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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The films Romero‚ El Norte‚ and Sin Nombre show the audience in justice within a gang and countries such as‚ El Salvador‚ Mexico and Guatemala. The films also shows how the lower class or the indigenous organize and fight for fairness and dual rights. In the film ’Sin Nombre’ gangs are seen as the power and guiding source in people lives and try to control members. We also see in the films how the ruling class seek to take control of the lower class and violence is often times the end solution to
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longer being “gold” or is forced to mature causing him to lose his innocence. We quickly learn that Ponyboy wants to understand why the Socs and Greasers fight‚ why his brother is overworked‚ but yet they have so little money. We first begin to imagine Ponyboy’s innocence in chapter one when we discover that he is not like the other greaser gang members‚ He says “I make good grades and have a
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Hinton’s The Outsiders Bad decisions lead to regret later on. In The Outsiders‚ There are two gangs The Socs‚ and The Greasers‚ neither groups get along. The Socs are rich‚ and they drive nice cars‚ the greasers are opposite they are poor‚ and drive beat up old cars. One night two Greasers Johnny‚ and Ponyboy get into a fight with The Socs. Johnny ends up killing a soc. Johnny‚ and Ponyboy get money from a gang member‚ and hide in a church. The church caught on fire when the two boys went out for lunch
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such as Ponyboy feeling isolated from the members of the gang and Cherri feeling different as an individual from the social group she was placed in. As for identity‚ Hilton symbolically reaves it with the use of the character’s appearance throughout the novel. The Outsiders tells the story of the greasers and Socs (Socials)‚ two loosely organised teen gangs in
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years ago President Richard Nixon announced and declared the nation is at war‚ that war was the "War on Drugs". Nancy Reagan campaigned heavily in the fight against drug use as well; her fight was that of teaching young children the slogan of “Just Say No”. The goals of the criminal justice system in the war on drugs have been a never ending fight against the sale of illicit drugs and that of combating drug abuse. We will discuss the increased resources spent on law enforcement and rehabilitation
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look like Latino‚ Asian‚ Black‚ or white. We fight each other over territory; we kill each other over race‚ pride‚ and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now‚ but soon they’re all going down‚ war has been declared.” Freedom Writes are students from different backgrounds and gangs facing many hardships in their personal lives: physical violence‚ emotional abuse‚ substance abuse‚ Poverty‚ homelessness‚ gang violence‚ and deaths of family and friends
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Luis Rodriguez‚ Luis had power over himself to make choices. Some of the choices he’s made by himself are getting in a gang‚ standing up for his beliefs‚ and changing his life around to get out of bad situations. Luis had an older brother who never got involved in gangs and steered clear of trouble‚ unlike Luis who left school several times. In the book‚ the Lomas boys meet up to fight against their rival‚ Sangra‚ because they think Sangra was guilty for the death of their friend. “When does it stop
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Mexico and South America. About 56% of the immigrants are from Mexico alone while the rest are distributed evenly among South American countries like Honduras‚ Panama‚ and Guatemala. Along with them they bring many different problems such as increased gang violence in the United States‚ and various drug trafficking complications. Drugs are a huge problem; many underground tunnels have been found along the border. Another problem with undocumented immigrants is that they don’t pay taxes. According to
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parenting. Since his parents passed away he has become closer to his gang. His gang is his family‚ his gang isn’t the best for him. He is the brightest out of all of them and he stands out. He has different hobbies such as studying and
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