almost died at 16 because of toxic spray. Rodriguez was kicked out of three schools and finally dropped at 15. A lot of his friends were killed by rival gangs‚ the police‚ overdoses‚ car crashes and suicide. Then he moved with Ramiro from Los Angeles to Chicago to escape the violence. One reason for teenagers joining gangs is to feel accepted. To understand why a teen joins a gang‚ you have to live in their areas and understand their environment. In gang neighborhoods‚ the majority of the
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The Involvement of Youths in Gangs Rica Philline E. Verceles Catanduanes State University Abstract The study describes the involvement of youths towards gangs. The research identifies the reasons why youths join in gangs‚ the benefits or advantages in joining gangs‚ disadvantages and crimes involving gangs‚ and preventing youths in joining gangs. Data were collected using a library research. Findings indicate that youths have varying reasons why they join in gangs. These reasons include:
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Another Note - The Los Angeles BB murder files When Beyond Birthday committed his third murder‚ he attempted an experiment. Namely‚ to see if it were possible for a human being to die of internal hemorrhaging without rupturing any organs. Specifically‚ he drugged his victim so they fell unconscious; tied them up‚ and proceeded to beat their left arm thoroughly‚ being careful not to break the skin. He was hoping to bring about enough hemorrhaging to cause death from loss of blood‚ but this attempt
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There are many reasons that gangs form themselves from the readings and the research that I have done I have drawn my own conclusion as to why the individuals involved decide to form an alliance together. Most of these kids come from broken homes‚ and sometimes they do not even have a home; due to dysfunctional contact that are prevalent in most of today’s children and teenage relationships. When a disruption transpires or comes about in these kids lives they are completely perplexed as to how to
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have any real connection to or interest in the town and‚ in fact‚ I hadn’t even known that it existed two months ago. Colin convinced me that San Juan would be perfect to write about because I would get to see things that I didn’t normally see in Los Angeles. I trusted him‚ so we agreed that I would tag along the next morning when he would be driving home for Mother’s Day weekend. We left LA at 10 in the morning‚ heading south on the 5 toward San Juan Capistrano.
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letter that she was lonely after their death (Butler 104). Later‚ when she arrived in Oregon‚ she worked on her farm field. This shows that after her husband and daughters‚ she became independent and had to take care of herself. She wrote that the weather was nice all year round and could grow vegetables all year round. “Women work is from one to three dollars per week… Vegetables grow well here. (Mother I have lived this winter where I could have mustard and other greens all the time)” (Butler 106-107)
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Erick Mejia M.A. Suzanne Abad ENC 3310 30 June 2013 ARGO Argument Argo is based on a true story happened in 1979‚ when a group of Iranians stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran‚ kidnapping some embassy employees and fleeing six diplomats at the Embassy of Canada. Becoming it in the shelter where they would be extracted by an agent of the CIA and taken back to their country. This crisis brought diplomatic headlines of the international press who followed this stress daily enntre the administration
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authorities use the cold to their advantage to make every single moment as miserable as possible. Body searches in a comfortable climate are solely embarrassing‚ but the fact that they happen in such cold temperatures makes it unbearably worse. The weather is also good motivation for the prisoners: “the cold was fierce‚ but the foreman was fiercer” (62). Another example of unfair treatment is the sick bay. The authorities only allow the first two people who sign up to stay there‚ which is completely
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a thrilling yet shocking book about girls in gangs. The book explains in horrific detail the roles and existences of the girls in these gangs. Sikes traveled to several different cities to experience the life of girl gangsters. She traveled to Los Angeles‚ San Antonio‚ and Milwaukee. Through these travels‚ she became immersed in the lifestyles of each gang and had first hand accounts on what it was like to be in a gang. Sikes met many girls whom she could not believe what had persuaded them to
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