101 WAYS TO TEACH CHILDREN SOCIAL SKILLS A READY-TO-USE‚ REPRODUCIBLE ACTIVITY BOOK by Lawrence E. Shapiro‚ Ph.D. ISBN10: 1-56688-725-9 ISBN 13: 978-1-56688-725-0 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. © 2004 Lawrence E. Shapiro The Bureau For At-Risk Youth grants limited permission for the copying of this publication for individual professional use. For any other use‚ no part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic
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Mara Salvatrucha 13 Drugs and Death on the Streets of America are not a new problem due to gangs; they have existed in New York and other eastern cities for more than two hundred years. During the 1980s and early 1990s El Salvador was plagued by a Civil war between an oppressive US-funded military and an insurgent guerrilla movement. In 1988 the population of El Salvador was only 5.3 million; one in every six people left El Salvador after the war. Most of these refugees fled to the United States
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Graffiti artists often produce artworks which deliver social‚ political or religious issues in the urban space within a society. Graffiti artists are built to embody cultural groups and within their graffiti works reflect on a range of issues‚ in order to cause an impression on the audience who pass by (Young 2012‚ 297). Artists often represent social and political issues in their works in order to state combinations of statements and argue how they get accused or seized by the law in producing such
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PROFILES IN CRIME -STUDY QUESTIONS FOR WEEKS ONE-SEVEN Please be advised that that these questions are intended to be used as a study guide and do not reflect all of the course material presented in class. During weeks 1-7 you will be responsible for chapters 1-3 and 9 in your text (Criminology). Chapters 1 & 2 1. Define criminology? Why is criminology “multi-disciplinary”? 2. What are the major agencies (components) of the criminal
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What are gangs? A gang can either be an organized group of criminals or a group of young people who spends their time together. Gangs are usually groups of dangerous people like the Latin Kings‚ MS 13‚ Area boys‚ and so on. It’s not only societies‚ communities‚ and neighbourhoods that have gangs‚ even high schools have gangs. Why do we have gangs? Why do we need gangs? Generally‚ a gang is a group of people who claim territory and use it to make money through illegal activities. However‚ the reasons
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I believe that Graffiti is most certainly a valid art form. The question as to whether any forms of graffiti can be considered art is a controversial area. Is it vandalism when it is placed on the side of a building or a car and art when it is on a canvas on someone’s wall or in a gallery- what is the difference? Graffiti‚ in its more complex forms‚ can be considered art because it clearly contains artistic elements‚ it communicates the artist’s expression to the viewer‚ and the traditional art community
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18th Street Gang The 18th Street Gang is one of the biggest gangs in Los Angeles County. There membership has been estimated to be around 20‚000. Most members in this gang are Mexican and Chicano but they are one of the few gangs that have broken racial boundaries. They allow almost any race to join the gang. (Delaney‚ 2006) Because of their openness to other races the gang membership grew rapidly. An estimated 60% of the gang is made up of illegal immigrants. ("18th Street Gang"‚ 2007) The
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decade‚ annual estimates of the number of gangs have averaged around 27‚000 nationally. Following a annual decrease from 1996 to a short in 2003‚ the yearly estimates steadily increased through 2012. Gang membership has been increasing significantly over the past few years.”The recent estimate of more than 30‚000 gangs represents a 15 percent increase from 2006 and is the highest annual estimate since 1996”.(NationalGangCenter) The maximum number of gangs has to do with the type of area. Larger cities
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Streets Prison. Gangs. These two words are separate entities‚ though they are often associated together. This is because of the social view and perception that our society has on both gangs and on prison. Now it is not that this association is wrong or a bad thing. The fact is that in America‚ there are gangs‚ street gangs‚ prison gangs‚ and prison street gangs‚ all influencing each other and being influenced by on another. This paper aims to decipher exactly how prison and gangs all relate to
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Gang Membership in the US Gang Membership in the US Anyone who has studied gangs over a period of time will admit that the more one studies them‚ the more complex they are. At best‚ we can come to understand a bit about certain features of gangs at given points of time. Gangs are dynamic‚ flexible and ever-changing. This paper will analyze gang membership‚ who becomes a gang member and what are some of the reasons behind gang memberships in the US. It is undecided exactly
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