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    to something new like the Norteno Chicano gang music might grab your attention. The Norteno Chicano gang music’s categories as “underground music”‚ because not any single radio station plays it how other genres get played. The Norteno gang music is a new world to a lot of people and gets played in narrow places that not many people know about. If you’re a Norteno gang music lover or not it would be good to have an open mind to learn about the Norteno gang rap; therefore‚ you should go out to the city

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    Gang Violence and Drug Involvement in the U.S. "Once found principally in large cities‚ violent street gangs now affect public safety‚ community image‚ and quality of life in communities of all sizes in urban‚ suburban‚ and rural areas. No region of the United States is untouched by gangs. Gangs affect society at all levels‚ causing heightened fears for safety‚ violence‚ and economic costs" (In The Spotlight) As the quote above shows‚ gangs and everything that goes with them has spread all over

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    Males Who Join Gangs

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    ………………………..8 b) Youth Gangs ……………………………………...... 11 c) Gang Breakdown…………………………………… 14 Why do Males Join Gangs……………………………….... 16 a) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs……………………. 17 Personal Interview……………………………………….... 22 Effects of Gangs…………………………………………... 24 Conclusion and Recommendations………………………... 25 References………………………………………………… 26 Introduction The dramatic change and increase in gang activity‚ has left those to wonder‚ why they do it? Gang memberships provide and

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    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Gang involvement has been a nationwide problem for many years‚ but has left its mark on Virginia in a major way in the past few years. There needs to be more awareness for parents and educators in Virginia to ensure that the proper protocol is there to prevent kids from being initiated into gangs or even looking in that direction. The “Bloods” and “Crips” are the predominant gangs in Hampton Roads‚ although the most notorious are the Bloods‚ who have committed all types

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    specific country in which it has taken claim. Children are growing up within communities where gang violence becomes so rife that in the end perceived as the norm. Gangs have been in these children’s environment from day one; therefore‚ imprinted behaviors leave little or no choice of role models. The subculture of gang violence has become a most feared phenomenon in many poverty-stricken communities. The gang violence that is prevalent in these communities affects mostly the adolescents‚ who are supposed

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    Youth Obedience to Gangs

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    The Experiment In our society we are prone to obey to our authority in order to follow through our obedience because of the rolls we take. In both Stanley Milgram and Phillip Zimbardo’s experiment‚ “The Perils of Obedience” and “The Stanford Prison Experiment”‚ many people have a brighter understanding about how human behavior can be cause by authorities. They had different structures of how to do their own experiment and both had a reason to do their experiments and to find out the final result

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    Productive or Destructive As far as we know‚ there are more than a half-a-million criminally active street gang members in the U.S. today. There are many different gangs; some are street gangsprison gangs‚ motorcycle gangs‚ and so forth. But‚ right now‚ I am pointing specifically at street gangs. Street gangs have changed my life growing up from a child to adult. “Gang violence” and “social disorder” seems to go hand-in-hand or is synonymous in the United States. They have spread across the country

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    cousin‚ student is killed by gang related activities and gun violence. James C. Howell and John P. Moore of “ History Of Street Gangs in the United States says that “ Street gangs has been around ever since the emergence on the East Coast around 1783 ‚ as the American Revolution ended “ . But over the past years gangs have changed their reputation and what they’re really are. Back then 20 years ago gangs were actually a form of civil disobedience and political resistance. Gangs such as the Businessmen

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    Abstract When Prohibition began in Michigan on May 1‚ 1918‚ the young Purple Gang escalated from crimes of vandalism‚ petty thievery‚ and pick pocketing on Detroit’s lower east-side Paradise Valley located within the Hastings Street neighborhood to armed robbery‚ extortion‚ bootlegging‚ hijacking liquor‚ and even murder. They were used as terrorists by corrupt labor leaders to hold union members in check. The Purple Gang was led by four brothers. Abraham (Abe)‚ Joseph (Joey)‚ Raymond (Ray)‚ and

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    One way to use restitution is using road gangs. Road gangs not only provide prisoners with skills to use after prison‚ but also provide an area with a much-needed service better roads - without the high cost of usual repairs (“Paving...”). First off‚ road gangs are groups of prisoners that are trained to use the proper equipment necessary in order to build and maintain roads. The building and maintaining of the roads that they do are the prisoners ways to pay back the community for the crimes that

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