13 results found, view free essays on page:
-
Secretary Of State Amount Of Time
1,460 wordsDirect democracy is a way for average people like you and I to take care of public issues rather than leaving it up to representatives. Direct democracy can be applied in three different forms. The first is known as the initiative. Regular people, the voters, can take the problems we are facing in society and create laws that may eventually end up on the ballot. First off, there has to be a petition that is developed and sent to the attorney general for approval. Then, within 150 days the petiti...
Free research essays on topics related to: direct democracy, amount of time, elected officials, due to the fact, secretary of state -
Juvenile Crime Aggravated Assault
1,436 wordsChicago 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...
Free research essays on topics related to: crimes committed, aggravated assault, juvenile crime, youth violence, violent crime -
People Who Commit Moral Panic
1,179 wordsGang violence only takes place in big, urbanized, poverty stricken, low class neighborhoods and does not have any effect on middle or upper class areas; or does it? The Mall of America shooting exemplifies how gang violence can erupt anywhere and that no part of society is immune to this problem. As the mall employee in the article states, you just cant be safe anywhere. Every time you turn around someone is being shot, or beat up, or killed. Why are events such as the mall shooting so common? W...
Free research essays on topics related to: gang violence, labeling theory, criminal behavior, people who commit, moral panic -
Growing Problem Of Street Gangs In Canada
1,288 wordsIt is a scenario of nightmarish quality. An unsuspecting innocent individual has taken a short cut to get home late at night and is confronted by a group of individuals on a back street. However, this is no ordinary group of young men and women. This group is what is commonly called a street gang. Usually associated with poorer urban areas of the United States, street gangs have made a huge impact in Canadian Cities. Known for criminal acts such as robbery, assault and even murder, street gangs ...
Free research essays on topics related to: socio economic, gang activity, los angeles, street gangs, youth violence -
African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,616 words... d States (Churchill & Wall 1990: 37). From 1968 - 1971, these tactics were used against the BPP to control and neutralize what was believed to be "a dangerous black political group. " The most vicious and unrestrained application of COINTELPRO techniques during the late 1960 s and early 1970 s was clearly reserved for the BPP (Churchill & Wall 1990: 61; Horne 1995: 13). After several confrontations for over two years, the disputes between the BPP and US continued to the campus of UCL...
Free research essays on topics related to: los angeles, related homicides, black gangs, gang related, black youths -
African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,653 words... le 1 reveals that in each year where gang territory data was available, the growth in the number of gang territories was significant. In the six years between 1972 and 1978, 44 new black gangs formed, and only two gangs became inactive. In the 14 years between 1982 and 1996, 150 new gangs formed. However, the most dramatic growth was in the four years between 1978 and 1982 when 101 new gangs formed. In addition to the number of gang territories increasing, the spatial distribution of gang te...
Free research essays on topics related to: los angeles county, gang activity, black gangs, gang related, suburban areas -
B I G Racial Minorities
1,799 wordsNyisha T Coven Music: 230 Dr. Hollerbach The Story of Sean (1) Sean Puffy Combs was born in 1970 in Harlem. His father fell victim to gang related violence when Sean was 3 years old. Combs went to the private Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx, before getting into prestigious Howard University in Washington, DC and leaving after a year to pursue a career in the music business. Even in his early years, Combs proved that he was able to make a lot of money, while getting involved in various bus...
Free research essays on topics related to: slave owners, b i g, racial minorities, hip hop, bad boy -
Juvenile Crime Street Gangs
245 wordsJuvenile Delinquency 5. 14 Mr. Raymond Kendall Secretary General INTERPOL Quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 Lyon, France Dear Mr. Kendall, There is growing concerns of juvenile crime problems in the United States. Gang membership as well as gang-related crime is mostly a juvenile problem. According to the experts predictions, due to the rise in juvenile crime the crime problem will get worse in the next few years. Therefore, it is very important to adopt an effective approach to combat crime level in...
Free research essays on topics related to: juvenile crime, gang related, street gangs, juvenile, police department -
Level Of Violence Los Angeles
2,390 wordsKeeping Our Teenagers off the Streets In Leesville, LA, many parents and governmental agencies are concerned with the question of how to keep teenagers of the streets, just like in many other small communities in LA. The thing is, in LA the presence of youth gangs is one of the most heated social problems. To keep teenagers off the streets actually means to keep teenagers out of the youth gangs. (Harmon 73) Within the scope of this research, we will first provide background information on gangs ...
Free research essays on topics related to: los angeles, gang activity, gang membership, youth gangs, level of violence -
Level Of Violence Youth Gangs
1,678 wordsYouth Gangs and the Affects on Our Community Gangs vary tremendously in numbers and in age range. Relatively few young people join gangs, despite their high profile in the media. Even in highly impacted areas, the degree of participation rarely exceeds 10 percent. In addition, it has been reported that less than 2 percent of all juvenile crime is gang related (Snyder 89). Low statistics like the above, may camouflage the impact that the presence of gangs has on a school. Gangs play a significant...
Free research essays on topics related to: level of violence, gang membership, youth gangs, gang activity, crack cocaine -
Gang Violence Gang Activity
457 wordsToday Gang violence not only kills millions of people a year, but serves as a threat to organized society as we know it. Gangs have an infection that plague the streets of nearly every urban area in America, and is now spreading to rural areas as well. We cannot allow our cities and suburbs to fall victim to gangs and violence. There must have tougher legislation against gang activity, as well as harsher punishments for gang related crimes. America has one of the highest violent crime rates in t...
Free research essays on topics related to: young people, gang related, gang, gang activity, gang violence -
Group Of People Opposing Viewpoints
2,439 wordsI d like Gangs Gangs I d like you to take a journey with me, would you please close your eyes and imagine yourself cruising along the streets of Oakland. You are driving and the light just turned yellow, you stop at the stoplight. You see a little kid walking towards you, while he crosses the crosswalk. You take special notice of him because he was around the age of about 11 years of age, but had a thick gold necklace around his neck. He looks at you, you smile politely at him as if to give a sm...
Free research essays on topics related to: opposing viewpoints, group of people, gangsta rap, commit crimes, gang membership -
Tupac Amaru Tupac Shakur
796 wordsTupac Shakur was born Leave Parish Crooks in Brooklyn, NY in 1971. While still a small child, his mother changed his name to Tupac Amaru after an Inca Indian revolutionary, Tupac Amaru, meaning Shining Serpent. Shakur means Thankful To God in Arabic. From childhood, everyone called him the Black Prince. For misbehaving, he had to read an entire edition of The New York Times. When he was two, his sister, Sekyiwa, was born. This childs father, Mutulu, was a Black Panther who, a few months before h...
Free research essays on topics related to: tupac amaru, tupac shakur, september 13, gang related, tupac
13 results found, view free essays on page:
