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    Greed In Treasure Island

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    Treasure Island is a fascinating story about brutal murders for the quest of hidden treasures in islands. The pirates attack other ships, they also kill each other and innocent people; the characters in the book is about mercilessness, adventures, resilience and greediness. From the very beginning the young recruits learn about how to be a hero by killing other people. These are achieved by being cruel. They have to be fearless and therefore expose themselves in extremely dangerous activities…

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    The Prevention of Gang Violence In Chicago In the last 20 years Chicago has been ridden with gangs, crimes, homicide, fatal shootings, and devastation due to the loss of innocent lives. Our streets are no longer safe to walk in, children can not experience the comfort of playing in their own back yards, or walking to school. Police enforcement are turning their back to certain areas of the city because ¨they are far too dangerous.¨ The Wall Street Journal, an international newspaper based in…

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    Youth Involvement In Gangs

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    Unique Parkinson Bruce Stout Criminology Senior Capstone 04 November 2016 Rough Draft: Youth Involvement in Gangs Gang members are known for being hardened law breakers with little to no regard for human life; to think of an adolescent being a part of a group with such a reputation can be quite unsettling. Youth gangs contribute heavily to juvenile crimes but, instead of being helped and possibly rehabilitated with community-based or court referred programs they are often either given a “slap on…

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    expands her relationship with her Nonna Katia. Josephine falls involve for the first time and faces many ups and downs in her relationship The novel Looking for Alibrandi was written in 1993, during this era there were many social issues throughout Australia. Melina Marchetta focus’ on these issues in her novel because of the racism, cultural differences and sexism. Italians were often provoked by Australians of English descent. The racism involved anti-Semite remarks, discrimination and that…

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    “Things do not change; we change”(Henry Thoreau). This quote relates to transcendentalism because in the movie Dead Poets Society each character goes through a change that changes them for the better. The movie Dead Poets Society is about a group of students who have a teacher who is different from the teachers at their boarding school. Mr. Keating uses different methods to teach his students. All the boy’s face a lot of pressure from their parents. Then one day the come across the Dead Poets…

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    Social Ecology The term social ecology of victimization refers to “violent crimes are more likely to occur in open public areas during daytime or early evening hours”(Dreyfuss, 2017, Crime Theory/ Victim PPT, Slide 9). It is also stated that “inner-city inhabitants have a greater chance of being victimized than suburbanites” ((Dreyfuss, 2017, Crime Theory/Victim PPT, Slide 9). Individuals were not safe to travel alone at night as they were likely to victims of rape. Social disorganization…

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    The social bond theory, which was introduced and elaborated by Travis Hirschi, attempts to dive deep into the ongoing topic of delinquency in young men. Hirschi takes the research put together by other sociologists, analyzes them, and attempts to try to answer the important questions that surrounding the behavior of delinquency. This research is composed of four main elements that play a role in the psyche of a delinquent when confronted with a decision. Those elements are: attachment,…

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    In the book, Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, Rios argues about the problems that have continued to plague the urban America. These include the problems minority children who grow up in poverty, join the gangs, break laws and end up in prison. Basing his book on a three year study of minority youths who have been in juvenile facilities, watched their friends and family go through the same, Rio seeks to gain a comprehensive insight into the lives of these youth. Through this…

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    Book Review Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders Criminal Justice 370 Cornada McLester Mercer University Abstract This is a book review on killer clown. The John Wayne Gacy Murders. The author this book is Terry Sullivan with Peter T. Maiken and this book was published by Pinnacle Publishing Corp. they are located on 119 west 40th street New York, New York. Killer clown the John Wayne Gacy Murders was first copyright in 1983 and then again in 2013. Updated with the latest DNA…

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    1. Story Summary A. The Background of my charging the narcotics trafficking case. B. The initiative analysis of the criminal. C. Searching more information. D. Arresting the criminal. E. The conclusion 2. Arresting the criminal Through analyzing the behavioral pattern. A. The Background of my charging the narcotics trafficking case. The case was the narcotics trafficking crime which happened in January, 2017. An investigator of other teams was in charge of it in the April,…

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