English 92/93 9/3/2014 Summary of “Poor Parenting Causes Some Children to Join Gangs” In “ Poor Parenting Causes some Children to Join Gangs‚” Lewis Yablonsky asserts the likelihood for children to participate in gang violence due to substance abusing parents‚ who don’t have the capability to be a loving caring parent. According to Yablonsky Parents can be positive role models to help their children learn social feelings; furthermore‚ children use gestures which others use in their environment
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attributed to Juvenile Gangs. In a March‚ 1996 study‚ DR .James Alan Fox‚ Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University reported that from 1985 to 1994‚ the rate of murder committed by teens‚ ages 14-17 increased 172 percent. So why do teenagers join gangs and become involved in risky behavior that can ultimately lead to incarceration‚ great bodily harm‚ or even death? What can they possibly gain from such a risky endeavor at such an early age? These questions have been raised for years
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essays that I have read. Panopticism is intended to be‚ as mentioned by Hunter‚ a “meticulous tactical partitioning” (pg. 212). Foucault writes in such a different style then most of the authors that I have studied. He uses unique grammar and sentence structures that make sense but take a while to understand‚ as well as different use words that truly mean one thing and in his mind meaning another and even just random quotes. From reading the Introduction in Ways of Reading‚ I managed to have a better
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A gang is “an association of three or more individuals‚ whose purpose in part is to engage in criminal activity and which uses violence or intimidation to further its criminal objectives” (National Institute of Justice). Gangs are organized as structured social groups‚ being more complex than they might first seem. When criminals come together as a group‚ trouble is bound to occur‚ and these gangs become a powerful force that must be combated. Gangs are well known‚ but how do gangs operate? Why do
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Essay #1 (500 words) Should teens have babies? Do you think teens are mature enough to raise a child? What is the best environment for a child? Are two parents better than one? Are mature parents better than teens? What impact does environment have on a child? Include evidence from your readings to support your opinions. Essay #2 (200 words) Does teaching abstinence work? Is it better to educate teenagers on how to have sex safely or teach them not to have sex at all? What are the pros and
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Gangs A gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals or close friends with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming control over territory in a community‚ and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other forms of illegal behavior. When a new member joins the gang he or she must go through an initiation‚ the most common initiation is “jumping in” or getting beaten by all the gang members and/or committing acts of theft or violence
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Factors Underlying Their Gang Involvement: A Comparative Study in Three Chinese Metropolitan Cities* Ngan-pun Ngai‚ Ph.D.‚ Chau-kiu Cheung‚ Ph.D. ABSTRACT Marginal youth tend to form stronger subcultural values when they engage more frequently in gang activity‚ which also make a difference in their delinquent involvement. The subculture would in turn bolster their subsequent gang participation. Different subcultural values appear to arise differently from gang involvement in Hong Kong
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Adolescent teen who want respect Usually out of fear. Young people tend to recognize at an emotional level that they are truly Incapable of dealing with the world and feel as though they would be empowered if they Belong to something larger. Sometimes their "friends" invite them to become a member of a Gang and there can be some intimidation‚ which plays right into their emotional feeling of Weakness. Once they grow up a little‚ emotionally that is‚ many of the former gang members Recognize
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History of Gangs Gangs are composed of young individuals who are from distinct groups who commit organized criminal acts. Gangs in America by the mid-19th‚ is when threat to city and their communities first arose. Being huge threats and concern on city leaders‚ such as mayors‚ police officers and the city council. Gangs are more likely to be found in “disorganized communities.” (organized gangs‚ 2016). Many members of gangs are formed from minority population‚ poor‚ or some might call “not well off”
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1993 Oregonian Publishing Company." HISPANIC GANGS: AN EXPANDING MENACE by George Rede of The Oregonian staff - Outreach workers‚ the police and community members worry that LA-style gang violence will increasingly rack the metro area As twilight falls across the park‚ a father gently pushes his daughter on a tire swing. A little girl climbs on the jungle gym. Two boys go one-on-one in hoops. Around the corner‚ two half-cases of Bud and some "40s" lie empty on the parking strip. Twenty
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