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    Gangs: Ms13

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    Dangerous Gang: MS 13 Imagine a scared little boy wanting to be accepted by a gang. Scared to death‚ he walks up to a group of other boys from a rival gang‚ closes his eyes‚ and starts to shoot. When he opens his eyes he realizes that one of the rival gang members has been hit. Then imagine having to walk away‚ not run‚ because in this gang a member does not run away. All of this is just to be accepted into a very violent‚ dangerous gang. The Mara Salvatrucha gang‚ normally referred

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    Prison Gangs

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    Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized‚ stealthy and deadly‚ they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America’s streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together‚ their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure‚ a constitution‚ bylaws‚ mission statement‚ or some identifiable

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    Youth Gangs

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    Abstract Youth gangs pose a considerable problem to contemporary society; a notion which is substantiated by the government who have invested £4m from 2011-2013 in an attempt to tackle the issue. Research into why young people engage and desist from gang activity has been sparse‚ suggesting that further research into the topic is necessary in order to prevent and deter young people from engaging in gang activity. The main aim of this research is to examine the central research question: „Why do young

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    Juvenile Gangs

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    In America‚ the rise in violent crimes over the years can be attributed to Juvenile Gangs. In a March‚ 1996 study‚ DR .James Alan Fox‚ Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University reported that from 1985 to 1994‚ the rate of murder committed by teens‚ ages 14-17 increased 172 percent. So why do teenagers join gangs and become involved in risky behavior that can ultimately lead to incarceration‚ great bodily harm‚ or even death? What can they possibly gain from such a risky endeavor

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    Gang Leader For Day

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    Gang Paper The author of “Gang Leader for a Day”‚ Sudhir Vankatesh‚ delivers an intimate look into a world most people would prefer to ignore. In the book‚ the graduate student formed a friendship with a local gang leader and was able to get the inside information of the gang’s role in the Chicago housing projects. ABC’s 60 Minutes and National Geographic have made outstanding videos describing in great detail‚ gang life. Girls in the Hood‚ by ABC‚ informs that the notion of only males in gangs

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    were Gangs and Social Change by Martin Sanchez-Jankowski and The Economic of Crime by Gary S. Becker. Furthermore‚ after reading the article by Jankowski I learned that many researchers had trouble defining or being able to distinguish gang related associations to groups or individuals that were not in a “gang.” Many individuals have the belief that a a gang is having two or more individuals in a group. If the group exceeds to two or more people‚ than supposedly that would be considered a gang. Now

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    Youth and Gangs

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    Gangs are corrupting minds and ruining our youth‚ many teens need to open their eyes and see the truth. A gang could just be a social group of friends and family that just hang out‚ but many of these gangs are involved in criminal activity like murders‚ robberies and drug dealing. One thing all gangs share in common is that they all want to claim territory (Conly) Gangs have been a part of history for thousands of years and their roots run deep into Americas past and culture. (Lewis) Gangs are a

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    Youth Gangs

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    Since the late 1800s‚ gangs have been in existence. These groups have had many negative effects on society for many years. These youth groups or gangs‚ as they are commonly called‚ such as the Bloods‚ Crips‚ and Vice Lords have participated in many criminal and illegal acts that have plagued society. They have been stereotyped with such negative names as bad kids‚ troublemakers‚ and many other mischievous names. These young gangs have long been present in the United States‚ but were previously

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    gangs in chicago

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    often used to describe the conditions for the growth of gangs. the concept of gangs is that gangs form out of unsupervised peer groups‚ which are unsupervised because the formal institutions of society such as schools‚ church and families break down. the new urban institutions are not yet strong enough to replace them‚ especially for the acculturating children. Chicago schools have gangs as temporary product of the second generation. Back then gangs followed a certain code and they were also filled with

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    Gang Violence

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    Gang violence is a major problem in our society today. Gang violence could take place in our neighborhoods and corrupt the young children easily influenced by the violent behavior as well. In the two poems‚ Leather-Jackets‚ Bikes and Birds? By Robert Davies and? Street Gang? By H. Webster‚ the two poets write about gang related issues discussing the ill-mannered bikers who cause these problems to other around them. These poems discuss the violence‚ death and illegal activity in which a number of

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