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    Retrieved from http://www.pidp.eastwestcenter.org Paco‚ K Limtiaco‚ S. (2006‚ October 5) Guam Judge Upholds Controversial Election Results. Pacific Daily News. Retrieved from http://www.guampdn.com Harkins‚ G Conerly‚ M. (2013‚ December 3) Police: Gangs pose no real threat on Guam. Guampdn.com. Retrieved from http://www.guampdn.com

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    SOCI 002 – LECTURE 5 REVIEW NOTES SOCIAL ROLES‚ INTERACTION‚ AND DEVIANCE (Chapter 5* + 6) SOCIAL INTERACTION: Erving Goffman: dramaturgical approach: approaching sociological research as if everyday life were taking place on the stage of a theatre‚ with a FRONT STAGE (public) and BACK STAGE (personal/private). Also important to understand is impression management. How do you manage your image publicly? (public vs. private‚ professional vs. with friends) SOCIAL STATUS * Status:

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    There are many different factors that have to be considered when examining the role of access to opportunity structures in causing crime and deviance. Merton’s ‘Strain theory and anomie’ argues that deviance arises from the structure of society and that unequal access to legitimate opportunity structures is the cause of deviant behaviour. The main point that Merton’s theory outlines is the fact that people engage in deviant behaviour because they are unable to achieve socially approved goals by legitimate

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    From the sociological perspective‚ deviance is viewed as going against cultural norms. In fact‚ Howard S. Becker believed that deviance was not the act itself‚ but societies reaction to said act. Similarly‚ Ervin Goffman added to this by proposing “social stigma”‚ where people disapprove of something creating certain standards for everyone else. Adding to that theory is the Functionalist Perspective‚ which states that deviance promotes social unity. By someone deviating from the norms of society

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    Juvenile Gangs Kaplan University CJ150: Juvenile Delinquency In the United States 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. A member of a gang is known as a gangster. Gang members are typically "jumped in" or have to prove their loyalty by

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    prison is tough so prison inmates form gangs in order to protect their interests. The philosophy of prison gangs is simple. When people unite‚ they are better able to protect themselves. This is the underlying belief which precipitates the formation of prison gangs. Each of the prison gangs that is in existence has a reason for being. They did not just “drop out of the sky.” There are a number of factors which led to the creation of these prison gangs. Prison gangs go a long way in United States history

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    ………………………..8 b) Youth Gangs ……………………………………...... 11 c) Gang Breakdown…………………………………… 14 Why do Males Join Gangs……………………………….... 16 a) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs……………………. 17 Personal Interview……………………………………….... 22 Effects of Gangs…………………………………………... 24 Conclusion and Recommendations………………………... 25 References………………………………………………… 26 Introduction The dramatic change and increase in gang activity‚ has left those to wonder‚ why they do it? Gang memberships provide and

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    One way to use restitution is using road gangs. Road gangs not only provide prisoners with skills to use after prison‚ but also provide an area with a much-needed service better roads - without the high cost of usual repairs (“Paving...”). First off‚ road gangs are groups of prisoners that are trained to use the proper equipment necessary in order to build and maintain roads. The building and maintaining of the roads that they do are the prisoners ways to pay back the community for the crimes that

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    Issue: Gang Mentality America has always had gangsters‚ the mafia‚ and numerous other crime organizations. But now it has gone to another level. Nowadays young Americans are flocking to join street gangs. These street gangs are a way of life‚ both mental and physical. With so many youths feeling like they need to be a part of something‚ gangbanging just comes natural. People join gangs for four primary reasons: poverty‚ peer pressure‚ boredom‚ and despair. Poverty causes a gang mentality

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    committed in and out of prison have come as a result of prison gangs. Prison gangs have dangerous reputations and the deadlier a gang is known to be‚ the more evil it’s members are expected to be. Prison gangs compete for the most dangerous of reputation. Members of prison gangs such as the Texas Syndicate and Mexican Mafia are expected to commit terrible crimes in the name of the organizations cut-throat reputations Offenders join prison gangs for the convenience of power and the benefits of funds and

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