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    Joshua Shipman Gang Culture Continues To Grow The article I chose to read was titled “The Gang Culture Continues to Grow”. This article explained aspects of the gang culture in America‚ and how it has grown over the years to be bigger and more violent then ever. Gangs have been around for centuries. The earliest recording of a gang was a gang named rebellious children‚ which was mentioned in 2 Kings 2:23-25 of the Bible. Gangs have continued to grow over the years‚ and now are present

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    Purple Gang Introduction “As historian Paul Kavieff explains: They were predatory group and they were known for their ruthlessness‚ I mean they shot everybody during these hijackings‚ even the guys that were simply driving the trucks. What that resulted in in was that if you were making a beer delivery and were robbed by the Purples‚ you fought to the death‚ because you knew that the Purples were going to haul you out of the truck and kill you anyways” (Whitting‚ 2013‚ Pg. 57). The Purple Gang was

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    Chen March 20 2014 Gang Violence and Harsh Penalties The presence of gang violence has plagued the United States for many years. Although it is more active in some parts of the country than others‚ gang violence affects every American: either monetarily as a taxpayer or directly as a victim. Regardless‚ it is a concern of every individual; therefore‚ the criminal justice system has been addressing it for years in different ways. The approach of emphasizing harsh punishments has been implemented

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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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    When I was growing up we had little cliques in the neighborhood but nothing that we really considered a gang. There were no initiation rights or anything crazy that needed to be done in order to join except living in the same area. We also didn’t engage in violent activities‚ maybe some juvenile mischief but nothing criminal like selling crack or stealing cars. Part of this may be because I was a girl then and the activities we took part in were nothing like what the boys did. As a young teen some

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    2011there we around 29‚900 known gangs and roughly 782‚500 members. “Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others‚ according to NGIC analysis” (FBI‚ 2011‚ p.9). Gang violence explained by the following articles by Bellair and McNulty‚ Horowitz‚ and Shirazi show that gang violence plays a role in negating the positive neighborhood activities. While also bringing extremely violent gang members inside their neighborhood

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    Traditional Socioeconomics of Joining Gangs and the Relation of Maslows Hierarchy of Needs By: Kimberly Miller Gang Activities and Drug Operation-2 There have been many theoretical explanations of why delinquents and adolescence‚ youth and other people might join gangs. Members of gangs have been questioned on why they would want to join a gang and most of them come up with socioeconomic factors and some say the attraction to street gangs are a rush. There are many different socioeconomic

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    reaching goals) is centered on a high-reaching communications (series of actions to reach a goal) involving meetings with both community groups and gang members. Everyone in the community is (based on knowledge and learning) that gang violence will cause/start (anger) a zero-tolerance approach and that only an end to gang violence will stop new gang-oriented stopping/preventing (actions or feelings) activities. In a perfect world‚ these activities should be combined

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    Walt changes his views and begins to respect his neighbors. 3. There are several gangs in the movie. These include Asian or Hmong‚ Mexican and Black gangs 4. Where there are gangs‚ there will also be gang violence. This is displayed though when the gang shoots up Teo’s house 5. Another example of gang violence is when the Hmong gang beats and rapes Su‚ Teo’s sister 6. The last example of gang violence is when the gang shoots and kills Walt. Walt did this to send them to jail so Teo and his Family

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