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    Young Offenders

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    Young Offenders Australia’s justice system‚ applies different rules and regulations on which how young offenders are to be treated. Young offenders are those above the ages of 10‚ however are under the age of 17. Under the Children Proceeding ACT NSW 1987‚ states that children under the age of 10 are not liable to be charge for criminal intent ( mens rea ) as they are too young‚ to grasp the situations consequences and are recognised as doli incapax. However‚ there is a theory that ages from 10

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    Gang Prevention Gang Prevention Program Jasmine McInnis Strayer University Professor Lillian Ajayi CRJ180010VA016-1122-001 March 9‚ 2012 Gang Prevention Abstract The Gang Prevention Program that I decided to write on is the A.R.I.S.E program‚ which was founded in 1986 in Miami Florida by Ed Benson. It’s a non-profit organization that provides assortment of time tested‚ evidence based life skills curricula for at risk youth. In this essay‚ I am going to focus on the programs history‚ mission

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    book is hand in hand :ten black men who changed america. The authors are Andrea davis pinkney and brian pinkney. The ten main character are benjamin banneker‚frederick douglass‚booker t washington‚W.E.B. dubois‚a philip randolph‚thurgood marshall‚jackie robinson‚malcolm X‚martin luther king jr. and barack hussein obama II. this book should be used in school because it teaches you how you shouldn’t give up because you will reach your goal. The book is mostly about black people starting as a poor

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    SOCIALOGICAL THEORIES and GANG VIOLENCE Abstract The sociological analysis of gang membership explores the different types of effects that arise due to criminal involvement. Because of the social conflicts that are associated with gang membership‚ this paper will explore the different theories of social learning and both personal and control issues that relate to the recent surge in crime across Chicago. As we open the doors of a crime ridden society‚ the truth begins to unfold. It isn’t just the

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    movement and gained many valuable results such as Martin Luther King Jr. (Letter from Birmingham Jail)‚ James Balwin (Stranger in the village) and so forth. Brent Staples was one of them with Growing up in Black and White which won the Anisfield-Wolff Book Award in 1995. Beside that‚ "Black Men and Public Space" was also his interesting work with numerous rhetorical uses adding more effects in describing his experience on more than one occasion in his life: being perceived as a criminal simply based

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    We were at Stringybark Creek looking for the Kelly gang. They were wanted for robbery and much more which was illegal. We were all wearing dark black boots and baggy clothes. The creek smelt like a junk yard! “Kennedy‚ Scanlon!” McIntyre yelled out that we were surrounded and should give up our weapons. What nonsense he was talking about? My buddy and I Scanlon just wanted to find the Kelly gang badly so they won’t hurt anyone else. We had already lost enough lives‚ so we just continued riding

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    which he focused on a housing project with Robert Taylor Homes. He wrote a book published in 2008 and it was titled “ Gang Leader For A Day “. This book studied the life of the characteristics of Chicago‚ particularly the Robert Taylor Homes and the gangs.  Venkatesh wanted to wrote this book to tell people about the time he was living in. He wanted to explain the inside world of the gang ‚ drug dealing‚ and inside the world of a poor community to help people understand

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    Gangs‚ which are usually groups of criminal or youth delinquents‚ are said to be able to be dated back to the times of the Greeks. It is theorized that some of America’s present-day gangs are stemmed from these ancient formations. However‚ today’s gangs are more serious‚ violent‚ and spiraling out of control. The indications of a gang can be identified by certain graffiti tags‚ tattoos‚ gang colors‚ and the self-identification by youths. When departmental crime officials are asked to tell how they

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    motorcycle gang (OMG). The work a prospects must do‚ in order to receive entrance into the gang‚ is portrayed in William Queen’s Under and Alone. “After Queen spent twenty eight month as Billy St. John‚ a bearded beer swinging‚ Harley-riding gangbanger‚ the truth of his identity became blurry‚ even to himself” (cover). Billy St. John is known as the undercover cop with desires to enter and then expose one of the rowdiest motorcycle gangs called the Mongols. The Mongols were a motorcycle gang‚ small

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    For as long as I can remember‚ the talk of Gangs has been always around me. Whether it was waiting for the bus with my mother‚ or the kids talking at school. When I think of the word gang‚ I think of brotherhood‚ people who will always be there for you anytime‚ any place‚ no matter the situation. However‚ I wasn’t aware to the full concept of Gangs. For example‚ what it means to be in a gang‚ what forms gangs‚ and their daily activities. As ignorant as it may sound‚ I just went along with what society

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