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    Youth Gangs in Maryland

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    5/5/13 Youth Gangs in Maryland: Can something be done? In the life that we live we are surrounded by a lot of violence. Whether it’s with other people‚ groups of people or even sometimes domestic violence is all around us. Throughout the years the emergence of gangs in Maryland has been a major source of violence. And to make matters worse the youth are starting to join these gangs at very young ages. But there is something that can be done to stop the spread of even more gang related issues

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    Gangs‚ Turfs‚ Youth & Affiliations When was the last time you were able to turn on the news and not hear about some sort of violent act? Crime and gangs is a growing concern amongst most cities‚ and street gangs are behind a lot of the trouble. Gangs have plagued the streets for centuries and there is no stopping the urge to commit such hideous crimes. Gangs grow from recruiting young kids but what makes a kid decide to join a crime filled lifestyle? Gang violence has been a problem for many

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    Teenagers Here

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    All teenagers may get easily frustrated easily and this frustration would cause anger. I have asked several teenagers about their problems and found that the most available problems are the limited freedom and the over protectiveness by their parents. The freedom. The freedom for teenagers is mostly limited as their parents would be scared that they would themselves to the wrong way‚ but the freedom should not be unlimited. Parents should let their children to have freedom but with some rules

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    Uniforms and Gang Violence

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    "JAM" Uniforms and its effects on gang violence Does uniform reduce gang violence; a question often debated within many branches of the school systems‚ recently stirring up controversy in secondary schools. The idea of mandatory uniform restrictions in high school‚ what students consider to be the school where one is “free to express their style‚ and hold an elevated level of maturity” is nothing but a thing of the past; when there was an increase of reported gang violence ending the 20th century

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    Latino Gang Policy

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    Abstract Latino Gangs and Policy Introduction Gangs have become an epic problem in the United States. It is very essential important in attempting to solve this problem by fully understanding how we can prevent individuals from joining a gang. A gang is group of three of more people that share a common bond and that are loyal to one another‚ whether it’s for economic reason or violence. The National Gang Center estimates that 32.4% of all cities in the United States experienced gang problems in 2008

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    Teenagers' Morality

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    Influences on teenagers’ morality Moral decisions are an important aspect of the growth and development of teenagers. There are many factors that influence a young person’s decisions; the biggest factor may be a teenager’s parents. Today’s parents are moving away from the old adage “do as I say‚ not as I do‚” as they realize that their actions and behavior may be a bigger influence on their children than previously thought.   1. Sex and Teen Pregnancy * The rate of teen pregnancy is

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    Gang violence is a major problem in many places in many places‚ and if the Interrupters keep up and expand their work‚ it could be lessened. According to the US legal website‚ "Gang violence means criminal and non political acts of violence committed by a group of people who regularly engage in criminal activity against innocent people." (UsLegal.com) In the movie The Interrupters‚ by Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz‚ there is a group of violence interrupters that are working on interrupting and stopping

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    Teenagers and Society

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    Liza Saravia Mrs. Strudensky English section 18 October 9th‚ 2014 Teenagers and Society Who decide the culture of people? It is society. Indeed‚ it determines the norms that citizens must follow in order to fit in. Therefore‚ the ‘‘culture into which [people live] influences [their] sense of who [they] are and what [their] goals in life should be’’ (Robertson 48). This is good because people who rule the society can impose good values and be a good influence on citizens. However‚ it can also

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    Being A Teenager

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    Being a Teenager: Is hard‚ harder than some can imagine‚ harder than some can even remember. It’s those years you’ll never forget‚ though sometimes you wish you could wipe away. They seem to last forever‚ but when you look back‚ they went by so fast. Being a teenager is falling in love too fast‚ and too hard‚ talking for hours on the phone to your best friends‚ being talked about and talking about others. It’s being guilty when you’re innocent‚ it’s standing out and fitting in‚ it’s when you have

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    people wounded. At that time‚ the war was happened in the Europe and Asia since 1939. Because of World War 1‚ many American were thinking “No more war”. Therefore‚ America was neutrality nation at that time. There are two reasons why the U.S wouldn’t join in the war without Pearl Harbor.

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