evolves around gangs. Gangs are the major thing in Oakland‚ they are the ones to sale drugs‚ guns and are also the ones who are committing all kinds of crimes such as robbery and murders. In order to stop all of this there’s a lot to be done and it will need help from everyone in order to be able to make a difference. Making a positive change is always good‚ specially when it comes to bringing safety to people’s lives. Gang activity is found all over Oakland‚ such as in streets‚ gang members house
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young people to join gangs and even commit crimes. One of the most persuasive factors that influence young people to join gangs is because of money. Due to the fact that a lot of kids do not have lots of money‚ they see the gangs as a way to get fast cash. The see the gang members with the nice cars and expensive clothes and they are enticed. As a result‚ they join. The other persuaive factor is for protection. A lot of kids especially in the inner cities join gangs because they figure it
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existence of female gang members and their population increasing as days goes by. Female gangs are said to be more dangerous than their male counterparts‚ this is because they act so innocent and strike when you least expect them to do. There are various ways in which a person gets to be recruited in the gang. These include; the need to be associated with friends or even family members who are already gang-involved‚ and cultural pride identification. In most common female gangs that are upcoming rules
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or slowed the growth of street gangs. As others have said‚ if you grow up in a poor area of town the amount of money you can make from selling drugs or being a part of that gang is attractive. The real question is whether the government wants to pump more money into the problem now in hopes of fixing it or continue feeding it into the prison system to keep people that are convicted behind bars. An aggressive increase in the amount of officers assigned to anti-gang and drug units is a start. Those
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Gangs of New York: A Cultural Shift Jeremiah Harrity SOCI220 American Popular Culture Dr. Nancy Wack April 13‚ 2013 Gangs of New York: A Cultural Shift In the movie “Gangs of New York”‚ we see a city changed and reshaped through cultural influence of feuding individuals with different ideas. The movie is about a young man‚ Amsterdam Vance‚ who seeks to avenge his father‚ who was brutally murder in a gang dispute‚ against his adversary Bill the Butcher. On the surface the movie seems
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crimes in order to get money. In City of Gangs‚ it is explained that one of the problem in Regina is that aboriginal could have a job if they wanted‚ but many of these people don’t have the ability to achieve this goal since they don’t have a resume or they don’t know how to fill an application form (City of Gangs‚ 2009). Thus‚ the young people on reserves are experiencing this inability to achieve norms and standards of the dominant society‚ and are joining gangs in order to achieve their goal‚ through
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Street gangs have been a part of society for centuries so it’s inevitable that gangs would also be present inside jails and prisons. Gangs date back as far as biblical times and consist of a group of individuals that have similar ideas and are working toward a certain outcome. Individuals in gangs inside and outside of jails have caused many social problems that range from drug dealing and using‚ gambling‚ murders‚ and human trafficking. Gangs work and are established like society in general. There
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The differences between a club and a gang‚ are quite distinct‚ but it is the connotational differences between these two words which distinguishes one from the other. The New Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language defines a club as; "...an association of people with some common interest who meet periodically..." It defines a gang as "...a number of men or boys banding together‚ esp. lawlessly..." This definition is traditionally slanted toward applying to male youth‚ and stereotypical
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Protective Factors Similar for Gang-Involved‚ Pressured-to-Join‚ and Non-Gang-Involved Youth? A Social-Ecological Analysis” written by Gabriel J. Merrin‚ Jun Sung Hong‚ and Dorothy L. Espelage. I found that the article was a very great source of enlightenment of the world of the gang involvement. I am going to share with everyone the things in the article that got my attention. I found that it was strange that males are more than likely to become involved in gangs more so than females. Youth boys
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Gangs of New York � PAGE �4� Analysis of _Gangs of New York_ HUM/150: Introduction to Film Studies Workshop 5 Word Count: 2083 Analysis of _Gangs of New York_ In 2002‚ Martin Scorsese teamed up with Miramax Films to direct _Gangs of New York‚_ a film he had dreamed of making since the 1970s. With a $97 million budget‚ the film was a box-office flop‚ grossing only $190 million worldwide. Nevertheless‚ _Gangs of New York_ earned 10 Academy Award nominations‚ and won two Golden Globe Awards for
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