tribes for waging wars‚ and eventually in the urban times‚ now street gangs are formed in mostly developed cities‚ which are filled with crime and hate towards people other than their own gangs. Gangs all over the world especially in the United States of America‚ are very often very underlined as a male dominated one‚ and females that were supposed to be with the gang members‚ were either their wives of girlfriends‚ and females who were seen actively involved were supposed to be for sole purposes
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PROFILES IN CRIME -STUDY QUESTIONS FOR WEEKS ONE-SEVEN Please be advised that that these questions are intended to be used as a study guide and do not reflect all of the course material presented in class. During weeks 1-7 you will be responsible for chapters 1-3 and 9 in your text (Criminology). Chapters 1 & 2 1. Define criminology? Why is criminology “multi-disciplinary”? 2. What are the major agencies (components) of the criminal
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the phenomenon of female juvenile gangs in Hong Kong and evaluate its explanation’. In Hong Kong‚ female gangsters occupy a very small proportion of gang population‚ only 6% in 2001. However‚ the number of girl gangsters has an increasing trend that rises to 15% in 2005. Girls are also involved in gang activities more actively than before. There are three main parts in this paper. The first part focuses on the definitions of ‘functionalist point of view’ and ‘female juvenile gangs’. Features of girl
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Running head: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A FEMALE GANG Week 7: The Psychology of a Female Gang Latoya J. Valentine Everest University CCJ 4656-1 Gang Activity and Drug Operations – 1 Professor Brad Anders 11/25/12 Instructional Activity As research and understanding of female gangs is imperfect or lacking‚ the criminal justice system would benefit by developing new methods for dealing with the increasing number of female gangs. To be effective‚ law enforcement officials should first acknowledge
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violent‚ criminal act. Conflict Theory Of all the criminological theories covered and examined throughout the duration of this course‚ Conflict Theory explains offers the best explanation as to why the Boston Marathon Bombing was committed. Conflict Theory helps best to explain why the crime occurred because it is based upon on groups in society in constant struggle for power and authority (Vold‚ Bernard‚ Snipes‚ 2002 p. 229). The criminological theory was based on concepts first developed by the
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is this behavior considered gang behavior? When does hanging out with your friends and bending the rules turn into
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is 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
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When I was growing up we had little cliques in the neighborhood but nothing that we really considered a gang. There were no initiation rights or anything crazy that needed to be done in order to join except living in the same area. We also didn’t engage in violent activities‚ maybe some juvenile mischief but nothing criminal like selling crack or stealing cars. Part of this may be because I was a girl then and the activities we took part in were nothing like what the boys did. As a young teen some
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Criminological perspectives Individual assignment based on the motion picture “BLOW”‚ directed by Ted Demme in 2001‚ starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz Nicolae T. Stanca I. Criminological perspectives present in the movie 1. Introduction and features The aim of this paper is to try to present and explain the main characteristics of George Jung and also what seemed to have triggered his criminal behavior presented in the movie “Blow” by Ted Demme‚ starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz
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Journal of Business Ethics (2008) 83:595–614 DOI 10.1007/s10551-007-9641-8 Ó Springer 2008 Business Ethics and Moral Motivation: A Criminological Perspective Joseph Heath ABSTRACT. The prevalence of white-collar crime casts a long shadow over discussions in business ethics. One of the effects that has been the development of a strong emphasis upon questions of moral motivation within the field. Often in business ethics‚ there is no real dispute about the content of our moral obligations
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