Crime in Los Angeles

One of the many popular film Adaptations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is West Side Story, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. This modern day film adaptation, released in October 18th, 1961, takes place in a rundown neighborhood on the streets of New York City. A gang called the Jets, lead by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), find themselves in a turf war with the Sharks, a gang from Puerto Rico lead by Bernardo (George Chakiris) . Tony (Richard Beymer), a former member of the Jets, notices…

Title: The title The Devil’s Highway is both literal and metaphorical. Because the meaning of the title has both literal and metaphorical connotations, it easily captures the essence of the book. Literally, while these men travelled across the desert in order to reach the Mexican-US border, they traveled through the Devil’s Highway. Metaphorically, the title is a representation of how these men went through Hell on earth to get to where they needed to go. These men experienced dehydration,…

prevented from joining the gangs. For the existing gangs, the law encourages them to be transformed into neighborhood clubs so as to help the community in conflict resolutions, intervening and mediating between neighborhoods.so as to completely prevent crime and violence, recreation activities and prevention study programs have been added to the school…

negative consequences. The long-term consequences increase the risk of a criminal record and an adult incarceration. Youth gangs are responsible for many homicides. Research states that youth gang members are most likely are arrested for violent crimes and drug offenses than non-gang members. Youth gangs affect communities and society…

Gangs in the United States have evolved from malignant neighborhood groups into lucrative businesses and brutal vigilantes. Harvard University Professor Roland Fryer concludes the Crack Epidemic fundamentally transformed gangs because the booming drug trade incentivized larger and more sophisticated gangs (9). Similarly, the rapidly increasing opioid market in rural and suburban America explains the development of gangs in those areas (Whalen). Unfortunately, addiction and drug sales often bring…

power and resources (Buchanan, 2014). A member can be attacked for belonging to a rival gang, living in the same neighborhood of a different gang, or to settle an old score between gang members or their families. Sometimes revenge leads to a series of crimes. For instance, if a gang member is killed by another gang, the gang takes the revenge by murdering a gang member of theirs. The revenge chain would usually does not stop there. The…

Trash is a novel written by Andy mulligan following three boys in a non-specified country trying to expose the truths about the murder of José Angelico and the corrupt government. It is heavily applied that it is set in Mexico or somewhere in Latin America but the author will not specify because he doesn’t want to make it about that specific country. The boys are trash sorters in a dumpsite in Bahala one day they discover a bag containing money a wallet a key and a picture the boys then go try…

West Side Story by Irving Shulman is a realistic fiction story that gives the reader an insight into what life was like during the 1950’s in Manhattan. During that time teenage gangs ruled the streets; but none were as dominant or well know as the Sharks and the Jets. The Sharks were made up of the Puerto Rican population and the Jets were made up of the Americans. So naturally tension would rise. This tension would rise to a breaking point in the 50’s when these gangs would declare war on each…

“Police force must be exercised proportionately” (Kleinig, p.91). The Use of Force continuum has been a part of the law enforcement career for many years. This was implemented to allow officers to escalate and de-escalate situations depending on force necessary for case-by-case situations. Officers are allowed to use discretion, partake in different trainings and exercises, as well as go through an extensive, intense classroom and physical academy before deploying any type of force. The more…

The effect that media has on viewers is a topic of great debate and concern in communities all over the world. There has been much research and endless debate surrounding the impact violence in media has had on the viewing public, especially when considering films. This research has produced countless theories and approaches in the attempt to explain what exactly happens to viewers when they watch these violent programs. While there are many debates and approaches surrounding the effects of…