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    down crime rates‚ gangs‚ improve the schools over all academic achievement‚ and level out social discriminations among students. Although this theory may become true to someone who wants it to be true‚ other skeptics looking into this are finding that these positive influences from uniforms are merely misconceptions. Schools’ academic achievements are not influenced by the clothes that students have on their backs. Neither is the crime rate in that school. There were theories that gang members could

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    toxicity (ability to overdose); marijuana does not. In addition‚ the benefits of marijuana go further than simply being safe to use recreationally. If marijuana was legalized across the United States‚ it would boost the struggling economy‚ decrease gang activity and violent crimes‚ and provide health benefits for many terminal diseases. With marijuana legal throughout the country‚ the government would be in control of regulation. One of the main advantages of regulated sales of marijuana has

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    Kuehn v. Pub Zone

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    the plaintiff and Pub zone is the defendant. What is the key issue in this suit? The Pub Zone knew the Pagan gang was prone to violence and still allowed the gang members into Pub while wearing gang colors. The Pub Zone had a duty to protect its customers. Why does Pub Zone claim it had no duty to Kuehn? Ms. Kerkoulas the owner of Pub Zone states she did not know the Pagan gang was going to attack Mr. Kuehn. What did the trial court conclude? The trial court concluded that Pub Zone owed

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    mission. For example‚ suppose you’re a media advocate for a non-profit agency working to reduce gang violence in your neighborhood. You would try to present neighborhood issues related to gang violence and the changes you want to make in such a way that you: 1. Change the way community members look at gang violence. You might want to make it clear who it affects and why‚ or why kids get involved in gangs in the first place. 2. Create a reliable‚ consistent stream of publicity for your agency’s

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    The Destructors

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    The characters dubbed the “Wormsley Common Gang” in Graham Greenes “The Destructors” are a deeply ambiguous group of kids‚ whose ethics‚ have been marred by post war society. Even the most virtuous of men are susceptible to the bitter ravages brought forth in the community in times of war. Grief shows no distinction in times of blood shed‚ all share in the shame of public and domestic dysfunction. Such is the case of this troubled band of youths. Imagine a community comprised of dilapidated

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    personal political beliefs or issues within society that they are dedicated to and loyal to that are important to the organized crime organization. They are known as Mafia of an ethnic identity of race or of the country they come from. Even street gangs or biker gangs are known throughout America as organized crime organizations. Organized crime is not just America’s problem it is a global problem affecting countries and the communities throughout the world. The FBI defines a criminal enterprise as a group

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    Death of a Tsotsi

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    Walter’s remark about Spike’s being "reformed" was viewed as an insult because Spike still was not accepting the fact that he changed for the better and wasn’t a trouble maker like them anymore. What Walter meant was that Spike wasn’t part of them [the gang] anymore because he improved his conduct and was not ready to sacrifice his life again to be a Tsotsi. b. I think what the principal meant by saying that Spike was "going forward to being a man" was that he was adopting a better way of life. He

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    The Freedom Writers Diary

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    same teenagers begin to value education and the sense of belonging in school‚ rather than belonging in gangs. Gangs and groups are a part of the Western Society that we have had to learn to accept in our lives. In the feature film Freedom Writers‚ we are shown gangs divided up into cultures and cultural backgrounds. This has built up a lot of tension between cultures and attitudes towards other gangs. The scene in which all the students enter room 203 and take seats into their separate corners of the

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    Chapter 4-6 Assignment

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    Chapters 4-6 Assignment There a variety of reasons on why a person joins a gang. In class‚ we discussed a variety of different risk factors that can help predict membership. In the video former gang member‚ Marlin Henderseon discussed his experience within the gang culture. One of the risk factors that we discussed in class involved the family structure. Since both of his parents were crack addicts‚ he did not get to bond a lot with his family. As a child‚ his parents were not always there for him

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    thirst‚ but only serves to make her thirstier. In "The Destructors‚" Trevor brings up an idea to destroy an old man’s house. The Wormsley Common car-park gang would be famous: "There would be headlines in the paper." (Greene 120). The Wormsley gang would even receive notoriety‚ a certain social standing among other gangs‚ even the biggest of gangs in their town. "Even the grown up

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