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because even though guns can be “banned” or “illegal” there will still be ways for people to get them just like they are getting drugs and other items that are illegal right now, whether it be an everyday citizen that does not feel safe without one, or a gang member that feels they need it to survive. There is still going to be violence with guns regardless of what the law is or what it says. The Second Amendment grants all citizens the right to own and bear arms whether they have been in the…

Drunk people are not the only ones who slur. Hate crimes are typically acts of violence motivated by racial, sexual, and other prejudice. Stereotypical classification is also a main contributor to the acts of aggression known as hate crimes. Racial slurs are acts of vicious slander that purposely single out someone’s differences to make them feel inadequate. There are several degrees of hate crimes that range anywhere from a distasteful comment, to a premeditated murder. Racial slurring is fuel…

unemployment and homelessness. Of course, it goes without saying that constructing this wall and taking these precautions will not completely stop crime. It is true that there will still be gang 's, illegal firearms, and drugs, but the sad truth is many of these gangs originate from cartels, mobs, and other gangs from around the world, and they often times get their products and munitions from their place of origin. By denying these criminal organizations the ability to ship products the way…

A fleeting rush of adrenaline is worth cold sweats in the middle of the night. We inhale them and feel relief, so we kill and maim for them. Despite all the awful things drugs make us do, people keep coming back for more. Addicts rob gas stations, gang bangers push coke across the border and force children to deal. Anti-drug messages are pushed through the education system while parents beg their children to just say no. Drugs are bad. Prominent in human history they are; entire countries have…

“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…

The Benefits of School Uniforms. The requirement of school uniforms has always been a topic of controversy. While many are in favor of the school uniform policies, other people stand firmly against their adoption. Many obstacles make it difficult for public schools to adopt uniform policies, knowing that parents have a lot to say about it, and that public schools have been sued before over the “constitutionality” of their uniforms. However, one should not be discouraged by the amount of efforts…

In A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men, written by John Hagedorn, the audience sees the connection Hagedorn’s makes between politics, socioeconomic status, racism, and it’s unwavering resistance to change. Street gangs are complex and cannot be reduced to simplistic pathologies, especially with the lack of research and unexplored history by scholars. The book focuses on the more social-cultural psychological concepts, stating straight off the bat that street gangs are not apart of “a subset of…

Self- Report Measure Before taking this class I had a very narrow idea of what a self- report survey was from introduction classes. I had no idea that there were strengths and weaknesses of a survey or what one looked like. After taking this survey and seeing the results I could see the strengths and weaknesses that are used in the self-report measure. Also after seeing the results I could see how some people would be afraid to answer truthfully if it were to be used for official police data…

School was their only outlet where they could openly express themselves, especially in their English classes. In his work, And Still We Rise, Miles Corwin shares his one year experience with twelve students in a gifted program at Crenshaw High School, a gang dominated, dilapidated and parlous institution in South Los Angeles, California.…

from Death: The relations between love and worth to death The Outsiders, a novel by S.E. Hinton, conveys death is desired when one has no more to love, or if one cannot contribute to the world any longer. When three characters from two rival gangs perish, the protagonist of the novel, Ponyboy, finds that they had much more in common than he initially dreamed. The first is that of a Soc, a socially elite gangster, who seemingly has a well rounded and exhilarating life before his death.…