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    Grip of Gangs on Low Income Children Gangs are fully entrenched in many suburban communities across the nation. Gangs are a dangerous and a plague that has infected almost every city in the United States. Many notable gangs such as the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples‚ Black Peace Stones‚ and Latin Kings are the root of this epidemic. At this time gang activity was largely confined to urban areas‚ which raises a huge problem with the recruitment of the youth of this nation into gangs littered

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    Influential and Sociological Aspects of Gangs: What Makes Individuals Want to Join Gangs? Magdaline Mouratides Sociology 100 Instructor Francisco Limόn November 29‚ 2011 Abstract The purpose of this research is to identify the sociological aspects and means in which individuals may use in order to affiliate themselves within a gang and their practices. The following research uses statistics and information given by police departments and the Department of Justice. I have searched for reasoning

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    Chicago tylenol Murders Events In the event of the Chicago Tylenol Murders several lives were taken by mysterious cyanide-laced Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules in different Chicago areas. It all started when 12 year old Mary Kellerman woke up feeling sick‚ like normal her parents kept her home from school and gave her Tylenol to ease the pain. Instead of easing her pain she ended up dead on the floor of her bathroom‚ her father found her. That same day in a totally different area of Chicago‚ a

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    Running Head: SECURITY THREAT GROUPS/GANGS IN PRISONS Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons Nicole Sage Kaplan University CJ130-03 Nancy Thode January 18‚ 2011 Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons In our prison systems today‚ many different gangs pose a threat to our correctional staff and other inmates. In the United States‚ gangs exist in forty of the fifty states. These gangs bring violence‚ drug trafficking and racial unrest to our correctional system. The Aryan Brotherhood

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    Gangs The label gang remains put on different groups which includes outlaws inside the nineteenth-century American West‚ prison inmates‚ Mafioso one anotherwith each other along with other organized crooks‚ bikers‚ and categories of inner city youths. No matterRegardless of its diverse application‚ the word gang typicallygenerallyfrequentlygenerallyfrequently connotes participation in dishonest or illegal activities. Social researchers take term gang most frequentlyregularly when explaining categories

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    Gangs constitute one of the greatest threats to public safety. gangs contribute to 48% of crime in cities. Gangs should have stiffer penalties. Laws are too weak to scare off and oppose gangs and their members. Cities should sue and bid to make laws to stop the violence. Many kids and teens are joining gangs. Laws are weak in the face of rising gangs. Gangs have existed in the U.S. since the time of the American Revolution. It costs taxpayers five times more to incarcerate a child than to educate

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    that will last forever. From game one to the playoffs these men battled and persevered. This image shows many members of the Chicago Bears celebrating their big win by carrying off their Head Coach who led them to a sweet Super Bowl victory‚ however‚ these men had to battle every Sunday to overcome many struggles to be the champions they are today. The shown players of the Chicago Bears are celebrating triumphantly with packed stands in the background and people storming the field‚ they have obviously

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    author of The Great Chicago Fire‚ was very informed on the subject of this book because of his excellent educational background and later careers. Cromie was a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio. During his college years he mainly studied history. He would later join the Chicago Tribune where he would become a reliable and hardworking reporter and journalist. In 1969‚ he began writing a column that made him the first staff writer to exhibit a liberal perspective for the Chicago Tribune that was known

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    The Monkey Wrench Gang By Edward Abbey I read The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. The book is 421 pages‚ and was published by Lippincott Williams &Wilkins in 1975. It is a fictional story about a group of four people who meet‚ and all want the same thing. To stop development on America’s southwest. Edward Abbey’s purpose in writing this book was to raise awareness about what is happening to‚ quite literally‚ our back yard. This book takes place in the southern Utah and Arizona‚ and

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    country to be awarded the opportunity to host an Olympic Games‚ country officials assured the committee for the XXXI Olympiad that top security measures would be employed to keep athletes safe. It hasn’t help bolster confidence that a recent alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old Brazilian girl in a poor section of Rio de Janeiro is creating quite a worldwide stir among women’s rights advocates and law enforcement. According to reports‚ the young rape victim may have been victimized by as many as 30 men

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