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    Many different groups who attempted to use the new Prohibition laws to their advantage but few were ever successful. There were several figures during the 1920s that succeeded in taking advantage of the Prohibition Act. Among these individuals were Dutch Schultz, Meyer Lansky, Salvatore Luciano, and Arnold Rothstein. These men were able to form relationships that contributed to their success and the success of those around them. The unique mindset these individuals possessed allowed for them…

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    1.San Francisco, California Is there a valid argument to this? With San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate bridge, innovative Silicon Valley, and notable cable cars it is the zenith of American culture and spirit. It is also important to note that STANFORD hasn’t even been pointed out. Everything about the city screams: Improve! Improve! Improve! Another interesting fact about San Francisco is that during the Great Depression not a single bank failed. San Francisco is truly the epicenter of world…

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    Address. You addressed the citizens of Los Angeles with valid information and phenomenal numbers of what you have inspired to our city. Hearing you speak was pleasant and assuring that I have such a great mayor who cares about his city so much and that my family and I have a well established city for us and our future. You used a great collaboration of ethic appeal that gave us a background of the things you have done, a great logical understandings of why Los Angeles has improved and why you…

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    Los Angeles County is the most dangerous place in California because of the gang culture that moves around it (Bartholomew, 2015). Cholo, ese, vato are all words that hispanic gang members use to refer to one another. Here in California, Hispanic gangs began to form during the early 1920s or as also referred to the Roaring Twenties. These groups started to form and get together in their neighborhoods or as known as the barrios. These individuals who got together in these groups all had similar…

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    Police Gang Research Paper

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    baggy jeans and long white or black oversized t-shirts, some times with ball caps. You can usually tell what gang someone is associated with by the color of shirt and pants they are wearing. Drug trafficking was spreading out of the streets of Los Angeles which was making gangs become richer, better organized and more strapped. Money was everything men lived for and they did anything to get it, but that does not mean they were smart with it. People who grow up in low income communities are more…

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    Introduction As social workers play an important role in society in order to meet the needs of those with problems, it is the social worker that intervenes in order to better their everyday lives. When a social worker is placed to better the lives of others knowing the ways of living, culture, and their communities becomes a viral part in addressing the problems in order to get solutions. As social workers reach out to the people and explore their customs of living can help acclimate to the…

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    violence and gang related activity which affects the countries major cities. While larger cities and suburban counties expectedly report higher numbers of gangs, there is also considerable variation within each area type. Larger cities such as Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, and Chicago remain the primary locations of gangs, accounting for roughly two-thirds nationwide. Gang violence in Chicago has gotten worse and worse over the years and still continues to grow today. More and more…

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    A movie entitled The Godfather is chosen as object in this analysis. Don Corleone as one of main character chosen as source data. Regarding utterance from Don Corleone this movie presents a numbered of presupposition in various context. Then relation between presupposition and context obtains a certain meaning of an utterance. As considering, statement from Stalnaker who said that context influences content, while content can creates a context because sometimes word that say has a function not…

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    The Outsiders Characters

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    The main idea in this story is to represent all the different gangs and people there were. In this story, The Outsiders, there are 7 boys in the Greasers gang. From youngest to oldest there is Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, Steve, Dally, Two-Bit and Darry. From the book it states “That was the difference between his gang and ours- they had a leader and were organized; we were just buddies who stuck together-each man was their own leader.” This states how each person can achieve and do great things.…

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    Yakuza Case Study

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    Yakuza Organized Crime Group Organized crime groups have long been a part of society and an uphill battle for law enforcement. They are powerful, dangerous, well-structured groups of criminals with a common motive to commit crimes, make money, and maintain their freedom despite their actions. The Yakuza’s in particular are an organized crime group from Japan, and one of the most well-known organized crime groups throughout various countries. In order to understand the Yakuza’s, it is important…

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