Wojtowicz Research topic =Gang Violence “Gangs are prominent in the larger cities and urban areas in the United States‚ in prisons and jails while many branches of the original gang are present in small towns and suburbs. American gangs originated in New York City and Chicago and the surrounding areas. The gangs competed with one another for various reasons‚ such as during the prohibition era for control of illegal drinks‚ and would often beat or even murder an opposing gang member for attempting to
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By: Susanna Lee E-mail: lees@student.ucr.edu Gang Culture has increasingly become a subculture for many teenage youths. Main minority teens‚ these social outcast are often have no real economic stability and no parental supervision or guidance. As a result‚ teenagers often rebel and seek comfort in gangs. These gangs provide what is lacking in their lives‚ a sense of belonging. Minorities are often stereotyped and criticized‚ especially minorities born into poverty. They are condemned simply
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characteristics and motivations of gangs. Where‚ when‚ and why they became dominant? What characterizes successful gangs and how have they evolved over centuries? Give some examples of successful gangs throughout the history‚ and explain why they succeeded. Most gangs are established and motivated due to the need of protection; this protection can be for protecting the areas and street‚ which they live in or neighborhoods‚ with individuals of their culture or ethnic group. Also‚ gangs are known to branch out
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Introduction Gangs in prison developed for a various reasons including for solidarity‚ power‚ and self-defense. They were all established by inmates with a complex and highly organized structure. These organizations inmates related with each other according to gang affiliation instead of as an individual. Prisoners were therefore absorbed in the prisons gang structure. There large numbers and solidarity made it difficult for staff to
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The Blind Side 1. The blind side 2. Michael Lewis 3. 2009‚ 2006 by Michael Lewis 4. 339 There are always stories of random acts of kindness and how one of the people is benefitted in the situation. Love‚ risk and Friendship can go a very long way in changing some bodies’ life so drastically that the whole world knows and saves some bodies life. This is a story of how the love and kindness of one family leads to one of the most memorable and heartwarming sport stories I have ever heard. The story
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Side By Side: The Digital Revolution With the fast progression of technology in the 21st century‚ cinema has transformed digitally‚ leaving film in our history. Keanu Reeves and Christopher Kenneally combine their experiences‚ knowledge‚ and passion of cinema to create the documentary‚ Side by Side. Countless respectable film industry moguls are interviewed throughout the documentary showcasing their mastery of the art and expressing their opinions on it’s revolution. Side by Side explores the
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Gangs have always been a challenge to a states government. In Rio de Janeiro slums have always been dangerous because of the amount of the amount of gang members going around with guns‚ knives and many other weapons. There are many ways to understand these gangs; many believe that they do it for respect while others believe they do it because they have no other choice. In the movie “City of God” we can see the lives of many gang members that live in the slums. With many different sociologist perspectives
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Alex Edu HUM 106 October 16‚ 2013 Gang Leader for a Day Essay The city of Chicago used to be one of the largest city containing high-rise public housings in the nation. The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) owned 43‚000 units with a population in the hundreds thousands of residents. The second wave of project housing was an attempt to construct newer and safer Urbanist-style housing projects “because Chicago can also destroy”. Chicago Housing authority reports.Since the mid-1990sthe city of Chicago
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Most prison gangs do more than offer simple protection for their members. Most often‚ prisons gangs are responsible for any drug‚ tobacco or alcohol handling inside correctional facilities (Garbarino 50). Furthermore‚ many prison gangs involve themselves in prostitution‚ assaults‚ kidnappings and murders. Prison gangs often seek to intimidate the other inmates‚ pressuring them to relinquish their food and other resources (Garbarino 59). Also‚ prison gangs often exercise a large degree
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GRIDIRON GANG Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American film starring Dwayne Johnson‚ Xzibit‚ L. Scott Caldwell‚ and Kevin Dunn. Sean Porter (Dwayne Johnson) works at Kilpatrick Detention Center in Los Angeles. Frustrated at not being able to help the kids get away from their problems in life‚ such as street gangs and drug dealings‚ he decides to create a football team so the kids can feel like they’re part of something. Porter believes that football will teach the teenage inmates what it
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