3.2 Recommendations of the Study.......................................................................................................16

3.3 Conclusion......................................................................................................................................17

References.............................................................................................................................................19

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 List of Tables

Table 1: Area of School...............................................................................................................................5

Table 2: Time spends with their family........................................................................................................6

Table 3: Occupation of their Father.............................................................................................................7

Table 4: Occupation of their mother............................................................................................................8

Table 5 : Divorced Experience of Parents....................................................................................................8

Table 6:Familiar with Big Boss...................................................................................................................9

Table 7: Making Group................................................................................................................................9

Table 8: Kind of activities who are in group..............................................................................................10

Table 9: Having Political Leader...............................................................................................................11

Table 10: Evil work done...........................................................................................................................11

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 Abstract

The study focuses particularly on the school going pupil who are involved in gang violence. Gang culture
has been there for a long time in Dhaka. But in the past, the number of gangs was small. Their activities
were befitting with their times. There was no social media till a decade back. So they used to threaten
each other via phones or in person.

From the sixties up to the eighties, we have witnessed or heard of gang fights. It was typical for gangs to
use hockey sticks, machetes and knives. Some gang members later became hard-boiled criminals, others
returned to 'normal' lives. Quite to the contrary, most youth who join want to belong to a gang .Gangs are
often at the center of appealing social action—parties, hanging out, music ,drugs, and opportunities to
socialize with members of the opposite sex. The gang may be appealing because it meets a youth’s social
needs. Youth reported the following reasons for joining a gang, in the order of descending importance:

• For political power

• To show off their might

• For frightening the people

• Because a friend was in the gang

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 First Chapter

Introduction

1.1 Background of the Study

This report tries to discuss the violence among school age children. News in various newspapers
following the brutal murder of 14-year-old Adnan Kabir in Uttara in early January raised these questions.
There are a dozen graffiti-wielding and bike- riding violent gangs in Uttara. The reports say these gangs
beat up people and their opponents to let them know who was in charge. Their main motivation,
according to the reports, is to establish domination in the area. The gangs use social media to threaten
each other's groups or their targets and so on.

These reports also quoted various persons saying that these teenagers had become gang members under
the leadership of petty local young criminals and also under the influence of external influences and the
internet. Our recent happened phenomena in Uttara indicate that undoubtedly . School violence has been
associated with unrespecting elders, violence in video games, easy access to guns, and untreated mental
illness. There are several reasons that contribute to violence among children being exposed to long hours
viewing media such as television, movies, and video games that glorify violent content. Depression and
isolation are also responsible for gang and school violence among teenage and children. Some violent acts
could be prevented if more adults would heed the warning signs that most perpetrators display before any
action is taken.

1.2. Origin of the Report

This report wants to determine reasons for the violence among the youth in schools over Bangladesh.
Some hints that a child potentially could be witnessing or participating in any violence could be explained
with unexcused absences from school and lower grade point averages than classmates. These children can
also result in punishments, including detention, suspension, or even expelled from school because of the
violence. Those who witness violence of any kind at home can also can be risk of bringing violence into
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the school. Some children have psychological or mental illnesses. Those who go untreated have a higher
risk of participating in trouble or violence at school because they are not educated on how to treat their
problem . Thus they are going to gang team and violating school.

1.3. Objectives of This Study

The major objective of the study is to stop the school violence and make a proper educational
environment for educational institution.

Specific Objectives-
 Show the major reasons of school violence for which the school gang is created;
 Show the negative effects of school violence;
 How the words school and violence join together;
 How to materialized the law of school violence to minimize the problems;
 The secondary data and statistical report of school violence.
 Types of school violence.

1.4. Scope of This Report

To meet the project objectives, we want to interview students and teachers from secondary
schools and colleges. Through the interview process we want to gather their opinion about the
current state of School Gang and violence, the problems they currently face and solutions they
recommend. The schools we will visit will be within Dhaka City.
We would also like to interview policy makers from the Directorate of Secondary and Higher
Education, Bangladesh. We would also like to inform them about the problems, that students and
parents currently face and ask them about what solutions they are working on.
Finally we would like to interview domain experts from the Institute of Information Technology,
University of Dhaka, to ask their opinion about the effectiveness of the curriculum and changes
they recommend. Opinions collected from Interviewee may be subjected to biases

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1.5. Limitations of the Study

Although we have tried our best to accomplish the goal of this project on School Gang in Bangladesh,
there were some limitations we had to face. These are –
Lack of time: For the time limitation we could not gather more information to justify exact condition.
The time constraints are limiting factors.
Interview limitations: Because of our limited time and scope, we were unable to take interview of an
adequate number of students, teachers and parents. Our interviews were taken only within the Dhaka city,
which is one of the biggest limitations we have faced.
Small sample size: The study is limited by the size of the sample. As the sample size is very small,
geographical and regional differences could not be included. Here, this report is based on school and
college of Dhaka city only. Hence, we were unable to picture the present state of school gang around the
whole country. Rural and less educated side of the country remained out of scope of this report.
Lack of Knowledge and Experience: As university level students, we a have limitations of experience
of criminology.
Biasness: We all have biases, whether we are conscience of them or not. Bias is when a person, place, or
thing is viewed or shown in a consistently inaccurate way. Bias is usually negative, though one can have a
positive bias as well, especially if that bias reflects your reliance on research that only support for your
hypothesis. As our area of study was not large enough and people who involved in the interview were
urban and modern, some cultural biasness might have occurred as limitations.

1.6. Rationale of the Study

 This paper briefly will discuss about the existing violence among school age children which is
really a matter of great concern.
 It will also show a framework and outlines about the reason behind gang and school violence
which help to the guardian and the school authority to take the necessary steps.
 The research is to inform policy makers how best to take steps to improve the implementation to
stop the violence from the young students.
 This research will help to make the comparison between Bangladesh and other developing
countries about the condition of school violence that can be helpful for researchers.
 It is expected that a number of solutions will be identified which can be implemented by the
proper authority in a sustainable way.

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1.7 Methodology of the study

Methodology is an important part of any presentation proposal because it tells about the way of
research /study will be conducted secondary analysis will be used for collecting from the previously made
documents. Main locations for collecting data is from the internal, previous made surveys and even from
schools and the high school going students. This data will mainly focus on the high school going students
who maybe added or have to chance adding any gang.

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 Chapter Two

Findings of the Study

School violence is a serious problem, especially in public schools. Improving the quality of
Bangladeshi education is difficult without also addressing school violence, since regardless of
how good the teachers or curriculum are, violence makes it difficult for students to The Chapter
Two deals with the findings of the study.

2.1 Area of School

This report is based on total 56 sample data. Try to find the report of their school location. Most of the
school situated near normal area. Only 22% school situated near criminal zone.

Area of School Number Percentage

Railway 8 14%
Criminal Zone 12 22%
None(Normal) 36 64%
Total 56 100%
TABLE 1: AREA OF SCHOOL

From Table 1 we observed that most of the schools about 64% situated in normal area. Rest of all
situated near railway or criminal zone .About 22% school area is near criminal zone .So,it is not a matter
of concern . Only 14% schools is situated near Railway Zone.

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2.2 Time spends with their family

Time spending with their parents show us the relationship with their parents. We find out that most of
them daily 2 to 3 hours spending with their parents. This is a great cause for them to join gang.

Hours less than 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 more than 5 Total

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Number of student 12 16 4 12 12 56
Percentage 22% 28% 6% 22% 22% 100%
TABLE 2: TIME SPENDS WITH THEIR FAMILY

Table 2 shows that all students spend some time with their parents. Total 44% students spend 4 to above 5
hours with their mom & dad. It’s a positive side.

2.3 A statistical report of their parents:

To study school going pupil it’s very much important to study their parents conditions. It will show us
why they involved in crime. Statistics shows that parents occupation & divorced experience impose a
great impact on their’s children criminal activities.

2.3(a)Occupation of their father:

Father’s occupation is a very important term in this regard. Children from service holder father’s are more
involve in criminal activities.

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 Profession Number Percentage
Farmer/Day labour 08 14%
Business 24 43%
Officer 20 36%
Teacher 04 07%
Total 56 100%
TABLE 3: OCCUPATION OF THEIR FATHER

Table- 3 reveals that most of them i.e. out of the total (56), about 43 percent father are business man,
while 7 percent are teacher. Interestingly, general concept in this regard is these report most of them come
from a rich family.

2.3(b) Occupation of their mother:

Mother’s occupation is a very important term in this regard. Children from service holder mother’s are
more involve in criminal activities.

Profession Mothers' Occupation Percentage

Housewife 44 79%

Officer 8 14%

Teacher 4 7%

Total 56 100%

TABLE 4: OCCUPATION OF THEIR MOTHER

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Table- 4 reveals that most of them i.e. out of the total (56), about 79% mothers are housewife, while 21
percent are involved with incoming occupation.

2.3(c) Divorced Experience of their parents:

Sometimes we see that children from divorced family are highly involved with criminal activities.
Because new mother can not take her children as her own from previous wife of his husband. So lack of
affection, they are encourage to involving crime.

TABLE 5 : DIVORCED EXPERIENCE OF PARENTS

Yes No Total
Divorced 4 52 56
Percentage 7% 93% 100%

From Table-5 we got a very positive results. Only 7% school going student show their parents divorced.
Rest of all don’t have this experience.

2.4 Familiar with "BORO VAI"(Big Boss)

In gang culture or any political team usually caders work under a political leader or Big boss. In our
country they known as BORO VAI. Almost all gang members have big boss.

Answer Familiar With "BORO VAI"(Big Percentage

Boss)
YES 20 36%
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NO 36 64%
Total 56 100%
TABLE 6:FAMILIAR WITH BIG BOSS

Table 6 shows that most of all students have no big boss .On the other hand nearly 64% pupil familiar
with “BORO VAI”

2.5 Making Group

School violence is a common phenomenon through over the world. It is more seen in the developed
countries. The result of school is sometime suicide. So, it is a big disaster for the rising young generation.
The Bangladesh is a developing country. There have some western philosophy based school. The school
violence may be started in some school of Bangladesh. But the question is why the student becomes
violent? Perhaps this is the best time to find out the core reasons for ensuring the better future of young
generation. Generally the violence depends on the teachers and students relationship. In some cases
authority and dignity is absence in the school. Teachers must have the enthusiasm. School violence starts
with making group. So, we try to find out the report on it.

Answer Making Group Percentage

YES 20 36%
NO 36 64%
Total 56 100%
TABLE 7: MAKING GROUP

It is important to note that to collect relevant and reliable data for greater understanding about making
group is 64% student not in group. In our country gang violence is not so much familiar. Only 36%
students involved in group.

2.5(a) making Group: Kind of activities

Students make group for acting different kind of activities. It’s very important part of this report. School
violence wears many faces. It includes gang activity, locker thefts, bullying and intimidation, gun

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use, assault—just about anything that produces a victim. Violence is perpetrated against students,
teachers, and staff, and ranges from intentional vendettas to accidental killings of bystanders.
Often, discussions of school violence are lumped together with discussions of school discipline
generally, as both involve questions of how to maintain order in a school.

Answer Kind of Activities(Who are in GROUP) Percentage

Political/Criminal 16 44%
Others 20 56%
Total 36 100%
TABLE 8: KIND OF ACTIVITIES WHO ARE IN GROUP

From Table 8 we find a matter of sorrow that 44% students involved in political or criminal activities.
Other’s involved in traveling, gossiping or study group. They cover 56% of total students.

2.6 Reports on Who involved in Political Activities:

Political activity is activity directed toward the success or failure of a political party, candidate for
partisan political office, or partisan political group. In gang culture, it’s create a dangerous situation if
they are involved in political groups. They work under political leaders. Sometimes they do many kinds
of evil work.

Status Number Percentage

YES 16 100%
NO 0 0%
Total 16 100%
TABLE 9: HAVING POLITICAL LEADER

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*Report on those who are involved in political activities

Table- 9 reveals that all who are involved in political activities all have political leader. They work under
their leader.

Status Number Percentage

YES 9 66%
NO 7 44%
Total 16 100%
TABLE 10: EVIL WORK DONE

*Report on those who are involved in political activities

The last table shows that, who are involved in political activities, from them 66% students were done evil
work. Rest of all 44% are only involved in political activities.

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 Chapter- Three

Summary, Recommendations and Conclusion

The study focuses particularly on the school going pupil who are involved in gang violence. Gang culture
has been there for a long time in Dhaka. But in the past, the number of gangs was small. Their activities
were befitting with their times. There was no social media till a decade back. So they used to threaten
each other via phones or in person.

From the sixties up to the eighties, we have witnessed or heard of gang fights. It was typical for gangs to
use hockey sticks, machetes and knives. Some gang members later became hard-boiled criminals, others
returned to 'normal' lives.

We have had gangs at the bottom-tier of the society all along. Street kids who buy and sell drugs and get
involved with all sorts of lower level crimes ran various gangs. But they remain under-reported.

Gang culture has always been about domination; about gang members becoming 'respected'. The gang
members we knew in our childhood in the early eighties were poor students and had low self-esteem. By
becoming a gang member or gang leader they could become 'someone' others feared.

But then again not all poor students with low self-esteem were gang members. The actual reason why
some teens chose to become a gang member is psychological and it is due to the social conditions
surrounding them.

Teenagers are the most ignored or misunderstood generation in our society. And yet, as natural hormonal
changes kick in between the ages of 13-14, every human being undergoes rapid psychological changes
that he/she really does not understand properly.

In general, the teenage years are the most vulnerable period for any human being due to various
psychological disorders, depression, violence and all that. This is also the age of experiencing a great deal
of new emotions, intellectuality and creativity. They become somewhat distant from their parents
suddenly as their friends become more important in their lives.
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In most cases, we survive this phase without much trouble. For some, it may be very difficult if they do
not find their surrounding supportive. It is possible to channel their emotional and hormonal changes to
good use. But someone like a guardian or a friend has to stand by the side of that teen. Otherwise, that
teenager may become a gang member or any other unwanted thing.

The juvenile who is undergoing hormonal transformation may become too sensitive about his or her
status in the world he/she lives in. If he/she is feeling too small, rejected and underpowered, he/she may
find refuge in a gang with a fake sense of becoming 'respected'.

They can alternatively become a deadly militant—as we have seen in recent times.

Our state and our city do not offer proper platforms for teenagers or children.

3.1 Summary of the Findings

Factors that contribute to a youth’s decision to join a gang fall into two categories: attractions and risk
factors (Decker and Van Winkle, 1996). This section discusses attractions to gangs. A common public
perception is that most youth are coerced into joining a gang. Quite to the contrary, most youth who join
want to belong to a gang .Gangs are often at the center of appealing social action—parties, hanging out,
music ,drugs, and opportunities to socialize with members of the opposite sex. The gang may be
appealing because it meets a youth’s social needs. Youth reported the following reasons for joining a
gang, in the order of descending importance :

• For political power

• To show off their might

• For frightening the people

• Because a friend was in the gang

This report worked with 56 students . In our research we see more than 60% gang student’s parents are
both officer who don’t spend their time with their sons properly and the children whose parent’s got
divorced. We also see that the student who are involved in gang ,they simply at anyhow associated in
political & criminal activites.If the school in situated in slum or railway station or also in corrupted
area ,we see that the student of this school are severely involved in gang and school violence.

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If we look back in time we will see numerous similar incidents where the life of students and teachers are
threatened. Even recent surveys also agree that the situation is getting critical as the incidents are
increasing every day and many schools are struggling with this situation. The rate of threatening or
injuring with weapons at high school is form 7% to 8%. The violations like theft, fight, vandalism are
increased at school campus. It is eminent that in a one academic year 10% of schools are facing serious
crime while another 6% facing minor crime

In depth about 11% faced violation inside school campus while 13% attacked by different types of
weapons. The most common reasons of the violence are either robbery or threatening. Among them only
16 people directly involved in political gang which is 29% of total students. But all of them not have any
criminal history. Total Nine students have already done evil work. It’s only 16% of all sample. Our study
shows that in our country Gang culture is not so much familiar to all. We find only 36% pupil who are
making group. We find 8 active gang around Dhaka Area.(RAB)

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3.2 Recommendations of the Study

We have many recommendations in this problem. They are give below

Gain knowledge. Understanding the dynamicsof why young people join gangs, the warning signs, and
gang activity can improve work with students, families and schools. It is important to stay current as some
dynamics change as technology advances and shifts.

Provide information and support to parents:Informing parents about risk factors, warning signs and
the seriousness of certain behaviors can help parents better understand their children behaviors. Parents
may not recognize shifts in behavior as warning signs. This is typical throu adolescent years when there is
a natural tendency for teenagers to withdraw from their parents. This can cause a large gap in
communication and understanding. Providing parents with information (e.g. educational pamphlets,
workshops, parent groups, etc.) to gain insight about their children’s behaviors, the difference between
normal changes in their chi and warning signs, and what they can do to help can be beneficial

Implement awareness programs. Young people often share their feelings and experiences with their
peers. Raising awareness among youth in schools and the community can help young people understand
the consequences of gang involvement and offer alternatives and support. Providing information and
resources can help them make positive decisions in their lives, as well as, encourage them to offer peers
healthy advice.

Advocate for policy within school systems.Social workers can provide information regarding warning
signs, risk factors, and gang involvement to school administration, teachers and school personnel. Social
workers can also work with school administration to recognize gang activity and develop adequate
measures to address such behavior. Social workers can advocate for policies that increase student-school
connectedness and adequately meet the needs of the school. Social workers can utilize approaches that
have been evidence-based through research.

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Finally ,to solve this problem we must build up a strong relationship between their parents. If we want to
contain such destructive trends, stop blaming 'western culture' or the internet. Instead offer these kids an
environment of hope, joy and inspiration. Give them playing fields in every community. Give them
cultural platforms to practice various forms of creativity. Give them platforms that are so attractive that
even a teen from a troubled family would try to find happiness there. Until then, expect more teens to go
down the drain.

3.3 Conclusion
At the furnish we want to say that youth is our best wealth. Understanding gangs and the control of their
behavior has become much more complex as a result of social change at global, national, and local levels.
Immigration continues to change the face of this country, as people come from all over the world in
search of a better life. Most will be welcomed and assimilate rapidly, adding to the growth of the country
and American culture. Some will do much worse, contributing to and confirming stereotypes that both
fuel and reflect intergroup conflict and competition over scarce resources. Teenagers are the most ignored
or misunderstood generation in our society. And yet, as natural hormonal changes kick in between the
ages of 13-14, every human being undergoes rapid psychological changes that he/she really does not
understand properly.

In general, the teenage years are the most vulnerable period for any human being due to various
psychological disorders, depression,violence and all that. This is also the age of experiencing a great deal
of new emotions, intellectuality and creativity. They become somewhat distant from their parents
suddenly as their friends become more important in their lives.

In most cases, we survive this phase without much trouble. For some, it may be very difficult if they do
not find their surrounding supportive. It is possible to channel their emotional and hormonal changes to
good use. But someone like a guardian or a friend has to stand by the side of that teen. Otherwise, that
teenager may become a gang member or any other unwanted thing.

The juvenile who is undergoing hormonal transformation may become too sensitive about his or her
status in the world he/she lives in. If he/she is feeling too small, rejected and underpowered, he/she may

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find refuge in a gang with a fake sense of becoming 'respected'.They can alternatively become a deadly
militant—as we have seen in recent times.

Whatever their consequences for the politicization of gangs, it is clear that arrest, prosecution, and
incarceration did not make gangs go away back then, and they are unlikely to do so today. These are
strategies for dealing with the problem of individuals. Gangs are part of ongoing processes played out in
the lives of young people, but heavily influenced by the world around them. Insight into these processes
has been slow to develop, but decades of hard work have brought them into much clearer focus. More
hard work is needed, however, to bridge levels of explanation and existing gaps in knowledge. Problems
of youth violence and troublesome youth groups (including street gangs), and what to do about them, will
always be present. The least that can be done is to try to better understand them.

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