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    Infernal Affairs

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    Introduction Basic information Infernal Affairs will be revealed in this paper. It is a local Hong Kong gangster movie released in 2002. Alan Mak Siu-Fai and Felix Chong Man-Keung are the scriptwriters‚ whereas Andrew Lau Wai-Keung and Alan Mak Siu-Fai are the movie directors. Andy Lau Tak-Wah(Lau Kin-Ming) and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai(Chan Wing-Yan) are protagonists ; Anothony Wong Chau-Sang(Wong Chi-Shing) and ­­­­Eric Tsang Chi-Wai(Hon Sam) act sub-leading roles as well. Justification of Choice

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    Running Head: SECURITY THREAT GROUPS/GANGS IN PRISONS Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons Nicole Sage Kaplan University CJ130-03 Nancy Thode January 18‚ 2011 Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons In our prison systems today‚ many different gangs pose a threat to our correctional staff and other inmates. In the United States‚ gangs exist in forty of the fifty states. These gangs bring violence‚ drug trafficking and racial unrest to our correctional system. The Aryan Brotherhood

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    hopeless situation in Chicago.” Also‚ “Prohibition was blamed as the font from which murder‚ bribery and gang war.” It means that people in 1920s believed that gang violence was started because of Prohibition and it increased rapidly as well. Also‚ gangsters were so powerful to the point; they didn’t even bother to hide from law

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    of people take advantage of it to do something bad for society. Therefore‚ it makes people fear and have negative thoughts .They think people who have tattoos on the body are often a sign of "gangsters" or strata with low status. Moreover‚ a lot of the movie show that people who have a tattoo are the gangster. These stereotypes that limit vision‚ thoughts and actions of humans‚ they become huge obstacles on the road to achieve success. Thus‚ we must abandon the false stereotypes out of ourself. I

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    she choose is to accept Jamal’s love. Salim he choices to be a gangster‚ he choose to do everything to get rich‚ so he shoot Mammon and give Latika to Javed. 1. Salim chooses to become a gangster. By deciding to become a gangster he chooses to be rich and do anything to get money. For example

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    Public Enemies Public Enemies apprehends perfectly the political condition of our time. A film that talks about the tumult and disarray of the Great Depression released at a time when America had entered an unusual recession. The film tells the story of John Dillinger‚ a bank robber who had little prospect of finding employment because of the economy’s downturn‚ and decided to rebel against the failed economic system of democracy. Dillinger knew what he wanted‚ and was willing to

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    Organized Crime In the 1920’s What a time the 1920’s was! Even with the crazy party atmosphere‚ it was a time of criminal activity because of the prohibition laws in America and the world was in an economic depression.The people turned more and more to criminal activity. Organized criminals‚ such as the American mobsters and European crime syndicates thrived. Most common people looked upon these organizations as heroes and resources. Criminals like Al Capone‚ Bonnie and Clyde‚ and John Dillinger

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    Why did Prohibition fail? Prohibition took place in January 1920 with the 18th amendment and ended in December 1933 with the 21st amendment. Prohibition was the period of time in the USA where making‚ transporting‚ distributing or selling alcohol was illegal. Prohibition failed because the crime rates went up‚ the authorities were corrupted‚ there was a lack of public support‚ there was problems with enforcing it‚ big businesses started booming when bootleggers came in and the profits that the

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    Prohibition and Organized Crime In 1919‚ America was torn with the decision of prohibiting liquor from being sold. There were many incentives to do so. However‚ political officials did not take into account that people would get what they wanted at all costs. With prohibition‚ America was set for an untamed drinking binge that would last thirteen years‚ five months‚ and nine days (Behr 91). Prohibition‚ though it was dignified‚ was a great failure that taught the United States valuable lessons

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    The Origins of Hip Hop

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    The Evolution of Hip-Hop and Transformation of Rap Music Hip-hop‚ not to be confused with the musical genre‚ is a form of musical demonstration and artistic culture that has remained popular since its emergence in the 1970s. It can be categorized as a cultural movement that includes four primary elements: Disk jockeying (DJing)‚ rapping (emceeing)‚ break dancing‚ and graffiti art. It gave birth to a new musical genre known as “rap‚” a rhythmic style in which lyrics are spoken or chanted. Over the

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