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    Sin Nombre Movie Essay

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    see what caused the people to get into the gangs and how the gangs acted to the people. The socialization theory is shown in the sense that the gang makes people believe that they are a part of a family when they join. The last concept I used was deviance because of all the violence that happened in the movie. DESCRIPTION OF THE MOVIE In Cary Fukunaga’s groundbreaking movie Sin Nombre we see a young man by the name of Willy in the Mara Salvatrucha gang. In the opening minutes of the film we see Willy

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    gran torino

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    violence and gun culture including saving sue and her friend from near death as well as the Hmong saves Thao from Latino gang‚ saving Tao from the Hmong gang also his cousins and for everyone’s greater good giving up his life to save Tao and his family from anymore danger. As sue and her date are walking down the street they are confronted by bunch of street thugs(the black gang) who try to sexual abuse sue and threaten to hurt her date. Walt brings justice to this by standing up to the gangbangers

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    Social Structure Theory

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    get into this prison because it is more like a reward more than a punishment for them. Once sent there they can wear it as a badge of honor. Pelican Bay is a prison for only the meanest and toughest of prisoners‚ mostly gang leaders and such. These gang leaders still run the gangs while they are in prison and are fearless. They come from

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    The factors leading to young generation into gang violence can be explained with the help of The social structure theoretic consider that the gang violence or the behavior of gang influenced from the social and economic impacts to a specific neighborhoods where the citizens are at lower class( Siegel‚ 2010). There are theories that connect the social structure theories and that explain why the people join gangs and how it goes too violence. They are Social disorganization theory‚ strain theory and

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    Juvenile Gangs

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    Final Project Andrew Rodriguez CJ150 Kaplan College Mr. Templeton August 30.2012 Juvenile gangs have become a serious and growing problem in many areas throughout the U.S. It is unlikely that gang control strategies can be successful as long as legitimate economic alternatives are lacking. I will be exploring the possible proactive solutions to this social problem. Juvenile gangs on the street and in prison “Violent crimes committed by juveniles are not diminishing‚ as other crimes

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    Monster Book Report

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    "set"(name for the specific gang) is what drew him into the gang. Once joined‚ he vowed to stay in the "set" for life‚ and claimed that banging was his life. After many years of still believing this‚ he eventually realized that the thug life was no longer for him‚ and that gangs were a problem on society and the "Afrikan" race(page 382-383). In his book "Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member"‚ he tells of his life story and how he came and left the gang life. For thirteen years he

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    Chinese Crime Group

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    transnationally active Chinese organized crime groups in the United States. It is said they only have 35 members in this gang and another 20 members in prison. This group mainly operates extortion and protection rackets in the Chinatown part of New York City. Chinese organized crime gangs are different from others because their structure is different. Chinese gangs have a relationship between street gangs and an adult organization‚ these are called tongs. The Fuk Ching organization has a relationship with the Fukien

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    is due to gang leaders being moved to maximum security prisons instead of being in low security prisons. It also has to deal with the clash between street gangs and security forces. El Salvador has a population of 6.4 million people‚ from January to August there were 4‚246 homicides. Since this act of violence El Salvador has been ranked one of the most dangerous countries in the world in order for this to be stopped‚ the gang leaders should be moved back to low security prisons and gangs should be

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    Gangs have decimated many lives and have caused much economic damage in North America. Despite law enforcement effort the Gangs persists to exist. Attribution‚ snitches‚ and arrests have done little to stop the Mafia. Gangs are able to continually recruit new members. This paper will discuss from a theoretical framework to answer why people join the gangs. Gangs are able to continually infiltrate communities and recruit members because of broken and poor communities that do not have weak social institutions

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    Delinquency Thesis

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    Delinquency’s Relationship to Gangs: A Persuasive Thesis Statement on a study of whether middle class delinquents more susceptible to committing crime and joining gangs. Although many gang members are now coming from middle class neighborhoods‚ not all delinquent teens turn to crime or gang life‚ so how are middle class youth influenced into becoming gang members? The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local law enforcement agencies estimate 1.4 million gang members are in the United States

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