Sometimes I believe that we as people‚ specifically college students‚ forget how lucky we actually are. My eyes were opened up to this upon reading Sudhir Venkatesh’s remarkable story entitled Gang Leader for a Day. Through this novel‚ which I really enjoyed‚ I found myself going through an array of emotions. If I could pick one word to best describe the novel it would be a rollercoaster. At points I would laugh hysterically‚ while at other times I felt sorry for people‚ constantly my feelings
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TEACHING ACTION PLAN – PREVENTION AND ENTRY IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM | Teaching plan | Outcome | Learning objectives | Identify some of the risk factors associated with Gang membership.Identify some of the risk factors for juvenile offenders. Identify ways of tackling gang culture and juvenile crime. | Some of the learners already had some prior knowledge of the subject.All learners gained a basic understanding of the subject and made progress in identifying society’s ills.Most made a verbal
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Author: The book‚ The fight‚ was written by Norman Mailer in 1975. Norman Mailer was a post-war book author in the 20th century. The Fight is not a war book‚ like his usual books‚ but a book documenting the historical fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. I have not read any other works by him‚ but if his other book sare like this one‚ i would like to read more books by him. Genre: The genre of The fight is non-fiction. It documents the historical fight between Muhammad Ali and George
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since they have served their time‚ are leaving for home. I now have to make the final decision of either re-enlisting or leaving. I have thought long and hard‚ but I have decided to re-enlist‚ because healthy soldiers are needed‚ I still want to fight for my freedom‚ and because I want to support the inspiring General Washington. I am one of the lucky soldiers who are
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Youth gangs/violence What are gangs? Gangs are a group of organized criminals with more than 4 people involved. I believe youth violence/ gangs has been an up-rising problem for the last 10 years. In 2001 there were only 88‚984 first time offenders introduced into the youth justice system‚ by 2007 this increased by a staggering 21‚842‚ but by 2012 it dropped by 62%. Goldson‚ B and Muncie‚ J (2015) youth crime & justice (pg. 76) Over the years there has been an up-rise in youth gangs and violence
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Sixteen-year-old Jayd Jackson is nobody’s fool. Street-smart‚ book-smart‚ and life-smart‚ she knows when somebody’s trying to jack her‚ or just plain play her--even someone as fine as her (ex) man KJ. And she knows how to survive the streets of Compton. The girl’s got it going on. What she doesn’t know is how to play the game at South Bay High‚ aka Drama High‚ a white school in Los Angeles where the kids keep looking at Jayd like she’s going to steal one of their rides. And that’s just the beginning
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Gang Violence Gangs are becoming a growing problem in American society. More young people are turning to gangs to solve problems in there lives. When youths join gangs they drop social activities with family‚ friends and school. Members fall behind their classmates in school and do not try. A study shows that less than 1% of gang bangers is literate1. Gangs destroy teenager lives and destroy their chances for a good education and happy life. Gangs are now a haven for rats. Teenagers
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Dangerous Gang: MS 13 Imagine a scared little boy wanting to be accepted by a gang. Scared to death‚ he walks up to a group of other boys from a rival gang‚ closes his eyes‚ and starts to shoot. When he opens his eyes he realizes that one of the rival gang members has been hit. Then imagine having to walk away‚ not run‚ because in this gang a member does not run away. All of this is just to be accepted into a very violent‚ dangerous gang. The Mara Salvatrucha gang‚ normally referred
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opportunity for happiness‚ success‚ and escape from otherworldly problems an individual may have faced in their lifetime. For as long as this ideal has been in place‚ there have been those who argue of its existence or its truthfulness. The movie Gangs of New York follows a wide variety of factions existing in New York City in the mid 1800s. After watching this movie‚ it is clear that the “American Dream” gave immigrants a false sense of hope. The prosperity and success it spoke of could only be
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Confusion filled my face as I watched them cry‚ then laugh‚ then sigh heavily‚ then cry some more. It was the same thing every time we came to visit. I asked Katie‚ my sister‚ and Bailey‚ my cousin‚ “what’s so great about boys?” they responded with the most irritating phrase to a nine year old; “you’ll understand when you’re older.” They would talk for hours about how amazing boys were‚ and then about how awful they were. I did not understand it. As I tagged along with Katie and Bailey to the Prescott
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