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many gang members who sell drugs, indicated that they would not give up drug selling for less pay by the hour, a number of them said they would sell drugs for lower pay, but an increase in hours. According to huff the drugs sold varied from region to region. Gang members were earning as much as $1,000 per week from 30 customers. In comparison those who were not gang member were earning $625 per week with 80 customers (Huff 1998:4) Gang Wars Gang wars are a part of everyday life within a gang.…

Sorrentino, “eighty percent of migrants will be robbed, and sixty percent of migrant women will be raped.” In 2010 alone, 11,333 people were kidnapped between the months of April and September. Many of these abuses were at the hands of the Zetas, a group of gang members, who specializes in kidnapping migrants in order to extort their family members into paying a ransom (Sorrentino). The Zetas are known for forcing migrants off of busses or trains at gun point and then taking them to safe houses…

March 31, 2016 in Montreal, Canada, NASCAR driver Derek White was arrested for claims of being involved in a major tobacco smuggling ring. The police say that the car driver played a key role in the illegal operation that contributed in bringing more than 2000 tons of tobacco from North Carolina into Canada, which also not paying over $530 million dollars in taxes. The Canadian native is also involved with illegal drugs such as cocaine and other vulgar substances. The U.S Drug Enforcement…

through a lot but was still able to manage success for them and others. My father is a proven giant of mine based on the theme of the research paper. I consider my father as my giant because what he went through growing up in the inner-city around gang violence, and the ability to move to a better neighborhood to take care of his family when the poverty and unemployment percentage rate was at an increase in the United States demonstrates the adversity he overcame. What my father overcame…

just simply help them out if they need food, or just someone to talk to about their lives outside of school, like the student who witnessed his first murder when he was ten years old. Another limitation for success is the gang lifestyle. Since these students are placed into gangs from birth, it is all they know. This makes it very difficult to remove them this lifestyle, and once peers and protection are added into the equation, it becomes much more complex. For example, one of the speakers on…

Gentrification is forcing gang members to move out of their neighborhood and making them move to lower class communities. As the article “With gentrification, Echo Park gang members move outside their turf.” By Marisa Gerber. This article is stating how gentrification affected the gangs of Echo Park. Gerber pointed out “So many gang members have been priced out of the neighborhood” (Gerber, 1). Increasing the price of the houses force plenty of gang members to move out. This force the gang to…

of a gang or seeing gang activity in their schools (The National Association of Social Workers, 2011). This statistic alone is an alarming number. Almost half of the students nationwide are witnessing or participating in gangs before or at the age of 18. Now while this is a scary realization it shouldn’t be surprising. Kids who grow up in low income neighborhoods and are surrounded by gang activity have a tendency to lean towards that lifestyle. They would rather wrap themselves up in gang life…

Cycle of Violence in City of God City of God is a film by Fernaldo Mereilles and Katia Lund. The film is narrated by a young boy named Rocket and focused on the stories of the local gang leaders in Rio de Janeiro. Rocket observes countless acts of violence to and from the people of the City of God. Although the plot is driven by numerous individual acts of violence, the film illustrates a cycle of violence throughout the generations. Violence causes death, which incites revenge. Almost…

responsible guardian. It is the loss of her mother or the positive stimuli that places an emotional strain on the young eleven year old child. She lost the stimuli that was of a positive asset to her life and sought to replace. When Cupcake joined the gang she immersed herself in deviant behavior, because she sought to replace the positive stimuli that was taken from her. Second form of strain is when an individual is constantly subjected to a negative stimuli. For Cupcake this came right after…

Theories regarding crime and criminal behavior are as numerous as they are varied. From criminological theories based around an individual’s biological make-up to theories revolving around external forces, such as societal or economic pressures; criminological theorists have found various different ways in which to explain criminal activities and behaviors. Perhaps one of the most interesting and impactful theories regarding crime is one that is known as strain theory, particularly the ideas…