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    maybe they were Greasers. Why’d they have to join a gang of Greasers? Could they have joined the Socs instead? This is why Pony and his brothers joined the Greasers. They had to join the gang after their parents had died. When their parents were alive‚ why join a gang? They didn’t need to at the time while having nice parents to provide and be a family so they didn’t need a gang family. When their parents died they were in poverty and needed a gang to be with‚ “Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck

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    from. Greene’s story has been said to branch from Churchill’s defeat by the Labour Party in 1945 (Kolin). The story is set in London after World War II which is key information in order to understand the concept of the story. The story tells of a “gang” which is led by Blackie and Trevor who want to destroy Mr. Thomas’s‚ an old decorator and builder‚ house. After analyzing the story there is only one question I have left to try an answer and that is‚ why do they want to destroy Mr. Thomas’s house

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    Vivian Hopkins Eng-090-10-11 J-11 Who is Responsible When Children Misbehave in School? When children misbehave in school‚ both the parents and the child can play a part‚ such as‚ parents being good role models‚ and children being good students The first people who need to teach children good behavior are the parents. Parents have a responsibility to talk to their children about what they see and hear in the world today. Parents have a responsibility to instill a sense of behavior in their

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    4/26/2010 Gang Theory Al-Qaeda In 1988‚ one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world was formed. They call themselves al-Qaeda‚ which translates from Arabic to “The Base”‚ and originated in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist organization and are considered the top threat to the United States of America. The biggest attack that the group has planted was the events of September 11‚ 2001. When the U.S. responded with the War on Terror in Afghanistan‚ al-Qaeda

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    Gangs are not a new problem to the United States. Gangs have often been romanticized in literature and the media with a classic example being “West Side Story”. Americans have long been fascinated with the Mafia‚ and infamous gangsters such as Al Capone and John Gotti have even been elevated in status as cultural icons. Americans have seen an uprising in “Gangster Rap” since the early 1990’s. Many people tend to think of gangs in America as being made up primarily of young inner-city black males

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    After seeing his father brutally murdered by the leader of the native gang‚ Amsterdam Vallon makes it his mission to avenge his father’s death. He comes back to the Five Points district in New York and joins an old friend‚ Johnny Sirocco‚ to learn the ropes of the area. While doing so‚ Vallon gains the trust of his father’s assassin‚ William “The Butcher” Cutting‚ and is taken under his wing. Young Amsterdam falls in love with the local beauty and pickpocket Jenny Everdeane‚ but in doing so angers

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    assigned to work at the Gang Rib Machine‚ while he works exclusively with Mr. Moises Mena‚ including the claimant‚ Mr. Cortez; when he used to work for the company before Mr. Cortez quit his job in 2016. Mr. Lopez reiterated the nomenclature of the Gang Rib Machine that required two employees to man the machine while it was in operation. He further claimed that throughout the years of 2015 as well as 2016 he worked primarily with Mr. Cortez‚ while he calibrated the Gang Rib Machine during the operation

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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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    Violence gangs and triad society Introduction Violence committed by young people is one of the most visible forms of violence. The ratio of youth is the largest in offending crime of violence‚ the reason is the involvement of triad society’s activities. (車焯堅‚2000) Local scholars have pointed out that‚ all youth gangs is related to triad society‚ the member of youth gangs identify with the subculture of triad society‚ it is easy to involve in crimes. (HKFYG‚ 2000) Due to the tally of youth gang to

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    Gangs in the United States are becoming more violent and deadly than ever. Thousand of people are dying each year from these ill-mannered thugs. In today’s societies gang activity is an everyday occurrence whether it includes violence‚ drugs‚ death or any illegal activity in which they participate. The research that I have conducted will focus on how the selling of drugs by gangs members can lead to violence/death and how turf wars between rival gang can also lead to death. In recent years

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