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    Maroa in Central Illinois. In 1901‚ after his mother’s death‚ he moved to Chicago with his father and one of his brothers (a second brother‚ Frank‚ remained in Maroa). The family settled in Kilgubbin‚ otherwise know as "Little Hell‚" a heavily Irish area on the North Side of Chicago that was notorious citywide for its crime. Years later‚ Kilgubbin became the site of the infamous Cabrini-Green public housing project. As a youngster‚ "Deanie‚" as he became known‚ sang in the church choir at Chicago’s

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    1.5 The Gang Age (The Dawning Realism Stage): Art of the gang age marks the change between art as completely symbolic to art as a creative outlet. Learners at this stage will focus on developing an ability to do things very well in art and may often get frustrated throughout the process. Artists might begin to represent their subjects from many viewpoints and often many baselines are shown. Colour is true to life in drawings from this stage‚ but elements of fantasy and illusion may be included in

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    factors that influence teenagers to associate themselves with gangs are the community‚ education and poverty. Using the social disorganization we can see how these causes actually aid in criminal behaviour. The four aspects that were particularly looked at from social disorganization theory were; low income status‚ which can be associated with poverty and the community‚ and if people tend to grow up in a neighbourhood with low income status or have low income families‚ they are probable to engage in criminal

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    Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy Kristen Torres AJS/502 May 6‚ 2013 Joseph Richard Gutheinz‚ Jr. J.D. Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy “Community policing is‚ in essence‚ a collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems” (U.S. Department of Justice‚ 1994‚ p. vii). Throughout the years‚ community policing has become a more popular strategy to help law enforcement officials control and deter crime; however‚ some areas across the United

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    Television commercials or print ads are often developed that rely on unusual creative tactics and have very little relevance to the product or service being advertised. Creative personnel in agencies defend the use of these ads by noting that they are novel and provide a way to break through the high level of clutter on television and in magazines. Evaluate the pros and cons of this argument. Find an example of a television commercial or print ad that takes an unusual creative approach and discuss

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    “What a lot of people don’t realize about gangs‚ in my opinion is that gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection‚ not to go out and hit someone”- Micheal Caine. In other words‚ gangs are suppose to be like family‚ protect each and be there when they are in trouble. Although the Socials and Greasers are considered to be young teenage gangs sharing the same passion to be noticed for who they are from

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    How To Become Successful The definition of success can be distinct from one to another. Also‚ we regard success as different things as time goes by. When I was young‚ I was always asked to get good grades and so that I can enter into a famous university and find a good job and make a big fortune. Now‚ as a sophomore and an adult who already has independent thinking‚ I indeed agree with the expression in dictionary - success is the achievement of something that you have been trying to do.

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    Teen Gang Violence If I could change the world‚ I would definitely leave out the gang violence. I wonder why teens join gangs. I’ve seen some of my friends join gangs and I wonder why they joined. Did they think they were going to be famous? Did they think everyone was going to know them now and want to invite them to special events? Or did they want to sell drugs on their block and become hood rich? I grew up in the city of Blytheville‚ Arkansas‚ where a lot of kids find trouble. Gangs are becoming

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    Why Kids are Joining Gangs Subculture Gangs are a brutal reality that citizens have to deal with in today’s cities. What has made this subculture come about? Why do kids think that being in a gang is both a satisfactory and impressive way to live? The long range respond to these questions can only be speculated upon‚ but in the short term the answers are much easier to stumble on. On the exterior‚ gangs are a direct result of human beings’ personal wishes and peer pressure. To establish

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    between individual action and group pressures. Gangs and symbolic interaction go hand and hand. A gang basically is a loosely organized group of people who interact together with one another. The group or gang has a name‚ usually a leader or leaders‚ and may have developed identifying signs-- colors‚ clothing‚ tattoos‚ jewelry‚ or hand signals. The gang often claims a territory or an area and will fight rival gangs for control of the territory. Gangs take prevalence over race‚ background‚ neighborhood

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