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    any marks or bruises. Both mom and Marcus are affiliated with gangs. Mom is affiliated with a vice lord gang. It’s on her Facebook page. Mom acts like she is sweet but it’s just a cover up like she’s not affiliated with a gang. Reporter stated it affects the children because they have run ins with people while the children are around. Mom is the messy type. She threatens people with the gang. Marcus is affiliated with an East Coast gang. Marcus smokes weed around the children. The reporter has seen

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    Domestic Violence By Brandon Wigfall • Introduction 1. I would introduce myself to the class. 2. Today I would like to talk about Domestic Violence‚ why isn’t it reported that much‚ and how people can get involved to help those who are victims of domestic violence. • Domestic Violence 1. Domestic Violence facts: a. According to https://www.dosomething.org/us‚ Domestic Violence is known to be about physically assaulting and psychologically abusing spouses‚ people you are dating‚ and family members

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    Abstract For decades‚ research has been conducted concerning the aggression in violent video games and its effects on adolescent youth. Video games in general are an interactive form of entertainment that has been known to improve skills in the areas of problem solving‚ focusing‚ and following instructions. For an industry that has grown from good to great considering the advancements in technology for over thirty years‚ people have become concerned as to the effects‚ if any‚ violent video games

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    anything. The movie Freedom Writers has a powerful and emotional message. The message of this movie is that we are all the same under the surface‚ this is most relevant to gangs and gang violence. The movie Freedom writers is set in a bad neighborhood in California. In the movie‚ the focus is on racial differences and gang violence. There is a white teacher who comes from a rich family. She wants to make a difference in the lives of students‚ so she decides to teach at a poor school in a rough part

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    brutal military-oligarchy alliance‚ created the gang in the 1980s as a form of self-protection. U.S. deportations of members helped to internationalize the gang‚ which now has a strong presence in many Central American countries‚ and in southern Mexico. Given the focus of the film‚ it is perhaps far too much to expect Sin Nombre to address such matters. But it begs the question of what the filmmaker is trying to accomplish by focusing on gang violence and its intersection with the Central American

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    A gang is “an association of three or more individuals‚ whose purpose in part is to engage in criminal activity and which uses violence or intimidation to further its criminal objectives” (National Institute of Justice). Gangs are organized as structured social groups‚ being more complex than they might first seem. When criminals come together as a group‚ trouble is bound to occur‚ and these gangs become a powerful force that must be combated. Gangs are well known‚ but how do gangs operate? Why do

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    Teen Gangs Gang and group violence‚ while not a new phenomenon in Canada‚ is becoming much harder to dismiss as just boys being boys. Not only are girls seemingly becoming more involved in gang violence‚ but the violence of both sexes seems to be becoming more random‚ more vicious‚ more extreme. While many academics will dispute that violence among youth is increasing‚ few will dispute the fact that gang membership greatly increases the prevalence and frequency of serious and violent crime among

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    Violence In Sports and Its Effect on Youth In America Today Justin Braman Southern Adventist University Sociology and Psychology of Sport Professor Rod Bussey December 10‚ 2013 The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of violence in sports. More specifically‚ the effect of violence in sports towards youth. As Jay Coakley (2009) points out in his book Sports in Society‚ when athletes engage in violence on or off the field‚ people see

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    Would you be okay with your child being involved in this??? It was the big championship youth football game in Corpus Christi‚ Texas‚ and the 5- and 6-year-old athletes were playing with all their hearts. With 10 seconds left on the clock‚ a coach charged the field and tackled a referee‚ knocking him unconscious and sparking a raucous brawl. Some parents jumped in to protect their kids‚ others to protect adults at the bottom of the pile. It happens in an instant. The intensity of the situation

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    that violent video games contribute to youth violence‚ don’t they? Perhaps it’s accused by someone who is conservative. Violent games don’t lead children to have violent behaviors for three reasons. First‚ research from a well-known expert reviewed previous school-based attacks which showed that only one-eighth of the attackers exhibited any interest in violent games. On the other hand‚ the attackers showed more involvement in violent movies‚ books‚ and violence in their own writing. The report didn’t

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