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    What Can Parents Do To Prevent Children from Joining Gangs There are many problems this world is facing including the economy‚ and the environment‚ but society does not pay much attention to our children (our nation’s future) and what kind of activities they are involving themselves with. For many years now more children are getting into gangs due to numerous reasons. Although‚ one of the main reasons why they fall into that kind of life is the lack of attention and love they get from their parents

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    The movie begins in New York‚ in 1843‚ with a gang fight. Bill "the butcher" Cutting’s gang of "nativists" have challenged the "dead rabbits" (a gang of mostly Irish immigrants) to a fight to settle once and for all who is the most powerful gang in the area. After an intense battle the "nativists" win by killing the leader of the "dead rabbits"‚ also Amsterdam’s (the main character’s) father. Amsterdam is then led into an orphanage where he grows to be a man‚ all while Bill Cutting runs the Five

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    reform: current issues in American punishment. Sudbury‚ MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning‚ 1994. Print. Strupp‚ Heidi. Solving California’s Prison Crisis Requires Smarter Approach. New America Media. March 27‚ 2010. Web. April 10‚ 2011 Vitiello‚ Michael. Addressing the Special Problems of Mentally Ill Prisoners: A Small Piece of the Solution to Our Nation ’s Prison Crisis. September‚ 2010. Web. April 10‚ 2011.

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    classification does a gang have? There are several type of typologies in a gang which leads to active/regular gang‚ associate gang members‚ hard core gang member knowns as OG( orginal gang stars) and wannabes. Active gang members and associate gang member use hand signs to communicate each other‚ write gang graffiti‚ wear gang color clothing to represent their gang. But‚ what makes a associate gang separate from regular gang is that after‚ the associate gang memeber get fit to the gang they can come and

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    there are Many factors leading to violence are beyond the control of prison officials. Among them are the size of prisons and the crowding of facilities; the enforced idleness of too many inmates; inadequate financial support from the state legislature; public indifference; and the increasing number of violent and aggressive criminals‚ including gang members from the streets‚ being sentenced to prison. Furthermore‚ prison officials cannot alter the belief of prisoners that the only way they

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    The average age of a gang member is 17 or 18‚ but now‚ one fourth of all gang members are as young as 15 (citation). Gang recruitment can begin before children reach the age of ten. Gang life is appealing to young ones because of the sense of status and brotherhood associated with this lifestyle. Young recruits are often eager to prove themselves and are willing to be involved in dangerous situations in order to do so. Gang member risk it all for a feeling of purpose and identity and in the long

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    Explain the birth of gangs and how they impact society. Discuss the economic value and the detrimental side of gangs and their related business practices. Wednesday December 4th 2013 In the United States today there are over 1.4 million gang members‚ these gang members come from poverty and join these gangs for protection from other gang members or to survive on the streets. A street gang is a group of members with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming

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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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    Sonia Bola Professor Gutierrez CRJ 112 17 October 2016 Gang Video Assignment 1 From the film Street Gangs in Los Angeles‚ it portrays the 1990’s as a time when gang activity had expanded into the communities as a widespread issue for both law enforcement agencies and the citizens living within society. The documentary illustrates the daily lives of gang members‚ including what type of people join these crowds‚ their reasons for affiliation‚ different activities the organizations participate in‚

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    In “What is a gang‚” sociologist Frederick M. Thrasher (1927) defines a gang based on a study he conducted of 1‚313 cases in the city of Chicago‚ Illinois. Thrasher (1927)‚ determined that gangs are interstitial groups which have an unreflective organization. According to the study‚ gangs form naturally‚ without premeditation‚ as a consequence of interpersonal interactions of individuals and in a particular location. A key finding in the study revealed that conflict with external groups‚ such as

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