Gangs have been around since the 1900s. They haven’t decreased or increased they just steadily hold the title of the "bane of our existence." Street gangs are the primary distributors of illegal drugs.Street gang members convert powdered cocaine into crack cocaine and produce large amounts of marijuana. Located throughout the country‚ street gangs vary in size‚ composition‚ and structure. Large‚ nationally affiliated street gangs pose the greatest threat because they
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Gangs have had a huge effect on society today and in the past. Gangs are defined in many ways but The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines them as “a group of young people who do illegal things together and who often fight against other gangs” Some examples of gangs are the Crips‚ Bloods‚ Mexican Mafia‚ and the Aryan Brotherhood. Gangs like this have had an effect on America for many years. The first recorded gang in western civilization was reported by Pike a chronicler of British crime‚ in 1873
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Associate Level Material-Maya Baker Appendix G Security Assessment Directions Choose two settings from Ch. 9 of the text and list each setting. Then‚ complete the following tables. List five threats appropriate to the environment from the setting you chose. Rate the risk for each threat from 0 (low) to 10 (high). Then‚ list five appropriate countermeasures‚ including at least two countermeasures specific to physical security and one countermeasure specific to personnel and security management
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arising among the youth are at the alarming state. Main problems like smoking‚ gangsterism and illegal racing are affecting the country’s development. Gangsterism is common in a developing nation such as Malaysia and we have heard a lot about it occurring in schools. It has been reported that in developed countries‚ school children are increasingly involved in gangs. Gangsters are a threat to society and you can be considered a gangster if you are involved in any of these activities such as extort money
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Associate Program Material Appendix G Sequential and Selection Process Control Structure In the following example‚ the second line of the table specifies that tax due on a salary of $2‚000.00 is $225.00 plus 16% of excess salary over $1‚500.00 (that is‚ 16% of $500.00). Therefore‚ the total tax is $225.00 + $80.00‚ or $305.00. | |Salary Range in Dollars |Base Tax in Dollars |Percentage of Excess | |1 |0.00-1‚499.99
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more so than going there in the first place. I was surprised when I learned that the gang is a benefit to the community. Even though the gang is also a harm to the community by conducting a drug business there‚ the gang members also are in charge of protecting the residents and keeping the place in order since the police doesn’t do anything. It seems to me that the projects would be in a worse situation if the gang wasn’t there helping out. I feel like this is a community among themselves. They seem
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CJ Industries and Heavey Pumps 1 In October 2007‚ CJ Industries (CJI) had just been awarded a 5-year‚ $10 million per year contract‚ commencing on July 2007 to supply Great Lakes Pleasure Boats a number of key engine components for their luxury line of pleasure boats. The award marked an important milestone for CJI‚ in that it was the culmination of several years of hard work and dedicated service‚ supplying Great Lakes parts for their boats on an as-needed basis. The contract had significant
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In the book‚ Gang Leader for a Day‚ a rogue sociologist passionately dives into the lives of one of Chicago’s toughest housing projects in an attempt to develop an insight as to how the urban impoverished lived. Throughout the text it becomes clear that a conflict paradigm is being reflected. A conflict society is based on social inequality‚ in which some individuals benefit and thrive more than others‚ which tends to lead to conflict and thus change. This is evident both in the housing projects
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When the word “gang” is mentioned the first thought that comes to mind is a person wearing baggy clothes‚ a bandana across the forehead and tattoos all over the body. That is a stereotype. Obviously back when gangs were first initiated in the 1800’s they did not dress like that. Not all gangs are associated with colors‚ signs or names. A gang is defined as a group of criminals or a number of people forming a group (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). In fact the word “gang” actually originated from
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Axia College Material Appendix C Petra Koenig PSY240 March 26‚ 2011 The Sleep Matrix Why do we sleep? What governs when or how long we sleep? This activity will assist you in understanding two common sleep theories‚ recuperation and circadian‚ which provide different answers to these questions. Depending on which one you support‚ it may change your outlook on sleep and your current sleeping habits. Categorize each characteristic under the correct theory—recuperation or circadian—by placing
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