A gang is “an association of three or more individuals‚ whose purpose in part is to engage in criminal activity and which uses violence or intimidation to further its criminal objectives” (National Institute of Justice). Gangs are organized as structured social groups‚ being more complex than they might first seem. When criminals come together as a group‚ trouble is bound to occur‚ and these gangs become a powerful force that must be combated. Gangs are well known‚ but how do gangs operate? Why do
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Argument Essay By: Mina Gedeon Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others‚ to really step in someone else’s shoes. In literature empathy is a major role for emotion in a story‚ it can be viewed and used in many different ways. It can be handled to expose certain characters characteristics and much more. In a novel you must determine how a character feels towards others which can be shoed by empathy. In the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee‚ there are quite a
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Gang is: A group of people‚ youngsters or adolescent who associate closely‚ often exclusively‚ for social reasons‚ esp. such as a group engaging in delinquent behavior. It is said that there are about 750‚000 different gangs in the United States‚ ranging from cultural meaning people from the same culture like the “The Latin Kings” consisting of Hispanic members to the “ Zoe pound” which include only Haitians or the well know the “mafia” which consist of the Italians. Other gangs are just diverse
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I’ve never resided nor visited California. Therefore‚ I wouldn’t understand the high crime rate nor the gang activities that exist. I’ve only seen movies that reflect different gang images. Movies such as Colors‚ Fresh‚ Boyz N Tha Hood‚ Menace II Society‚ and Original Gangstaz explain the life of crips‚ bloods‚ and other gangs. When children view these movies‚ they think they are cool. Their minds are too young and immature to witness such graphic images. These images include distribution of drugs
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Sometimes I believe that we as people‚ specifically college students‚ forget how lucky we actually are. My eyes were opened up to this upon reading Sudhir Venkatesh’s remarkable story entitled Gang Leader for a Day. Through this novel‚ which I really enjoyed‚ I found myself going through an array of emotions. If I could pick one word to best describe the novel it would be a rollercoaster. At points I would laugh hysterically‚ while at other times I felt sorry for people‚ constantly my feelings
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Professor Cooper English101FYE5 22 November 2013 Legalization Lincoln once said "Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation‚ and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.” The prohibition of marijuana has proven to be a failure and a waste of resources. In addition‚ prohibition has hurt society more than it has helped. Also‚ marijuana can be used as a medicine to treat many life threatening illnesses. The legalization of
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Crime and Strategies Used to Combat Youth Delinquency. Introduction; Youth crime is generally thought as being a very recent and modern day phenomenon‚ however‚ this is widely untrue. Juvenile crime has been recorded ever since the early 17th Century and yet it has only been within the last 100 years that it has become such a significant issue with the general public (Goldson and Muncie‚ 2006). It is widely known that the present population are much more aware of youth crime and the implications it causes
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Albert Medina Mrs. Hill English 101 22 March 2014 The Location Standing around waiting under the blazing hot sun my group of friends Brad a tall meathead‚ Jake a tall snake‚ Brandon a average white boy and there is me a small light skinned Mexican. Waiting patiently in line‚ one by one thousand of fans are trying to go in to this big salmon and aqua green color building. Before we can go in we have to pass-by security first‚ taking off my hat and everything out of my pockets. This gigantic
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Teen Gangs Gang and group violence‚ while not a new phenomenon in Canada‚ is becoming much harder to dismiss as just boys being boys. Not only are girls seemingly becoming more involved in gang violence‚ but the violence of both sexes seems to be becoming more random‚ more vicious‚ more extreme. While many academics will dispute that violence among youth is increasing‚ few will dispute the fact that gang membership greatly increases the prevalence and frequency of serious and violent crime among
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The Gangs All Here A gang is defined in the dictionary as a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely‚ often exclusively‚ for social reasons‚ especially such a group engaging in delinquent behavior. According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ there are over “1.4 million active street‚ prison‚ and OMG (Outlaw Motorcycle Gang) members comprising more than 33‚000 gangs in the United States” ("Fbi.gov"). These gangs
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