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    Rise in Prison Gangs Fueling Violence‚ Drug Trade – Canada – CBC News The article presented on this paper reveals the problem of gangs and gang related violence in our nation’s institutions. Corrections Canada has seen a 44 per cent jump in gang members in federal prisons in the last five years‚ to 2‚040 in 2012 from 1‚421 in 2007‚ according to the documents obtained under access to information. The correctional service constructed a strategic framework for dealing with gangs in 2006‚ and implemented

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    asked to go to church with Granny Mac and her parents‚ Granny and Papa Turner‚ who lived a few miles away‚ across town. Dee-dee even became a Girl Scout leader at one point for the benefit of my oldest sister Tammy. Did I mention that we were the TL Gang? There was Tammy Lynn‚ Terri Lea and Tina Louise. We stuck together all of the time. I am only 10 ½ months younger than Terri‚ so we were practically twins. We spent a lot of time at Granny and Papa Mac’s house‚ too. Their house was smaller‚ but

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    Violence in Chicago The truth of the matter is that Chicago is in a crisis and has been for some time now. There are some great people and great organizations who are trying to end the violence in Chicago‚ but it hasn’t been enough. More actions need to be taken by the higher authority in order to make this beautiful city a safe one. Just between 2011 and 2012‚ crime rates in Chicago rose a staggering 38 percent (The New York Times). It is apparent that not enough action is being taken to protect

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    What was 1920’s art like? By: Marisol Menendez and Libby Davis Art Influences • Art in the 1920’s was mainly influenced by two movements: Dada and Surrealism. Dada Art • Dada was an anti-art movement . Anti Art painters rejected in some way the conventional artistic standards. • It was born out of negative reaction to the horrors of World War I. It rejected reason and logic‚ prizing nonsense‚ irrationality and intuition. Many Dada artist scattered across Europe after Great War ended. Dada’s

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    Youth Gang Prevention   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gang prevention‚ intervention and suppression for youth at risk and gang members are strategies for addressing the recent increases in youth and gang related problems in the city of Norfolk‚ Virginia. State and local policymakers as well as citizens are concerned about public safety and want to avoid a continued increase in gang activity and membership. An effective response to the problems of youth must be built on a thorough understanding of the problem

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    OTTEN TERM PAPER: WHY DO FEMALES JOIN GANGS (US) INTRODUCTION There is no apparent definition for the word “gang” but according to the oxford dictionary the term “gang” is referred to as ‘a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely‚ often exclusively‚ for certain social reasons‚ especially such groups engage themselves in delinquent or felonious behaviors’. Most at times when we think of gang members we think boys. Right? Do we ever think

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    existence of female gang members and their population increasing as days goes by. Female gangs are said to be more dangerous than their male counterparts‚ this is because they act so innocent and strike when you least expect them to do. There are various ways in which a person gets to be recruited in the gang. These include; the need to be associated with friends or even family members who are already gang-involved‚ and cultural pride identification. In most common female gangs that are upcoming rules

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    Chapter 23 The 1920s: Coping with Change (1920-1929) I. Economy A. Booming business 1. Unemployment as low as three percent‚ steady prices‚ and the GNP grew by 43 percent from 1922 to 1929 2. Consumer goods such as home appliances (vacuums‚ refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ etc.) i. Sixty percent of US homes electrified by mid 1920s 3. Automobiles i. By end of decade‚ automobile industry accounted for about nine percent of all wages in manufacturing and stimulated

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    Gangs of New York: Who’s A True American? “You can hire half the poor to kill the other half.” Boss Tweed spoke these words in reference to the Draft Riots. It shows that you can easily turn the poor against each other‚ if you bring money into the situation. Gangs of New York is about the separation of the Irish and the Natives‚ which eventually led into larger conflicts. In this film there are two important characters‚ Amsterdam Vallon and Boyle McGloin‚ who were both Irishmen in the Five Points

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    country in which it has taken claim. Children are growing up within communities where gang violence becomes so rife that in the end perceived as the norm. Gangs have been in these children’s environment from day one; therefore‚ imprinted behaviors leave little or no choice of role models. The subculture of gang violence has become a most feared phenomenon in many poverty-stricken communities. The gang violence that is prevalent in these communities affects mostly the adolescents‚ who are supposed

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