violence and gun culture including saving sue and her friend from near death as well as the Hmong saves Thao from Latino gang‚ saving Tao from the Hmong gang also his cousins and for everyone’s greater good giving up his life to save Tao and his family from anymore danger. As sue and her date are walking down the street they are confronted by bunch of street thugs(the black gang) who try to sexual abuse sue and threaten to hurt her date. Walt brings justice to this by standing up to the gangbangers
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Understanding Social Deviance Through Gang Gun Violence and Prevention of It Gang violence has been causing problems in America since at least the latter half of the 20th century. Many cities are subject to have large gangs and this by no means is a good thing. To name a few cities New York‚ Los Angeles‚ and Detroit have been known to be grounds for all different sorts of gangs. Whether it is a biker gang such as the Hells Angels‚ or an African American street gang such as the Bloods or Crips‚ all
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is due to gang leaders being moved to maximum security prisons instead of being in low security prisons. It also has to deal with the clash between street gangs and security forces. El Salvador has a population of 6.4 million people‚ from January to August there were 4‚246 homicides. Since this act of violence El Salvador has been ranked one of the most dangerous countries in the world in order for this to be stopped‚ the gang leaders should be moved back to low security prisons and gangs should be
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The factors leading to young generation into gang violence can be explained with the help of The social structure theoretic consider that the gang violence or the behavior of gang influenced from the social and economic impacts to a specific neighborhoods where the citizens are at lower class( Siegel‚ 2010). There are theories that connect the social structure theories and that explain why the people join gangs and how it goes too violence. They are Social disorganization theory‚ strain theory and
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"set"(name for the specific gang) is what drew him into the gang. Once joined‚ he vowed to stay in the "set" for life‚ and claimed that banging was his life. After many years of still believing this‚ he eventually realized that the thug life was no longer for him‚ and that gangs were a problem on society and the "Afrikan" race(page 382-383). In his book "Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member"‚ he tells of his life story and how he came and left the gang life. For thirteen years he
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transnationally active Chinese organized crime groups in the United States. It is said they only have 35 members in this gang and another 20 members in prison. This group mainly operates extortion and protection rackets in the Chinatown part of New York City. Chinese organized crime gangs are different from others because their structure is different. Chinese gangs have a relationship between street gangs and an adult organization‚ these are called tongs. The Fuk Ching organization has a relationship with the Fukien
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Gangs have decimated many lives and have caused much economic damage in North America. Despite law enforcement effort the Gangs persists to exist. Attribution‚ snitches‚ and arrests have done little to stop the Mafia. Gangs are able to continually recruit new members. This paper will discuss from a theoretical framework to answer why people join the gangs. Gangs are able to continually infiltrate communities and recruit members because of broken and poor communities that do not have weak social institutions
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Delinquency’s Relationship to Gangs: A Persuasive Thesis Statement on a study of whether middle class delinquents more susceptible to committing crime and joining gangs. Although many gang members are now coming from middle class neighborhoods‚ not all delinquent teens turn to crime or gang life‚ so how are middle class youth influenced into becoming gang members? The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local law enforcement agencies estimate 1.4 million gang members are in the United States
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Jenny June 7‚ 2012 Abstract In recent years‚ the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) noticed the increase in the number of teens between the ages of nine to seventeen being involved with gangs in the United States. While most people would agree that gang membership is an individual choice‚ scholars believe that it is more important to shift the focus of these programs from an individual level to a community level. This literature review examines a few of the prevention
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experience the most effective prevention approach for dissuading youths from getting involved in gang activity is early intervention. Law enforcement and other positive organizations are competing with the glorification of the gang lifestyle. Movies‚ music‚ clothing‚ and social media promote and may appeal to youths that are already high risk into entering the gang lifestyle. Individuals may be pushed into gangs because of negative outside factors‚ barriers‚ and conditions in their social environment such
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