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Over the past 100 years, government officials and scholars in search of a definition for organized crime have performed numerous investigations and studies. According to the textbook “Organized Crime” by Michael Lyman, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), define organized crime as: “Any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities. Such groups maintain their position through the use of actual or threatened…

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States following New York City on the East Coast. This idolized city that many have nicknamed, L.A., rests within the southern region of the ‘Golden State’ of California. Los Angeles is most widely known for its mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, sprawling metropolis, and for also housing a major center of the American entertainment industry. The worldwide popularity L.A. has received, stems from the city being the source of many…

contains information over body appearance. There are two rival gangs in the same town: Los Vatos Locos and Los Tres Puntos. You can tell a gang member apart from the other by their body appearance. Both gangs mark themselves on their left hands with a placazo (tattoo). Los Vatos Locos mark themselves with a “VL” tattoo, and Los Tres Puntos mark themselves with a “3P”, so everyone already knows which gang they clique with. Los Vatos Locos can also signal each other for whatever reason by using…

“We have to clean up our neighborhood, too much trouble prevail. You can hear foul language, you can hear people yell. We have to clean up our neighborhood, violence is all around. So many are fighting being knocked to the ground.” These are words from a poet by Sandra Juanita Nailing entitled “Cleaning up the Neighborhood”. She gives a detailed describtion about her neighborhood, and how it is full of violence and there needs to be a change. Which is true, the changes she includes is…

The book was a very interesting and informational read. The main character’s name is Sudhir, who was a student at the University of Chicago. Sudhir was a sociology student who wanted to research the projects and find out about the harsh conditions the people there deal with. The first time he goes looking for information he stumbles upon a high-rise building that seems to be deserted. Sudhir soon finds out that the building is in fact filled with people. After being interigated by many different…

worker does not reply to email phone calls or text messages. From my experience CSW do not attend wraparound team meetings 7. Five agencies that Eggleston collaborate with to provide services to our clients are (1) The Help Group-3761 Stocker St Los Angeles, CA 90008. (323) 291-5003 Wraparound is an innovative program designed to maintain at-risk children in their homes and avoid placement in institutions or other restrictive settings. Wraparound assists families in acquiring the skills and…

Value, trust and power are the three factors that can permeate in almost every public encounter. In this dispute the value driver the community had was availability, commitment, and longevity. “Our values tell us how the world “ought to be”. They are standards by which we judge events and the behavior of other people and by which we decide what is worthy of our support and what deserves our condemnation” (Carpenter & Kennedy, 1988). The community wanted to see the police was available to the…

documentary of street art that focused on the two street artist, Banksy a secretive artist who never revealed his identity, and Thierry Guetta a French immigrant from Los Angeles whose passion is film making and became an overnight sensation. Before gaining Thierry’s fame as an inspiring artist he became Banksy’s guide in Los Angeles when he need somebody to help him find walls to do his art, a film documentarist, and an inspiration to create his own art. Because of Thierry’s enthusiasm of…

Reaction to the documentary: The Homicide Hollenbeck This documentary is about how gang activity operates in a neighborhood called Hollenbeck in California. The gang members often from poor communities, broken families, and are uneducated because most of them drop out of high school. They see describe the street life as a lifestyle of full excitement and as part of who they are , since most of them join the gangs while they were young and is the only thing they feel like they know how to do .…

The Alpha Job started out as just talk between five mutual friends. The five men shared a common mindset which led them to commit multiple state and federal crimes. Each offender wanted to make money as well as show that the government was corrupt and evil. They felt as if the government was against the common man by oppressing their freedoms. That being said the Alpha Job did not turn out the way it was planned. Now let's look at how each offender and witness played a role in Alpha Job. Alpha…