Why Do Kids Join Gangs? Factors motivating kids to join gangs vary individual to individual. A multitude of social and economic reasons can be involved. Power‚ status‚ security‚ friendship‚ family substitute‚ economic profit‚ substance abuse influences‚ and numerous other factors can influence kids to join gangs. Gang members also cross all socio-economic backgrounds and boundaries regardless of age‚ sex‚ race‚ economic status‚ and academic achievement. Each case must be evaluated on an
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primary reason on why the youth join gangs? This is the question many people are asking themselves. There are many reasons why the youth decide to be part of gangs. This can range from no involvement in positive activities after school‚ friends or family who are delinquents or simply because they come from low income communities. I believe the majority of youth involved in gangs are from lower socioeconomic classes‚ and also the main issue when talking about youth gangs. To proof my theory I will be talking
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Kathleen Buddle An Aboriginal Youth Gang Narconomy Kathleen Buddle | University of Manitoba Abstract: Native gangs in Winnipeg may function as one of the few avenues for entrepreneurship‚ authority‚ and for the production of non-hegemonic gender identities available to groups barred by race and class from other forms of capitalism or political and cultural power. Native gang narconomies‚ however‚ are entangled with the destabilizing effects of state-legitimated political economies. Attending to
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interesting documentary video that presented the historical facts about the gangs. It was shameful that most of LAPD police judge black people from their color. It is unacceptable logically. Bad and good people are founded in every race. It seems to me that the police was the reason for establishing these gangs. When people are raised by the violence from the police or the army everywhere not only in the US‚ that will lead many impact to their lives. They will turn to violence as an impact of the violence
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The Monkey Wrench Gang By Edward Abbey I read The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. The book is 421 pages‚ and was published by Lippincott Williams &Wilkins in 1975. It is a fictional story about a group of four people who meet‚ and all want the same thing. To stop development on America’s southwest. Edward Abbey’s purpose in writing this book was to raise awareness about what is happening to‚ quite literally‚ our back yard. This book takes place in the southern Utah and Arizona‚ and
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through thr night. The next morning the driver dropped her at her in-laws home ‚ where the woman told her family member of the incident‚ and then reported it to the police ‚ singh said. Six men including the bus driver and conductor ‚ have been arrested‚ he said. all of the men are in their 20s. a seventh man r remained at large. gurmesh singh ‚ the depury superintendent of policefor the region‚ said it was unclear how or why the bus driver persueaded the woman to get off the bus
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such as plantation or farms. Depending on their master’s ownership‚ the slaves might work along with their master calling it as task labor or largely with other slaves often watched by an overseer refer to as gang labor (Foner 416-417). Southern Louisiana cultivate largely of sugar field‚ gang laborers are always on their feet monitoring the field before it starts to rotten; abuse from an overseer if they’re not working harder enough. Though both labors are extremely exhausting jobs‚ but the task workers
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materialistic aspect of being part of the Royals was nothing compared to the bond he had with Laura. Laura could symbolize many different things for many people. As for myself‚ Laura was his life‚ his reason of existence and survival. The bond that he had created with the Royals was no more than ’business’ if you will. The author doesn’t emphasize on the unbreakable bond that the gang members felt toward each other. After evaluating some main points in West Side Story I feel that the author elaborated
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college to become successful like Sacramento State University? It is possible if student possess the habit of mind for being curious to want to learn more in order to gain knowledge. College students also need to possess the habit of mind for being persistent to be interested in learning more in college. Engagement can make college student become more involve in learning by participating more in activities like answering and asking question. Persistent is also necessary to become successful in college
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Groups and Gangs The Almighty Vice Lord Nation is the second largest‚ and one of the oldest street gangs in Chicago. The gang has more than 30‚000 African America members. The gang criminal activities consist of drug trafficking‚ robbery‚ fraud‚ money laundering‚ extortion‚ and murder. The gang was founded by juveniles that was incarcerated in the Illinois State Training School for Boys. When the boys was released from the training school they were recruited into the gang. The gang is noted for
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