of uniforms support them for several reasons cited in a US Government manual on school uniforms: • decrease in violence and theft—even life threatening situations—among students over designer clothing or expensive sneakers; • prevention of gang members wearing gang colors and insignias at school; • instilling students with discipline; • helping parents and students resist peer pressure to buy expensive clothing; • helping students concentrate on their school work; and helping school officials
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A Victim? As said by Haniel Long‚ “A gang is the same as a wolfpack; gang members do not use their energies in friendship with one another‚ for they do not know what friendship is. If they are united‚ it is by the common bond of a desire to attack their world.”(doublequotes.net) Throughout the book Yummy‚ Robert “Yummy” Sandifer does not have any parental role models in his life and has nowhere left to go. He decides to join the Black Disciples‚ a gang. He refers to the Black Disciples as his
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North Central Neighborhood Windshield Assessment Part II December 2‚ 2012 Nursing 410A Population Oregon Health and Science University As a community or public health nurse it is vitally important to be in touch with the community in which one works. One of the best ways to accomplish this is through observation and assessment. For the Windshield Assessment‚ various aspects of the community-population‚ housing‚ public spaces‚ schools‚ community services‚ transportation‚ traffic‚ environment
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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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certain‚ many scholars believe that youth gangs originated from either Europe or Mexico and appeared in the United States shortly after the American Revolutionary war. Some believe they were formed from simple cultural similarities or religious beliefs amongst certain groups who shared those same connections. Others believe gangs came from the Mexican Migration to the southwest United States after the Mexican Revolution in 1813. Whenever gangs were first introduced to America is irrelevant
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remind us‚ schools are no longer immune from the violence that plagues other parts of society. Many people question‚ "How could we as a nation let such a terrible thing take place"? In my opinion‚ school bullying‚ family and or personal problems‚ and gangs are some of many reasons that relate to violence in school aged children. First of all‚ bullying in the school systems has become an important public policy issue. Over the past several years‚ an interest in the problem of school bullying has intensified
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Crime and Response 12/17/12 Today I am bringing you to read this proposal I bring to you today as store owners. Recently‚ the stores have become worried because this mall is now the hotspot for teenagers and gangs‚ because of this‚ both violent and property crimes have increased 150%. The parking lot robberies are at an all-time high‚ and shrinkage reports indicate that merchandise theft is 20 times that of the previous year. Some of the things that will be discussed in this proposal to you
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Violence and Gang Membership in America CJ490-02 Research Methods in Criminal Justice Kaplan University Submitted to Chris Lim‚ Professor October 2‚ 2012 Abstract Youth violence and its continuing growth as an epidemic seems to greatly impact and influence the increasing numbers of gang membership in cities and states. Without proper suppression of this epidemic‚ at risk youth are at greater risk of committing violent crimes and beginning affiliations with gangs or becoming active gang members
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What are the reasons that influenced you into joining gangsterism? Do you consider social influence as a most important element that prompted you into joining gangsterism? There are mainly 3 categories of gangsters in Malaysia-Triad gangs‚ Thug gangs and school hooligans. Which category do you identify yourself with? Did gangsterism solve your problem(s) or was they any benefits obtained from joining gangsterism? What were the consequences of joining gangsterism? Was there a price to
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Bibliography: iii. Jeffrey M. Jenson‚ and Matthew O. Howard “CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF YOUTH VIOLENCE”‚ Denver University Law Review‚ 2000‚ http://international.westlaw.com
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