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    Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain follows the emergence of an alien space germ that reaches Earth via the crash of a top secret U.S. satellite near a small Arizona town‚ told over a five day period. Government agency “Wildfire”‚ specially designated for such biological threats‚ arrives to find everyone but an old man and a baby dead‚ also retrieving the satellite. After realizing the the satellite supposedly sent to “harmlessly” research dusts and microorganisms was truly based upon biological

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    Gangs Data on Gangs How do you know who is a gang member? - What is a gang? group of members that have a common deviant values group of members that engage in delinquency for self gains though‚ difficult to defining what is a gang because peer groups in general are central to youthful activities people hang out in groups common feature to see adolescent to engage in groups hence‚ a gang comprise primarily young males‚ engage in behaviour from outright criminality to graffiti. Females

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    Gang Violence

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    effects of Gang Violence Gangs have been around since the beginning of time. Humans have always banded together for mutual protection and support - and to better dominate others. Gangs have always provided a way for people to more effectively get what they want‚ especially if it comes to force. And weaker members of society gravitate toward gangs that they feel can offer a sense of community and protection from others. But today were going to reflect on the effects of the most modern gangs. I watched

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    Gangs in the Uk

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    This assignment is about gangs which are now a growing problem in the UK as it is reflected in media coverage and governmental responses to gangs‚ crime and violence. Gangs as defined by Eurogang network is said to be any durable street oriented youth group whose involvement are in illegal activity as part of their group identity. The other definition used in the article” Dying to belong” was that a gang can be defined as a relatively durable‚ predominantly street-based group of young people

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    led to formation of groups as tribes for waging wars‚ and eventually in the urban times‚ now street gangs are formed in mostly developed cities‚ which are filled with crime and hate towards people other than their own gangs. Gangs all over the world especially in the United States of America‚ are very often very underlined as a male dominated one‚ and females that were supposed to be with the gang members‚ were either their wives of girlfriends‚ and females who were seen actively involved were supposed

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    Gangs in Toronto

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    Gangs Essay What is a good thing that pops into your head when you think of gangs? Bet you can’t think of any. Most of the time gangs are related to violence and other crime related activities. For example‚ there was one time where my mother and I were out for a walk with our dog around 11 at night. We were just standing there waiting for our dog to go to the washroom when a car pulled up to the side of the road and a few guys jumped out. It seemed as if they were searching

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    Teens and Gangs

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    Teens & Gangs : Why are teens involved in gangs Since the beginning of the decade‚ teenage homicides increased by one hundred and fifty percent This sharp increase is largely due to the rapid formation of gang activity throughout the United States. In today ’s larger cities‚ gang violence is a reality that people have to deal with every day. As gang related crimes increase‚ officials are trying to find out why people join and remain loyal to gangs. Unfortunately‚ experts can only hypothesize

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    Wojtowicz Research topic =Gang Violence “Gangs are prominent in the larger cities and urban areas in the United States‚ in prisons and jails while many branches of the original gang are present in small towns and suburbs. American gangs originated in New York City and Chicago and the surrounding areas. The gangs competed with one another for various reasons‚ such as during the prohibition era for control of illegal drinks‚ and would often beat or even murder an opposing gang member for attempting to

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    Gang Leader for a Day

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    Innovate Your Life In the book‚ Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh‚ a sociology student from the University of Chicago starts out simply trying to understand “how it feels to be poor and black‚” and ends up spending years and years figuring out the ins and outs of a gang society (Venkatesh 14). Sudhir receives the chance of a sociologist’s lifetime to see first-hand what life is like in the projects. He follows gang leader‚ J.T. around and studies his life at the Robert Taylor homes for

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    Influence of Gangs

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    By: Susanna Lee E-mail: lees@student.ucr.edu Gang Culture has increasingly become a subculture for many teenage youths. Main minority teens‚ these social outcast are often have no real economic stability and no parental supervision or guidance. As a result‚ teenagers often rebel and seek comfort in gangs. These gangs provide what is lacking in their lives‚ a sense of belonging. Minorities are often stereotyped and criticized‚ especially minorities born into poverty. They are condemned simply

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