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    Essay On Delinquent Gangs

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    7. Delinquent Gangs: ___ I missed this question because I confused both delinquent gangs and violent gangs in the test. Both of these gangs were violent, but I did not take into account the organization of the delinquent gangs. I believed because the gang was described as delinquents that they would be an unorganized gang with loose affiliation, and have violent tendencies. Delinquent gangs are more organized than violent gangs; because they do more than just fight they are committing crimes…

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    Sheriff Outreach Section The third division I was assigned to was the Sheriff Outreach Section, which provides the youth of Bibb County with beneficial information about various topics, such as drugs and peer pressure. This educational program is known as CHAMPS, which is an acronym that represents “Choosing Healthy Activities and Methods Promoting Safety.” The program was taught at Riley Elementary School. The subject of the lesson was “peer pressure.” Initially, I shadowed the deputy that…

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    what gang they were in. At the beginning of the story, Ponyboy assumed the Socs were rich socialites that owned expensive cars and jumped Greasers, because being part of the Greasers gang taught him that. He later on realized that the Socs were actually similar to the Greasers; their social statuses were just separating them. Ponyboy narrates, “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset” (Hinton 41). He said this in realization that the two gangs were…

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    Greed In Treasure Island

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    by killing other people. These are achieved by being cruel. They have to be fearless and therefore expose themselves in extremely dangerous activities never caring about their own lives. The older people are supposed to be the role model for the Youngers but, in this book it’s the other way around. In the course of their journey they can only protect themselves and evolve by being watchful and greedy.…

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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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    Throughout the novel Looking for Alibrandi written by Melina Marchetta reflects on several issues that Josie Alibrandi faces during her final year at school. The issues she encounters are social, family problems and falling in love for the first time. Josephine confronts social issues by facing racism and cultural differences. She develops family relationships by meeting her dad and further expands her relationship with her Nonna Katia. Josephine falls involve for the first time and faces many…

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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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