Gentrification of Pilsen Chicago The Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago‚ Illinois was once made up predominantly of Czechoslovakian people and its last identity was a predominantly Mexican community. The east side of Pilsen has undergone a lot of gentrification and the main core and identity of this gentrification has been art. In the 1990’s Pilsen was a community in which many people would not feel comfortable walking alone at night whereas today it is known by many as a trendy art neighborhood.
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Gangs are corrupting minds and ruining our youth‚ many teens need to open their eyes and see the truth. A gang could just be a social group of friends and family that just hang out‚ but many of these gangs are involved in criminal activity like murders‚ robberies and drug dealing. One thing all gangs share in common is that they all want to claim territory (Conly) Gangs have been a part of history for thousands of years and their roots run deep into Americas past and culture. (Lewis) Gangs are a
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Teen Gangs Gang and group violence‚ while not a new phenomenon in Canada‚ is becoming much harder to dismiss as just boys being boys. Not only are girls seemingly becoming more involved in gang violence‚ but the violence of both sexes seems to be becoming more random‚ more vicious‚ more extreme. While many academics will dispute that violence among youth is increasing‚ few will dispute the fact that gang membership greatly increases the prevalence and frequency of serious and violent crime among
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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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articles were specific in trying to understand the relationship between ethnicity/race‚ violence‚ and the culture of gangs. Most of them focused on adolescence and creating a way to view how violence‚ defining of ethnicity‚ and other environmental forces cause the gang culture. In the journal Ethnic Identity and Offending Trajectories Among Mexican American Juvenile Offenders: Gang Membership and Psychological Maturity‚ George P. Knight et al. constructed a way to identify and be able to measure the
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Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs In the late 1940s outlaw motorcycle gangs were formed. These groups made up of veterans from World War 2‚ which overtime as the numbers grew they became organized and sophisticated. In the beginning there was about 800 motorcycle gangs‚ which eventually emerged together into four powerful groups. These groups were called the Hell’s Angles‚ the Outlaws‚ the Pagans and the Bandidos. The Pagans were the only group that didn’t expand their organization over seas. Outlaw
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Smuggling and the hawkhurst gang 1. From source A we learn that: people smuggled because poor people did not want to pay and “duty tax” on their goods. Also it was believed that there was ‘nothing in the crime of smuggling’. This source is second hand information and it could be false‚ also it has apart missing which could be useful. 2. When studying this source you should be careful because‚ firstly it is from a crime and punishment book and therefore not completely about smuggling and therefore
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characteristics and motivations of gangs. Where‚ when‚ and why they became dominant? What characterizes successful gangs and how have they evolved over centuries? Give some examples of successful gangs throughout the history‚ and explain why they succeeded. Most gangs are established and motivated due to the need of protection; this protection can be for protecting the areas and street‚ which they live in or neighborhoods‚ with individuals of their culture or ethnic group. Also‚ gangs are known to branch out
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Axia College Material Appendix E Gang Development and Control Tables Gang Development Below are descriptions of gang development theories. Copy and paste the correct description into the table below next to the appropriate theory. There are five descriptions and four theories. One description is not valid. • Gang members are violent and rarely show remorse or feelings regarding their violent and criminal actions. Members may join a gang because it provides them a release for their personal
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OREGONIAN (Portland‚ Ore.) June 6‚ 1993‚ pp. A1+ "Copyright (c) 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
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