Illegal Drugs

and start drawing without it being a bad thing to do. Like Tobar Hector mentions in “Curation In L.A. Street Art,” “Some of it is wonderful and transcendent. And just about all of it is illegal.” That is true what Tobar is saying because drawing and painting on walls that belong to companies and businesses are illegal and especially because someone is doing it without the permission that is wanted. Its also a very risky thing to do coming out at night time to do a drawing that gets buffed in a…

“The Raging Silence” is a prime example for homicide in Philadelphia, and how it not only affects the victim’s families and friends, but also the entire community. The author of this article, Matthew Teague, explains the misfortune of gang and drug violence on innocent lives. Teague touches on the homicides of an innocent elementary student, Faheem Childs and an innocent teenager, Lamont Adams. Both of those boys were victims of gun violence in broad daylight. The criminals in North Philadelphia…

In “Gang Leader Of A Day”, Sudhir took a risk by going to a neighborhood that was full of gangs and drugs addicted. Even though he thoght that going to that dangerous place and introduce himself will finish his research easily, which is not correct because most of people do not trust others in the first meeting. J.T’s and Sudhir’s relationship took a long…

In the book Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and 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…

Youth that don’t participate at school, afterschool activities, sports, etc. are more likely to join gangs. Being bored or having nowhere to hang out gives teens a lot of free time. Gangs usually throw massive parties with drugs, drinking, and violence, giving youth something to do. A teen having a hard time or not understanding school is the number one reason that teens start getting into trouble. A lack of understanding makes students feel inferior and that makes some teens…

avoid being targeted by the government. But by the late 1980’s, the call for democratic reform and the election of officials other than PRI members led to a fracturing of the PRI’s power. Without a strong central authority, the cartel violence and drug traffic grew to unprecedented proportions. “More than 200,000 people have been killed or have disappeared since Mexico's government declared war on organised crime in December 2006.” Another reason for the increase in organized crime was the…

Trying to address the question of why youth join gangs requires the examination of multiple factors, and preferably, multiple theories. Social disorganization theory explains that the place where an individual grows up matters – disordered neighborhoods lead youth to join gangs. Due to its overemphasis on disorganization within neighbourhoods, however, social disorganization theory is not able to assess every factor that causes youth to join gangs. In this paper, I argue that youth join gangs…

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, born on December 1,1949 to a lower middle-class family was a powerful Colombian drug lord and leader of one of the powerful criminal organization. At his zenith in the 80s', he ran and controlled a vast empire of drugs that covered the globe. He is responsible for hundred's of murder and presided over an empire of luxury mansions, planes, his own private zoo and a personal army comprising of soldiers and hardened criminals. Here are 15 facts about Pablo Escobar, a…

Chunking Express is unlike any other conventional film, a drama based movie. The storyline is set up in Hong Kong and represents the Hong Kong citizen and says the usual story of a city life in an unusual manner. The life includes crowds, cops, drugs, smuggling, love, passion, frustration, money, sex where every character as we see has a common phenomenon of loneliness and isolation in their life. The film starts with a voice over talks about the relations we build up every day with different…

any gang member you were still considered as one to law enforcement. As gang injunctions were enforced safety zones were established around the target areas where gang members can only do so much. The injunction forbids members varying from selling drugs or committing vandalism, carrying a weapon or affiliating/disturbing the public view with other gang members, and other legal activities ( jstor effect). The power among not only law enforcement but other powerful organizations such as the…