Community: The Existence of Gangs Since the beginning of the decade‚ contemporary gangs‚ also known as youth or delinquent gangs‚ have become a widespread threat to communities throughout the nation‚ in particular within suburban communities. In 2001‚ 35% of suburban counties reported gang activity. Once considered largely as an urban phenomenon‚ gangs have increasingly emerged in smaller communities‚ presenting a challenge that severely damages local resources. As these gang related crimes increase
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whether youth join a gang‚ because of their family does not have enough to provide for them. While gang may have various ways of providing for them with what they need to survive. Gangs take full advantage of low income youth. Disorganized Neighborhood Second risk factor that my study will examine is the neighborhood that my participants live in. disorganized neighborhoods are a key factor for gang activities‚ because abandon‚ board up buildings are hot spots for youth gang gathering. The reason
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Running head: HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS Hispanic Immigrants: Victims of Discrimination Kathleen Juarbe-Gorgas Professor Dettmann October 21‚ 2010 United States is the land of immigrants or the land of white people? Based on the U.S. history when Christopher Columbus discovers America‚ the Europeans start immigrant for better opportunities. The Native Indians was the owner of this land but the European took it over. As a consequence of the slavery‚ people from other countries
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Mara Salvatrucha 13 Drugs and Death on the Streets of America are not a new problem due to gangs; they have existed in New York and other eastern cities for more than two hundred years. During the 1980s and early 1990s El Salvador was plagued by a Civil war between an oppressive US-funded military and an insurgent guerrilla movement. In 1988 the population of El Salvador was only 5.3 million; one in every six people left El Salvador after the war. Most of these refugees fled to the United States
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of gangs. 88 percent of young women in the study were in groups of mixed-gender and only three girls associated themselves with all girl gangs. All these girls had a strong belief that males and females were considered equal in their gangs. Once again this was bizarre to me because‚ I had no prior knowledge about gangs but assumed that there was no gender equality in gangs and that the males were still considered the strongest and the higher ups. While doing the interviewing a lot of the gang members
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Gangs in Prison CJ130: Introduction to Corrections Kaplan University 06/16/13 Gangs in Prison Gangs have always been problematic in prisons and in my opinion‚ will continue to be. Gang activity filters down from generation to generation and there is not a real easy or even possible way of stopping it. They are their own families in some cases; they have become a family to those who do not otherwise have a family. Those members will not betray their gang brothers or sisters. There are some
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Hispanic American: "Heritage" is defined as the customs and traditions that are handed down from generation to generation of families and society. A person with Latino heritage is a descendant of a family from Mexico‚ Central America‚ or South America. Peeps who are Hispanic are from a country where Spanish is spoken. Let’s check out some of their traditions. Hispanic Food Hispanic foods have many different characteristics‚ but one of the main things that make it distinctive is that it tends to
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History of biker gangs Biker gangs are defined as a group of motorcycle riders who share a common identity and mythology. Although not all motorcycle gangs engage in illegal activities‚ these groups have gotten a bad rap in the latter half of the last century. Historically‚ the term ’biker gang’ also included chopper and motorcycle hobbyists who like to travel in packs and tourists that enjoy the freedom of exploring the highways on two wheels. Nowadays the most common understanding of the
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in Italy. The members of a mafia are usually people of the same race nationality. A gang is a group of members who form together to commit street crimes. These crimes can be murder‚ assault‚ theft‚ etc. They use intimidation to gain control of neighborhoods or territories. They are usually identified by colors‚ tattoos‚ hair styles‚ hand signs‚ or graffiti. It is important to know the difference between gangs and mafia so those in the criminal justice field can distinguish between the two groups
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Do you think of gangs when you hear the words guns‚ crimes‚ and violence? Two out every five teenagers are affiliated with gangs. I am one of the three out of five teenagers that are not involved with gangs. However‚ not everyone gets to say that they are not bullied or involved with gangs. Many students today resort to violence and associate themselves with gangs to seek vengeance. However‚ they are not aware of the dangers of vengeance‚ coercion‚ bullying‚ or gang behavior.
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