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    Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

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    Identify a range of legal and non-legal responses to OMCGs Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCGs) is a contemporary issue that engulfs Australian society. What makes prosecution of such gangs so complex is the strong foothold that gangs have in organised crime and the façade that is worn in order to evade the eyes of the law. Various responses have been implemented in order to cease all violence and more importantly disenfranchise organised crime and prosecute those within the illegal syndicates. Legal

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    Gang Violence In Chicago

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    Gang violence affects about 60 percent of most households. Gang violence have affected many lives over the years. In the cities of Chicago‚ violence is emerging a lot as the years go on. Gangs in the city of Chicago first started about the 1970’s‚ with 970 murders in one year. Gang violence occurred within and across racial and ethnic lines throughout Chicago. In the late 1960’s powerful black and Puerto Rican gangs joined forces with political groups. According to a report by the office of juvenile

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    Street Gang Bloods

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    The Street Gang the Bloods Violence is a substantial problem that has attracted increased attention over the past decade. Many forms of violence are seen on a daily basis however; street gang violence has grown to become the most pervasive form. Street gangs refer to groups of individuals who share a common identity and‚ in current usage‚ engage in illegal activities in a particular area. According to data presented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)‚ there are at least 30‚000 street

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    Reducing Gang Violence

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    In order to reduce gang violence I would implement community crime prevention programs or strategies targeting changes in community infrastructure‚ culture‚ and the physical environment. Furthermore‚ gang violence will be reduced by executing a diversity of approaches including neighborhood watch‚ community policing‚ urban or physical design‚ and comprehensive or multi-disciplinary efforts. These strategies may seek to engage residents‚ community and faith-based organizations‚ and local government

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    Ms 13 Gang

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    CP April 21‚ 2011 Hidden Violence The word gang-everyone knows what it means or what it stands for. Of course by the time children get to the end of their elementary years they’ve heard of know gangs such as; the Cribs‚ Bloods‚ Latin Kings‚ Vatos Locos‚ but none of those names cause as much fear and terror as the gang called La Mara Salvatrucha aka MS-13. La Mara known for their psychotic methods of killing and running their turf‚ no other gang comes close to causing the same fear as La Mara

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    Gang Leader for a Day

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    Book Review Gang Leader for a day Sudhir Venkatesh‚ a student of University of Chicago‚ majoring in Sociology. From the very first week‚ he got warning that not to wander outside of the area of patrol. Venkatesh with a lot of spare time on hand began to wandering around the campus. The poor areas beyond the safety line soon make him wonders: How’s the life there? Do they go to work? What jobs do they have? What’s

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    Short Story Of Gangs

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    keeping close to the buildings. Daniel and Joseph Avery were dangerous; catch their eye‚ come into their orbit‚ and you would become their victim. They stalked the streets like warlords‚ their dogs always by their side‚ their gang of sycophants never far away. The rest of the gang had split up and were begging for money or cigarettes. Alone‚ they were invisible or abused; together‚ with the dogs as their messengers and the Brothers as their

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    Gang Membership in the Us

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    Gang Membership in the US   Gang Membership in the US Anyone who has studied gangs over a period of time will admit that the more one studies them‚ the more complex they are. At best‚ we can come to understand a bit about certain features of gangs at given points of time. Gangs are dynamic‚ flexible and ever-changing. This paper will analyze gang membership‚ who becomes a gang member and what are some of the reasons behind gang memberships in the US. It is undecided exactly

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    What Causes Gang Violence

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    Gang Violence 12/02/13 Here in the United States alone has about 1.4 million active gangs and this includes the gangs in the prisons which comprising of more than 33‚000 members. From what I have read the researchers are saying that there is an increase in gang members every year. They are saying 48%of the violent crime is up to 90% in other states. In the suburban areas you are seeing the top gangs with more experience with the violence. The most aggressive gang members are the

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    young people to join gangs and even commit crimes. One of the most persuasive factors that influence young people to join gangs is because of money.  Due to the fact that a lot of kids do not have lots of money‚ they see the gangs as a way to get fast cash.  The see the gang members with the nice cars and expensive clothes and they are enticed.  As a result‚ they join. The other persuaive factor is for protection.   A lot of kids especially in the inner cities join gangs because they figure it

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