The message portrayed in the movie was very strong and can apply to everyone in different ways. The movie showed kids who each had their own problems in life and how they overcame their difficulties and joined together. The kids were all different races. Many of the kids had suffered from losing loved ones to gang violence. A new teacher came into the school‚ caught off guard by all the negativity going on. She decided that something had to be done‚ and she had to change the paths of these kids lives
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More and more teens join gangs to feel that sense of family that might be absent in their life. Most teens tend to lack the attention that they feel that is needed and deserve but don’t always get from the preserved family environment that is seen regularly on television. Therefore causes the teen to feel like the parent is not being given the love and attention that is shown on the television. As these feelings keep getting increasingly worse the teen starts to indulge‚ get involved with illegal
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and Preventing Gang Violence Once an urban problem‚ street gangs have now infiltrated U.S. communities large and small throughout the country. According to the U.S. Justice Department‚ about 30‚000 gangs with around 800‚000 members operate in the United States. While experts agree gangs are more persistent than ever‚ few agree on a remedy (Triplett 1). There have been many attempts and ways that were put into the reducing of gang violence but it still remains to be a huge problem. Therefore it continues
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Gang Violence in the U.S. What are the most popular reasons for a gang violence? I really dislike the thought of fighting and being cruel to another person‚ it makes me wonder why there’s so much violence by gangs and sometimes within the same gang. To stop worldwide gang violence we should understand why it gets started in the first place. Gang violence doesn’t just affect the actual gangs‚ it affects their family members and the people and places around them‚ if we understand it first‚ we can come
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Issue: Gang Mentality America has always had gangsters‚ the mafia‚ and numerous other crime organizations. But now it has gone to another level. Nowadays young Americans are flocking to join street gangs. These street gangs are a way of life‚ both mental and physical. With so many youths feeling like they need to be a part of something‚ gangbanging just comes natural. People join gangs for four primary reasons: poverty‚ peer pressure‚ boredom‚ and despair. Poverty causes a gang mentality
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or slowed the growth of street gangs. As others have said‚ if you grow up in a poor area of town the amount of money you can make from selling drugs or being a part of that gang is attractive. The real question is whether the government wants to pump more money into the problem now in hopes of fixing it or continue feeding it into the prison system to keep people that are convicted behind bars. An aggressive increase in the amount of officers assigned to anti-gang and drug units is a start. Those
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Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG’s) inhabit an active presence in all states and territories in Australia. Some members of these gangs are responsible for serious organised crime and yet the total gang and membership numbers of Australian OMCGs is rising. According the Australian Crime Commission1. (ACC)‚ Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are among the most detectable components of Australia’s criminal landscapes and because unlike other criminal organisations who try and keep themselves anonymous‚ OMCGs on
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Gangs are portrayed on TV and in the movies as if they are totally evil‚ but in reality there are more positive aspects that are not shown. The media only shows gangs involved with drugs and the violence‚ and as a result the media has scared many people into believing that gangs will take over our cities if we do not stop them. The movie Colors and the TV show American Justice overwhelmingly portrays gangs as bad. The movie Colors displays the bad things in gangs like how easy it could be to join
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Economic Problems of the 1920’s Student’s Name: Institutional affiliation: Economic Problems of the 1920’s The 1920’s represented a time of major economic changes‚ improvements‚ adjustments‚ alterations and reforms in everything all over the world. The decade roared in some selected areas but was a big disappointment for others. The periodic time of the 1920’s earned it its name the “roaring twenties” because the decade sustained prosperity‚ there were lively cultures and technology
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ABSTRACT Gang violence is a serious problem in USA‚ and no one is immune from the impact that gangs and youth violence can have on a community. Today‚ the gangs and the aspects of the violence they attract‚ draw young people from all walks of life‚ socio-economic backgrounds‚ races and ethnic groups. Youth violence is a problem not only for law enforcement but also for the community. Drive-by shootings‚ carjacking‚ home invasions and the loss of innocent life have become too frequent‚ destroying
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