The practice of female foeticide is in direct violation of both the international convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) of 1979 and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)‚ 1989. The CEDAW is considered to be equivalent to an international bill of rights for women‚ defining what constitutes discrimination and providing an agenda for action. Non-registration of medical facilities‚ the use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques‚ communication of
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GANGS IN TORONTO Mr. De Sanctis CLU 3M November 11‚ 2013 There are a variety of gangs in the city of Toronto including the bloods (whose color is red)‚ crips (whose color is blue)‚ Punjabi mafia‚ ms-13‚ etc. These gangs can be usually found where the government provides public housing to the community. Places like Rexdale‚ Jane and Finch‚ Scarborough‚ Malvern‚ Region Park are the hosts to many of Toronto deadliest gangs‚ coincidentally these areas are the areas where most of the immigrants
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Gang Violence Gangs are becoming a growing problem in American society. More young people are turning to gangs to solve problems in there lives. When youths join gangs they drop social activities with family‚ friends and school. Members fall behind their classmates in school and do not try. A study shows that less than 1% of gang bangers is literate1. Gangs destroy teenager lives and destroy their chances for a good education and happy life. Gangs are now a haven for rats. Teenagers
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History of Gangs Gangs are composed of young individuals who are from distinct groups who commit organized criminal acts. Gangs in America by the mid-19th‚ is when threat to city and their communities first arose. Being huge threats and concern on city leaders‚ such as mayors‚ police officers and the city council. Gangs are more likely to be found in “disorganized communities.” (organized gangs‚ 2016). Many members of gangs are formed from minority population‚ poor‚ or some might call “not well off”
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Everyday violence occurs‚ but what exactly causes people to have a violent outburst. Psychologists have developed five perspectives to help understand behavior; Neuroscience‚ behavioral‚ psychodynamic‚ cognitive and humanistic. I believe neuroscience is the best option to understand why people do violent actions. I choose the neuroscience perspective because it focuses on the facts and can be proven through a series of tests. Neuroscience is the study of the nervous systems. It includes the operation
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Youth gangs : Self identify as a group: they do this by creating a name‚ initiation rituals‚ tattoos‚ gang signs Are recognized by society as a gang- people acknowledge the existence of the gang whether it be law enforcement or the community Participate in illegal activity- this could include things such as prostitution‚ drug dealing‚ stealing‚ murder A Select Territory Have a collective goal- often times the goal is financial gain or intimidation At risk youth in latin America The youth that are
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behaviour is shaped in integration to other risk factors (Moeller‚ 2001). Aggressive behaviour might only cause a risk factor if it is integrated with other risk factors‚ for instance drug addiction or family abuse (Moeller‚ 2001). There are many criminological theories which argue that behaviour is caused by the environment‚ rather than internal private events. However‚ there are other theories‚ such as Albert Bandura’s (1977) Social Learning theory which claims that learning is a cognitive process
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Smuggling and the hawkhurst gang 1. From source A we learn that: people smuggled because poor people did not want to pay and “duty tax” on their goods. Also it was believed that there was ‘nothing in the crime of smuggling’. This source is second hand information and it could be false‚ also it has apart missing which could be useful. 2. When studying this source you should be careful because‚ firstly it is from a crime and punishment book and therefore not completely about smuggling and therefore
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Youth gangs in North American society are nothing new. When we turn on the news we often hear stories of misguided youth contributing to yet another gang related crime. Even though it is known that youth crimes are overrepresented in the media today‚ the subject of youth gang activity is quite a predicament to our society. Over the last few years‚ there has been a moral panic created by constant exposure to the media which portrays a great amount of youth crimes and violence. In Canada there
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his cabinet included his attorney general Harry Daugherty‚ his secretary of the navy Edwin Denby‚ and his secretary of the interior Albert Fall. These three men along with Charles Forbes‚ Thomas Miller and Jess Smith were coined ‘The Ohio Gang’. ‘The Ohio Gang’ was a group of men either in Harding’s cabinet or they directly knew Harding. Although some of the members are not from Ohio‚ they were coined this name due to their relation to Harding. In fact a majority of the members were not from Ohio
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