Gangs in Australia

When Captain Alfreddo announced that they were running low on food with more than half a journey to their new home Australia, they would be on rations. The boat continued to bob along in time with the waves. With a small splash against the railing they continued their journey. Her younger brother, was there too. Lorenzo had weak lungs and needed special medical treatment. Australia seemed like a far off place now, with little food and little water, the frosty air and bitter winds, they only…

careful planning sport and academic activities have crime prevention potential. Sport and physical activity can have long-term benefits in the social development of young people. Like as stated before it can help prevent drugs abuse, alcohol abuse, and gang affiliation. It may also have immediate outcomes police and communities may witness an immediate benefit that coincides with the duration of the sporting or physical activity. Communities may see improvement with all the youth being off the…

Cabramatta is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Vietnamese community in Cabramatta developed following the acceptance of refugees from Southeast Asia following the Vietnam War. The refugees had suffered greatly prior to their arrival in Australia. Many had fought, and witnessed the deaths of family members, Upon arrival they struggled to settle into Australian society. Cultural Integration, language barriers, racism, economic hardship, high…

One major human rights issue that has been debated for the past decade in Australia, is the protection and treatment of refugees who land on Australian shores. “At the end of 2015, the number of refugees reached 65.3 million, revealing that 1 in every 113 people are displaced from their home.” This constant rise in refugee number highlights the importance for Australia’s government to move towards better solutions for the management of asylum seekers. This essay will consider the political…

Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia said these words at a memorial for the unknown soldier in 1993. Ladies and gentlemen, every time we go to see an movie with Australian film characters in it, what do we expect? We expect to see an Aussie battler,…

2014). While the standards in which the recruitment occurs have changed, the business practices that the group focuses on being successful as its activity yields $13 billion in Japan alone, and has its foot in transnational activity in the U.S., Australia, and most of Asia with drugs, guns, and trafficking in women for prostitution (Lyman & Potter, 2015, p. 276); the drug aspect is retrieved from Hong Kong and firearms are associated with Chinese and Russian organized…

The story takes place in Australia, as a father goes out hooting kangaroos with his son, into the bush in the morning. By shooting kangaroos, the boy is supposing that he will become an individual, a man. The boy shoots around 4-5 kangaroos, but he does not feel like he has become…

INTRODUCTION Gangs within Australia have a long history since the time of colonisation to modern times. However, there is often a denial in media that gangs have actually not existed in Australian history since the beginning, rather it if it is to be believed, that gangs only started to emerge in the late twentieth century. History has shown the proof of gang existences since colonisation, comprising of convicts who were fighting the law- more commonly known for being Bushrangers; such as Ned…

prison gangs and committing serious crimes. For example, in the movie A Prophet, Malik killed Reyeb, but he never served a sentence for that offense. An individual could leave jail being worse than he or she went in. For example, Malik went to the detention center as a young boy who never knew anything about gangs but left this center as an assassin and a gang leader. Prison assassinations were common in most jails where one criminal mob would murder the leader or members of a rival gang. Drug…

Gangs in Spokane – How bad is it and what can we do about it? In the summer of 1994, I found myself entangled in a lifestyle nobody had seen coming, not even me. I had gone from honor roll student to thug gangster in just a matter of a few months. Life had changed dramatically, from not ever having been in any real trouble, to having multiple run-ins with the law, and an entire police force in the city of Spokane with my picture and vehicle info on their clipboards. I was running with a local…