Paper Summary:

The paper looks at the literature regarding gang violence and other forms of organized crime in British Columbia. The paper discusses how the rise in the reported incidence of crimes coincides with the increase and variation in immigration. The paper also examines the steps Canada has taken to address this issue and concludes that gang violence is a concern that has repercussions to the overall health of the Indo-Canadian community, the Lower Mainland and British Columbia as well as the rest of Canada. The paper recommends that programs be developed to truly address the pertinent issues that gang violence has brought to the Indo-Canadian community. The paper includes figures and graphs.

Outline:
Introduction
Review of Related Literature
Discussion
Recommendations
Community Actions and Programs
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"According to recent studies in the British Columbia area, crime incidence is growing most among aboriginal and immigrant population of the region (Besla et al, 2005). One of the key reasons attributed to this trend are pressures of urbanization and integration. Their investigations revealed that many of the incidences of crime involved illegal drugs, organized crime, juveniles and minorities. Experts believe that among the mentioned crime trends, one of the things that should be focused on is the development of organized crime groups because they have the potential of proliferating crime more than anything else."

Sample of Sources Used:

• BC Crime Prevention Association (2006). Directory of Services 1st Edition. Vancouver, BC: BC Crime Prevention Association
• Beale, Elizabeth, Brannon, Patrick and Chaundy, David (2001). Immigration and Economic Development in Atlantic Canada. Halifax: The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC).
• Berlin, Bangkok (2005). International Migrants And The City. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).
• Besla, Kashmir et al (2005). Community Response To South Asian Youth Violence - Integrated Action Plan. Vancouver, BC: Department of Canadian Heritage
• Crawford, Tiffany (2005). Calls For Indo-Canadian Violence Task Force Grow As Another Man Gunned Down. Retrieved on November 20, 2006 from http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/050507/n050751A.html

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