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    elderly in particular. In this generation pregnancy has seen to have no limit to teenagers‚ be they are married or not. This incidence keeps on happening in the society. Nowadays‚ the society keeps on judging‚ commenting and ever not helping to prevent this unwanted pregnancy problem. The argument here is who to blame for the unwanted pregnancy‚ is it teenagers themselves or society? There are two reasons why teenagers should be blamed for unwanted pregnancy. They are easily influenced by their peers

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    Gangs Research Paper

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    Strain Theory: A Theoretical Explanation of Gangs Gangs in America Gangs as a problem Gangs have produced a culture of their own; surprisingly similar to many other groups in mainstream society. Religious‚ political‚ and special interest groups can all be compared to gangs and their ideology. Typically‚ groups are born through a shared idea or goal by similar individuals. Many ideas may be radical or may not follow the “norms” set by mainstream society. Conflicts between groups are

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    people‚ who seemed weird then and make us uncomfortable now will likely be boring in one or two generations. The edge is a concept I have toyed with a lot during this project. And I realized that what I was actually doing was asking myself the EQ: “What do we mean when we say American?” Sixty seven years ago‚ the American women was not thought of as independent Stanford)‚ and a couple hundred years ago those of African descent were not legally‚ much less socially accepted as members. But today we pride

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    Chicago Gangs‚ Then and Now with Solutions Nick Crot Marist High School Abstract This paper deals with gang violence in the city of Chicago since the beginning of time. It takes a deep look into the history of Chicago gangs and how they interact today. Also the past problems the City of Chicago made when dealing with gangs and the problems that gangs today have and how Chicago has the worst gang problem in the country. Also how gangs have turned themselves into big‚ and lucrative enterprises

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    Gang Risk Factors

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    likelihood of juveniles becoming involved in gangs. Some of the major risk factors of juvenile gang involvement include: “negative influences in the child’s life‚ child maltreatment‚ poor parental supervision/involvement‚ substance use‚ such as alcohol and drugs‚ poor educational or employment potential‚ and community disorganization” (Hawkins and Pollard‚ 1999). According to a Seattle study‚ children and youth are two to four times more likely to join gangs if they are affected by these factors. Risk

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    Will Brutus join the conspiracy and why? In the play of Julius Caesar a conspiracy formed and Brutus gets dragged in to it. So we will look at how he stated to get dragged in. The reasons why he joined. Lastly should he have joined. The start of the conspiracy was stated by Cassius. He was the first to actually talk to Brutus about it. Brutus did kinda agree more like feel the same way. When they were shouting for Caesar Brutus said “I fear Caesar has become king” (I‚i‚ 88-89) Which

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    The Life of a Teenager

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    The life of young teenagers mostly refering to females‚ they tend to fall into many peer pressure that allows them to suffer at the longer run. I met this girl that was actually very shy that she hardly spoke to her parents of her problems regarding to anything that happened in school or personal life. I got the oppoetunity to get to know her‚ she opened up to me and told me her situation. She saild that she got in a problem because of peer pressure she fell into temptation and had sex with her

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    Base (History.com Staff). The surprise attack brought rage to the America and their leaders‚ allowing them to let go of the idea of being a neutral country. As the writer Michael Morella said‚ “American attitudes about the war change radically‚ [as do] American attitudes about the economy‚ about giving to the war. The war is not part of the culture; the war is the culture. Everything is viewed through the prism of the war effort”

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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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    Ms 13 Gang

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    CP April 21‚ 2011 Hidden Violence The word gang-everyone knows what it means or what it stands for. Of course by the time children get to the end of their elementary years they’ve heard of know gangs such as; the Cribs‚ Bloods‚ Latin Kings‚ Vatos Locos‚ but none of those names cause as much fear and terror as the gang called La Mara Salvatrucha aka MS-13. La Mara known for their psychotic methods of killing and running their turf‚ no other gang comes close to causing the same fear as La Mara

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