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    Identify and explain two ways which youth subcultures are influenced by social class.(17) One example if subculture that is influenced by social class are punks.they have been studied by Dick Hebdige. Punks have emerged in the 1970’s their subculture was a response to dominance of the media. Punks were a working class subculture and they were frustrated with the economy and social situations. Hebdige came up with the term ’bank generation’ to describe that the only thing they had in common

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    The culture I grew into since birth was the Brazilian culture. Soon the world I knew quickly changed when I relocated to the United States at age five‚ I then fell into the subculture of Brazilian-American. Which initially seemed like a drastic change but I am quick on social development so it did not take long for me to grasp the morals of Americans. The subculture of Brazilian-American consists of many Brazilian traditions I still have at home‚ and when in society I seem to take the role of almost

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    It all started with the birth of a nation. The shameful crimes that build this country rest on the backs of an enslaved people‚ yesterday in chains and with laws and today behind bars and within socialization. The tale is as old as our time.   The first slaves were brought to the Virginia Colony in the early 1600s. they were simply indentured servant whom would be released after working an agreed number of years. They came to America on a voluntary basis. Soon after‚ that model of slavery was replaces

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    The hip-pop subculture is based on the rap music style. Since emerging in the United States in the 1970s‚ hip-pop has spread around the globe and evolved into a number of different forms. Hip-pop culture revolves around a set of varies styles distinct from those of popular cultures and other subcultures. Hip-pop ideology is concerned with the individual’s fundamental right to freedom‚ and a less restricted lifestyle. Hip-pop ethics advocate the role of personal choice in the development and pursuit

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    Sexual coercion in prison is a more polite way of saying prison rape or pressure to have sex and giving into the pressure. Prison sex is a topic not many‚ like to touch on. However it is estimated that thousands of men‚ mostly young‚ or incapable of defending themselves have been coerced into performing sexual acts in prison. Another less talked about topic‚ or less understood is the primal need for companionship. Homosexual activity happens in prisons through out the world and through out

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    Birmingham Jail Speech

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    King Jr vs. Birmingham Jail. On the year of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr was protesting with many others outside the streets of Birmingham‚ Alabama. These men and women were protesting against the treatment of blacks in this specific city. Then police officers came and arrested several people including King. They were not arrested for the sake of it‚ but because a court in the city ordered that King could not be able to hold protest in Birmingham. Martin Luther King was sent to jail for 8 days and while

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    they possess (Volti‚ 2008). The influence of socialization is enormous: it can erase the positive influences from training and introduce the recruit to the darker side of the police subculture (Ellwanger‚ 2012). It is through socialization that police recruits are inducted into the police subculture‚ enabling the subculture to maintain its norms and to continue its existence. Police socialization proceeds through the formal training school‚ and the informal process results from assignment to operational

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    Gangs in Prison The Aryan Brotherhood The Aryan Brotherhood originates in the CDC (California Department of Corrections) and BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons). The Aryan Brotherhood was founded in San Quentin‚ California in the 1960s. The founders were members of other gangs from the 1950s called‚ “Bluebirds”‚ “Diamond Tooth Gang”‚ and the “Nazi Gang”. Barry Mills and Tyler Davis are now the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood. Their basic beliefs and mission is they believe in the betterment

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    Inmates and Prisons

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    Gregory Inmates and Prisons Paper Week 4 -CJAD 320-E1WW February 2‚ 2013 Imprisoning drug offenders may resonate with some who think prison is the only way to make their communities safer‚ at least while they are incarcerated. Yet‚ the overwhelming majority of drug prisoners will come back out eventually to rejoin society‚ many within just a few years or even months. Most drug prisoners will return to the community after a couple of years away‚ and will then return to prison because we have not

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    Letter to Birmingham Jail

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    The Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail‚ is an open letter written on April 16‚ 1963‚ by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. King wrote the letter from the city jail in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ where he was confined after being arrested for his part in the Birmingham campaign‚ a planned non-violent protest conducted by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference against racial segregation by Birmingham’s city government and downtown

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