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    Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

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    Identify a range of legal and non-legal responses to OMCGs Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCGs) is a contemporary issue that engulfs Australian society. What makes prosecution of such gangs so complex is the strong foothold that gangs have in organised crime and the façade that is worn in order to evade the eyes of the law. Various responses have been implemented in order to cease all violence and more importantly disenfranchise organised crime and prosecute those within the illegal syndicates. Legal

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    Inmates and Prisons

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    Gregory Inmates and Prisons Paper Week 4 -CJAD 320-E1WW February 2‚ 2013 Imprisoning drug offenders may resonate with some who think prison is the only way to make their communities safer‚ at least while they are incarcerated. Yet‚ the overwhelming majority of drug prisoners will come back out eventually to rejoin society‚ many within just a few years or even months. Most drug prisoners will return to the community after a couple of years away‚ and will then return to prison because we have not

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    The Conflict

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    The conflict Outline The cold war sparks when Mr. Hodge‚ the manager of the laboratory‚ started to put his nose on Franklin’s division and created the conflict. Hodge‚ is an ambitious and selfish man which concerns his own good‚ thus‚ he tried to persuade Franklin‚ as the manager of the utility turbine division‚ to make him a part of his job to make the decision of the final material that would be used‚ and increased his territory of authority. On the other hand‚ Franklin did not feel the least

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    Gang Violence Analysis

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    Unlike other societal trauma‚ such as domestic violence or human trafficking‚ with gang violence it is a little bit more difficult to distinguish a singular perpetrator. Typically‚ there is an established hierarchy between victim and perpetrator. Perpetrators assert a sense of superiority over their victims. In regards to gang violence‚ those engaging in violent acts are almost identical in socioeconomic and cultural factors to their victims. The true difference between victim and perpetrator is

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    Over the course of history female gangs have been largely overlooked from the focus of gang studies and research‚ the main focus has been how males are influenced and influence the world through gang membership. Anne Campbell argued this in her piece The Girls in the Gang‚ stating that it started with Frederic Thrasher’s work that merely focused on delinquent boys‚ even noting that the research conducted on female gangs has been largely done by male researchers (Venkatesh‚ 1998). However‚ the reality

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    Gangs In Los Angeles

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    (Shakur‚ Sanyika). For the past four decades gangs have populated the streets of Los Angeles; growing from 18 to 60 from 1972 to 1978‚ and from 155 to 270 gangs from 1982 to 1996. The bloods and crips in Los Angeles are predominately African Americans; with the exceptions of about four gangs which reside in Long Beach‚ Carson‚ Compton‚ and Inglewood and they consist of Samoan and members from Tongan descent. Gangs aren’t just an urban city problem but gangs have reached out to suburban and rural areas

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    Youth Gangs In Canada

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    Youth gangs in Canada is becoming more and more of issue. Adolescents across Canada resort to joining youth gangs for many different reasons. A youth gang is a group of young adolescents who use intimidation and violence to gain prestige among other gangs and control certain areas of unlawful activities. For all the reasons an adolescent would join a youth gang‚ police and the Government have come up with programs to prevent youth from joining and to get them to leave the gangs. With programs involving

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    Gang Violence in America

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    YOUNG MEN & GANG VIOLENCE ON A RISE IN THE US IS THE MEDIA TO BLAME? From Chicago to Rio‚ from Jamaica to Nigeria‚ gang violence is leaving an indelible mark on communities across the globe‚ leaving authorities at a loss for what to do about the epidemic of lawlessness among young men who see little hope in their futures. Certainly the global economic crisis has much to do with the rise in gang violence and influence‚ as young men of color in most of the affected countries see few options for

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    Jamaican gang violence

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    Jamaica and its Continuing Problem with Violence and Gangs Tara Usko Caribbean History Dr. Jowers To an outsider sandy beaches‚ deep blue water‚ all inclusive resorts‚ and relaxing vacations are all synonymous with the Caribbean island of Jamaica. However‚ past all the natural beauty and enchantment of the island the residents there are faced with a very heavy and deadly burden. Approximately 112 miles from the ideal vacations resorts rest Jamaica ’s capital‚ Kingston‚ one of the

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    Definitions Of Youth Gang

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    This definition shares some homogeneous attributes with the definition of the Euro gang Network with its reference to durability‚ territorial space or geographical orientation and more significantly a unique youth group identity that fixates on violent and illegal activities. On the other hand‚ albeit any group of young people can be defined as a gang‚ it is their criminal and violent activities that engender fear and as a result‚ it is perceived as problematic in society (HM Government‚ 2010). Equally

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