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    Gang Risk Factors

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    Gangs in America is a growing and epidemic social problem in the United States (Alleyne & Wood, 2014). Interest in gang activity is not new as research dates back to the early 1900’s (Decker & Van Winkle, 2012). Gang culture and perspective has changed throughout the years as well as the age of its members. Alleyne & Wood (2014) suggest that gang membership in the United States is starting as early as twelve years old. Psychosocial development occurs during the adolescent years and this is the…

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    Party Lifestyle Analysis

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    When an individual is immersed in the party lifestyle, every aspect of their life is controlled, limited and shaped by their day-to-day activities and priorities. The central theme to the ‘life as a party’ climate is experiencing the most amount of pleasure with close friends while retaining freedom from routine responsibilities and commitments. Elements of the party lifestyle include spending time with friends (and committing crimes with them), drug and alcohol abuse, reckless and impulsive…

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    such is in ‘Gang Leader Of A Day” when the main character who is name Sudhir had a research that made him moves to Chicago to begin a new chapter of his life. Sudhir wen to a poor neighborhood in order to do his research on young poor people, but he did not realize how dangerous this place was. After several actions, finally he met a man names J.T, who is one the important characters in this book. As a new person in the neighborhood, J.T did not trust Sudhir from the beginning, but…

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    Street Kids Book Review

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    In Kristina Gibson's Street Kids, we delve into the pathos behind youth homelessness, with a particular focus on queer youth. The capital of homeless LGBT+ youth in the USA is none other than New York City. Neglected and at-risk youth from across the country often flock to the city to find a sense of home and community that was missing from their lives, and to escape various forms of abuse and mistreatment. Unfortunately, many become trapped in a maze of criminality, forced to engage in illegal…

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    Yang Zhaoqing CRIM3030 HW 3 According to the differential association, the perspective is unable to well explain why three generations of Sheldon Johnson committing the crime. They share many similarities and characteristics factors that are pulling them into a career criminal lifestyle. According to the perspective, criminal behaviors are learned sets of skills from one’s imamate group, such as peer group and directly depending on the rate of intensity, frequency, and interaction with such…

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    Tong Wars Seligman Summary

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    Murder in New York’s Chinatown, Scott D. Seligman discusses the lives of Chinese immigrants residing in a suburb of New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout the book, Seligman delves into the quarrels between rival Chinese gangs. The Hip Sings and On Leongs rise in criminal activities led to violent actions that resulted in the deaths of many individuals. Although these individuals acted maliciously, Seligman argues that there was more to the story behind their behaviors.…

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    Ransom Of Red Chief Theme

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    There is a strong theme that ties ransom of red chief and home alone . Like in the ransom of red chief once they kidnapped the kid and he kid did not want to go home because he was having a lot of fun. In the movie home alone kevin wanted his family to disappear and never come back. In the story red chief said aww do i have to go home that is what red chief said in the story. In the movie kevin said i don't want to ever see you again. That proves that the ransom of red chief and home alone are…

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    As one interacts with numerous people on a daily basis, especially is their neighborhood is filled with criminalistics activity, they will learn these behaviors as they get older with the assistance of those around them. These criminal behaviors also occur most in personal groups. For instance, if a child is raised in a home where the parents are continuously doing drugs, they will most likely view this behavior as something that is advantageous towards them. Young criminals often learn from…

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    In the film, it did not show it as a major theme, but there are still some scenes show the conflict. At the beginning of the novel, Pony is a little kid with long greaser hair and plays a role of a outsider of the gang. When the conflict begins, the relationship between he and Darry is still very intense. As the story goes on, he and Johnny kill a soc. Before Pony and Johnny kill the soc, Darry punched Pony which is the climax of the conflict. The problem Pony needs…

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    formation of gangs in Gary, Indiana through either social disorgianazation theory or underclass theory. The films centers primarily around black subculture and gangs. A key theme of the film is that the community must use the same violence as gangs do, if they want to get of the gangs. Original Gangstas was directed by Larry Cohen (1996) and is a Blaxploitation film, a type of film genre that cast black actors in low budget films that would target a black audience, which centers on gang violence…

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