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Lead To Death Gang Life
598 words
Gang Life In life, teenagers and adults join gangs
for difficulties in their life. They feel that
they need a group of people to understand and
support them through the rough stage of their
life. In the novel, The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton
Ponyboy is a fourteen-year-old boy who is a part
of the gang called the greasers. His whole
remaining family are greasers. Gang life can lead
to death and trouble. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy is
in a gang with all of the people he grew up with
in the neighborho...
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Wormsley Common Gang Poor Lower Class Dick
876 words
In The Destructors the Wormsley Common Gang lashes
out in a terrible manner. The gang starts off as a
few young boys looking for ways to occupy
themselves. At first the activities that they part
in are illegal, but not hateful or mean spirited.
The boys would do meaningless things like steal
bus rides and calculate who stole the most at the
end of the day. When T. comes into the picture
things start to change. T. takes control of the
gang from Blackie. The gang members follow and
listen to T. an...
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Juvenile Crime Aggravated Assault
1,436 words
Chicago police have their eyes pealed. The gangs
on the street are on high alert. Just hours before
six bullets ripped through a football game at the
community park. A fourteen year old and a twelve
year old seriously injured, and a thirteen-year
old by stander killed by a stray bullet. The
suspect, a fourteen year-old gang member, Isaac
Cleaves. Two days later Isaac is found hiding in
the basement of an abandoned building. You might
believe that this is a rare case, but think again.
Everyday in...
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Gang Violence Crimes Committed
1,127 words
I dont think I was even conscious that gangs
existed and were a problem until 1991. That was
the year that my friend Steph and I went to see
the movie Boyz in the Hood, directed by John
Singleton. When we chose to see that movie, we
really had no idea what it was about. We chose is
for two reasons, one because nothing that was
playing at the time except for Boyz looked
remotely interesting, and two, Cuba Gooding Jr.
had a role in it, and we both thought he was kind
of cute. It ended up being one...
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Romeo And Juliet West Side Story
1,435 words
The play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is
based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William
Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both
works, in essence, have the same plot. The source
of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side
Story is the ever-present hatred between families
and between gangs, although, because of the
star-cross lovers motif in Romeo and Juliet, the
hatred plays a larger role in producing the ending
of West Side Story than it does the ending of
Romeo and Juliet. Th...
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Johnny Torrio Bugs Moran
1,511 words
ter> The Rise and Fall of Al Capone
Alphonse Capone was born in New York City by two
parents Gabriel and Teresa Capone. Capone's
parents immigrated to the United States in 1893
from Naples, Italy. Capone came from a large
family and was the fourth oldest of nine children.
(Kobler 10). As a child, Capone was very wise when
it came to living on the streets of New York. He
had a clever mind when it came to knowing his
environment. Capone was not very bright when it
came to school. Capone ...
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Act Of Violence Short Story
752 words
In serious fiction, no act of violence exists for
its own sake. Graham Green, in his short story The
Destructors, reveals certain intangible needs met
through one central act of violence. One need we
all have as humans is the need to be creative, to
express ourselves, to use our imagination. All
little boys use their imaginations, which is based
on what they see in their environment, whether
that be television or their own neighborhood. The
gang of boys in The Destructors witnessed
destruction e...
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Gangster Biography Of Arthur Flegenheimer
1,314 words
Arthur Flegenheimer 1902 - 1935 Born: August 6,
1902 in New York, United States Died: October 24,
1935 Occupation: Gangster Flegenheimer, Arthur
(Aug. 6, 1902 - Oct. 24, 1935), gangster, better
known as Dutch Schultz, was born in the Borough of
the Bronx, New York City, and was the only son and
elder of two children of Herman and Emma (Neu)
Flegenheimer. His parents were German-Jewish
immigrants. He grew up in a slum section of the
Bronx, and went no further than the sixth grade in
school, thoug...
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Youth Gangs In Schools
717 words
Youth Gangs in Schools Violence, drugs, guns, all
this seems to be plaguing American schools for
quite a time now. One word that can unite all this
problems is a gang. The growing network of youth
gangs in schools demands particular attention. The
article Schools prepare for teen gangs by Jon Ward
gives some insights into this issue. It especially
underlines the importance of finding ways to
prevent the existence of gangs in schools. These
ways can be different, for example, it is
necessary that...
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Yakuza History Past And Present
1,557 words
Yakuza: history Past and present. I would like to
start the essay by saying that organized crime is
an indispensable part of the modern society as the
history proves to us. Yakuza is but another
invention present in Japan aimed at intimidation
and other subvert methods to frighten people. For
instance Russia the USA and Europe have their own
Mafias, Britain still fights with the IRA, Spain
cannot overcome the Bask. Asia is emersed in
Triads, Tongs, while Italy can boast its famous La
Cosa Nostra...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
1,482 words
The play West Side Story, by Arthur Laurent's, is
based upon the play Romeo and Juliet, by William
Shakespeare. Despite a few differences, both
works, in essence, have the same plot. The source
of violence in Romeo and Juliet and West Side
Story is the ever-present hatred between families
and between gangs, although, because of the "
star-cross? d lovers" motif in Romeo and
Juliet, the hatred plays a larger role in
producing the ending of West Side Story than it
does the ending of Rome...
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Deng Xiaoping Cultural Revolution
4,744 words
Democracy Movements in China Democracy Wall In
1978, stimulated by the opening of China to the
West and also by the reversal of verdicts against
the 1976 Tiananmen protesters (These
demonstrations against the gang of four had been
condemned as counter-revolutionary at the time but
were now declared a revolutionary act), thousands
of Chinese began to put their thoughts into words,
their words onto paper and their paper onto walls
to be read by passers by. The most famous focus of
these displays b...
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Marshall B Clinard Merton Nisbet
1,019 words
Analysis of Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that
people have to deal with in todays cities. What
has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel
that being in a gang is both an acceptable and
prestigious way to live? The long range answer to
these questions can only be speculated upon, but
in the short term the answers are much easier to
find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of
human beings personal wants and peer pressure. To
determine how to effectively end gang violence we
must...
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Gang Activity Gang Members
440 words
Gang are stereotyped to be a bunch of thugs who
walk around selling drugs, shooting, and
participating in other criminal activity. To an
extent, this is true, but what people dont really
take the time to consider is the fact that some
gangs are more than just thugs on the block. Some
gangs, in fact most are actually organized. The
article covers a few bare essentials to hindering
this type of organization in the school settings
and gives steps to reducing it. Three main points
the article deals ...
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Law Enforcement Officials Social And Political
2,257 words
Lets say youre by yourself on the subway in New
York City. You get on and its not that crowded,
theres a bunch of open seats. As you look around,
you notice that the car is filled with mainly high
school aged kids, mostly boys. On one side there
is a spot next to a bunch of African Americans, on
the other side its a posse of Asians. Okay, so
where are you going to sit? Next to the Asians I
bet. What if it was Latinos instead of Blacks,
chances are you would still say youd go towards
the Asians a...
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Violence In The Media Group Of People
1,850 words
Newman 1 Joe Newman Mrs. Lawson Advanced English 7
17 April 2000 Gangs and Teenage Violence A gang is
a group of people who interact among themselves.
Teen violence is contributed to these gangs. Most
gangs claim neighborhoods as their territory and
try to control everything inside that territory.
This kind of antisocial behavior is a major
problem in American Society. Gang members are
typical members of the same ethnic group. Fear and
hatred for people of another race is called
xenophobia. Peop...
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Joining A Gang Join A Gang
556 words
Gangs are a violent reality that people have to
deal with in todays cities. They are a direct
result of human beings personal wants and peer
pressure. Kids are the main targets because they
feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable
and prestigious way to live, because of the bad
miscommunication of society. By looking at the way
humans are influenced in society, there is good
evidence to point the blame at several
institutions. These institutions include the
forces of the media, the govern...
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Strain Theory Criminal Behaviour
2,268 words
The article Violence to a T (Ogg 1997, p. 3) is
typical of the style and content of crime news
reporting found in the mass media. That is, most
crime news stories reported in the media
misrepresent the crime problem by focussing only
on certain types of crimes. Those crimes are
usually bizarre or unusual events, such as murder
or kidnapping. This focus presents the public with
the image that the majority of crime involves
personal violence. Added to this, the style of
presentation adopted by the...
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Prison Gangs Gang Members
973 words
Colon has been in prison since 1971. He was
convicted of murdering a rival gang member and for
trafficking in heroin while inside of Stateville,
located in Joliet. Colon said, The gangs have an
understanding with each other. We talk to each
other to ensure that we dont have a confrontation.
We try to keep the static down. In the state
prison located in downstate Menard, Illinois, an
inmate by the name of Gino Colon Gang leaders run
major drug operations from their cells. In order
to understand h...
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Gang Violence Selling Drugs
742 words
The Major Causes Why Teens Turns to Gangs Gangs
are a violent reality that people have to deal
with in today s cities. What has made these groups
come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang
is both an acceptable and honorable way of life?
The long-range answer to these questions can only
be speculated, but in the short term the answer is
easier to find. We must find ways and means to
effectively implement the various strategies to
end gang violence. I believe that three important
instituti...
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