crimes in order to get money. In City of Gangs‚ it is explained that one of the problem in Regina is that aboriginal could have a job if they wanted‚ but many of these people don’t have the ability to achieve this goal since they don’t have a resume or they don’t know how to fill an application form (City of Gangs‚ 2009). Thus‚ the young people on reserves are experiencing this inability to achieve norms and standards of the dominant society‚ and are joining gangs in order to achieve their goal‚ through
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The Denver Youth Survey‚ Pittsburgh Youth Study and The Rochester Youth Development Study was a longitudinal project conducted to research and conclude such findings as‚ steady change of delinquency‚ drug use‚ damage produced to youths records due to reoccuring arrest and victimization derived from the isolation of these youths. The Denver Youth Survey‚ • randomly sampled households in high-risk neighborhoods of Denver Colorado. 1‚527 youths (806 boys and 721 girls) ages 7‚ 9‚ 11‚ 13‚ and
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Subcultures are small groups of people who have similar views and interests within a larger culture. Subcultures are a way of expressing one’s style‚ “an imaginary coherence‚ a clear-cut ready made identity which coalesces around certain chosen objects”‚ according to Hebdige. The punk subculture emerged from the United States and United Kingdom in the 1970’s. It was a subculture that portrayed a vibe where everything was unpleasant‚ revolting by conventional standards. This particular subculture
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Kaitlin M. Boyle ran a study in the pursuit of explaining why certain men gravitate towards high-risk fraternities and how being a member in this fraternity subculture enforces hostility and abuse toward women. Boyle uses a social psychological approach to compare the individual attitudes‚ which is the fraternity subculture and their behaviors toward women. Many rapes happen in a fraternity house‚ usually after a party or an athletic event. Most of the men use myths to justify the rape accusation
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Youth Crime After carefully researching data of past and recent trends‚ I am alarmed at the rate youth crime is increasing and is not only imminent danger to my country‚ my state‚ my county‚ my city but also to my very own neighborhood. I wanted to understand how this phenomenon has occurred‚ when did it occur‚ why it is occurring‚ and what can be done to combat it. I understand there are many unexplainable factors contributing to this epidemic. I want to find real answers to put an
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local library‚ I notice a group of young people dressed with bandannas and dark clothing. I later understood this group to be a gang‚ which sparked the curiosity for the research of this paper. Gangs in the United States are a problem‚ although there has been a decrease in certain areas. This paper will outline the social and psychological problems of youth and prison gangs. The study will speak to the current issues and present suggestions for the future.
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Book Review Gang Leader for a day Sudhir Venkatesh‚ a student of University of Chicago‚ majoring in Sociology. From the very first week‚ he got warning that not to wander outside of the area of patrol. Venkatesh with a lot of spare time on hand began to wandering around the campus. The poor areas beyond the safety line soon make him wonders: How’s the life there? Do they go to work? What jobs do they have? What’s
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CheckPoint: The Correctional Subculture CheckPoint: The Correctional Subculture Terry Bonner ADJ/235 February 11th‚ 2014 Yolanda White Johnson‚ Ph.D. CheckPoint: The Correctional Subculture 1 CheckPoint: The Correctional Subculture Respect‚ professional manner‚ consistency‚ integrity‚ honesty and non bias to the incarcerated is expected from a correctional officer. However‚ in the correctional subculture unethical behavior is evident. Correctional officers hold
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confines juveniles at a rate 42 percent higher than the nation‚ and according to federal data‚ has had the largest jump in youth incarceration since 2001. The state places offenders as young as 10 in facilities such as detention centers and group homes.” (Williamson Daily News Juvenile Center No longer safe‚ July 27‚ 2015) West Virginia has many contributing factors to the high youth incarceration rate. West Virginia has the highest overdose death rate in the nation. We also have one of our nation’s highest
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Traditional Socioeconomics of Joining Gangs and the Relation of Maslows Hierarchy of Needs By: Kimberly Miller Gang Activities and Drug Operation-2 There have been many theoretical explanations of why delinquents and adolescence‚ youth and other people might join gangs. Members of gangs have been questioned on why they would want to join a gang and most of them come up with socioeconomic factors and some say the attraction to street gangs are a rush. There are many different socioeconomic
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