James-Younger Gang

estimate of more than 30,000 gangs represents a 15 percent increase from 2006 and is the highest annual estimate since 1996. Gang violence in America has been a major problem in this country which affects several communities and several major cities all throughout America. If gang violence awareness can be more available to areas where it is most popular and holding seminars and informational classes about what the gang life can cause, then there will be a decrease in gang related activity. …

During the time of the 1970’s, when the mafia became operative again, they were very involved in heroin profits as well as creating an increase in tobacco smuggling. Families were also not as well off at this time and in order to get more money they used kidnapping as a method of fulfilling their families needs. By the time of 1982, the Sicilian mafia had established its authority in the market and had the intention of running an independent distribution network. Once the network had flourished…

Researchers are still debating the best possible technique in which to measure gang membership. However, a growing consensus of the self-nominated technique seems to provide a justifiable measurement of gang involvement. In an article by Esbensen, Peterson, Taylor and Freng (2009) provides a methodological research into the similarities and differences between violent offending and gang membership. This article expands upon three prior publications that of (Howell & Egley, 2005; Klein & Maxson,…

Choose your friends wisely because they could be your fortune, or your downfall. In the Mass Arrest, the police arrests the Zoot Suit “gang” during the dance for the Sleepy Lagoon incident where Henry Rena and his friends were accused of murdering José. While situated in jail, the Pachuco tells Henry to not give up and fight back for his friends and family. In the Zoot Suit play, it shows a conversation between Pachuco and Henry, “Pachuco: Forget the war overseas, carnal! Your war is on the…

Chicago school of criminology is an institution that stems from the end of the first world war. It began as a section of the post-progressive era social science movement. The school marked the stable institution of sociology in the United States of America. It developed as a result of urbanization and expansion of Chicago and the increase in crime rates. The theorists in the institution focused on the changes occurring in the neighborhood. The main school of thought is on urban sociology, social…

experience as I have family that lives in Lebanon, as refugees in refugee camps. Most people would think that those refugees are happy with their lives, as they have a roof above their heads but in reality they aren’t, conflicts arise between two gangs, and the safety of the innocent is in danger. In addition, Jamaica has a bad infrastructure, for example, every meal comes from Miami for tourists, as well as the crime rate is very high in Jamaica and therefore there are big security measures so…

a. Attention Getter: He was one of the world's wealthiest person, most powerful and most violent criminal. b. Background & Audience Relevance: His name was Pablo Escobar. He became one of the world's biggest drug traffickers, the reason why is because as a kid Pablo was always driven and had the ambition to raise himself up from his humble beginnings. And became this drug trafficker in the 1970’s in Columbia. The reason I decided to do my speech on Pablo Escobar is because he is an important…

on so to Julie it seemed like someone was in there. Jim went to Wright’s poolroom and told a gang there to observe the prank that he was about to pull on Julie. After Julie had arrived, she rung the doorbell. No one answered. She rung again. No one answered. Then Jim, who was hiding in the darkness of the stairs with the gang, made a noise, in which Julie would reply, “ Is that you Ralph?” Jim and the gang would then emerge from the darkness and chace Julie all the way home, hollering, “Oh…

What is most striking in the presentation by the National Gang Center, is how all throughout the presentation, the heavy usage of the word community is present. Community is a very strong word, its essence the backbone of every city, every town and country. Communities have certain characteristics in common, in the book My Bloody Life, Sanchez speaks about how the community he lives in is divided and has racial tensions between each section in the neighborhood he lives in. (Sanchez, R. 2000).…

Is it possible for two teenagers to travel the world, evade killers, and find their father that's nowhere to be found? In this book anything is possible. The title of the book is Sharp shot. The author of this novel is Jack Higgins. I loved this book because it has tons of action, an intense thrill, and has a suspense. First of all, this novel has multiple action scenes throughout. Bullets start flying on page 11. “There was a rattle of machine-gun fire from somewhere outside-closer than…