Gangs

Dena Tingley EE-Mrs.Speight 5 May 2015 For as long as there have been good actions and intent in this world, there has also been bad and malevolent intent. Whether by groups of people or a single individual, negative actions may even happen with good intent. In the case of the Mafia however, it has cause negative impact long before the 1920’s. However, there is something about the 1920’s that make the negative impact even more noticeable. Not only did affect the prohibition era it also left…

departments in cities blamed gangs for this explosion, and Los Angeles reported an eight percent increase in homicides from 1991 to 1992 (Hubler). With motivation behind gang life being wildly misunderstood for decades, anything with a connotation has adopted a so-called “bad reputation”. Everything from tattoos to skin color has fallen victim to the stigma and ignorance surrounding gangs. Like graffiti, rap was born in the inner city and crafted by self-professed former gang members. Legends…

the country that no one vacations to. The truth of the matter is that we have well organized and established gangs in America working with entities such as Daesh, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Hezbollah, and others right here in our backyards. One of the major players in this atrocious arrangement is La Mara Salvatrucha, more commonly known as MS-13. MS-13 is a Los Angeles based gang comprised of mostly Salvadorans and people of other Central American descent. They have long controlled the…

early 1960’s to 1970’s was a tough time for my parents but not just them everybody. This was because of all the negative that was around them. There were many things for kids their age to do, and they took the better route in life. Compared to now, the gang banging is not something that you see a lot of today. Both my parents grew up in this time period and my dad has a different outlook on life. The things that are going in today’s society are from when my father was child. It was never an easy…

Economic inequality is one of the primary causes of how gang violence expanded (Honduras Crime”). There are numerous street gangs within Honduras’s suburbs comprised of minors and adults that are infamous for getting others in their area to join by extortion and influencing them by showing them the profit they get from selling kidnapped items. Poor citizens desperate for money will join the gangs in hopes of being able to afford things. Additionally, there is a lack of job…

desperate for money so he can buy food to survive, but he has to deal with the gangs. The other main character of this story is Robert Locke, a sergeant. He is scarred by his thoughts and mind. He just drinks all his problems away. Manny and Robert agree to help each other and they try to survive together. The conflict of this story is 1 man vs an army. Manny has to survive all by himself while dealing with the street gangs.…

During the Civil War times, New York was full of many slums, including Five Points in Manhattan. It was full of gangs, crimes and several bars. It was full of many Irish immigrants trying to escape the Great Famine in Ireland. Five Points was considered one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in New York. This paper will tell you all about the neighborhood of Five Points. Five Points was completely made up of immigrants. Irish people came to escape the Great Famine, and many of them also lived…

Hinton, it is completely normal; in fact, it makes total sense. The novel includes two gangs that were constantly after each other--and not in playful ways. They were very violent and were always willing to hurt the other side; they completely despised each other. Those two gangs were the Greasers and the Socs, and they lived on opposite sides of town: the East side and the West side. However, the two gangs were complete opposites only when it came to their social classes. The Socs were very…

white- collar crimes are both harmful to the society, but they are each handled differently in terms of consequences, media coverage, and background of the offender. There are many types of black and white collar crime and reasons for each such as gang violence and fraud. White collar crime and street crime had 14.1 million arrest in the year 2005. 118,455 of those crimes were for forgery and counterfeiting. The rate of street crime declined slightly from 26.1 percent per 1,000 persons in 2012…

violent countries for women due to gang related violence, female vulnerability and lack of law enforcement. Gang-related violence occurring in Mexico is a major contributor to the country…