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areas. As this summation suggests, in this introductory chapter, the authors show that this topic represents a much more complex ...
recent national-level data reveal that gang members account for a very small proportion of any individual prison system" (Trulson,...
prostitution, and gambling (Bolz, 1995). They also engage in money laundering schemes (Bolz, 1995). This latter focus is the crux ...
youre that thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid youre probably sitting quietly, trying to wind your thoughts into as tight a package...
not career criminals. While the label does have a negative connotation, it is not the same as calling someone a murderer or a thie...
While gangs are a part and parcel of the culture today, the concept of juvenile delinquency is rather elusive. Many do not dub chi...
reputed leader of a Tamil gang whose pitched battles with rival gangs on the streets of Toronto claimed the "lives of more than a...
soul it would seem and clearly accustomed to oppression and anger. He represented the people, the Irish people and others who had ...
opportunities for city residents (Soglin, 2006). This author reports that studies consistently show an inverse relationship betwee...
feud between rival families of the Camorra crime syndicate" exploded in a small town outside Naples (Israely, 2002, p. 32). The le...
their adolescent years as recidivist delinquents (Scott, 1995). Additionally, a full ninety percent of recidivist adolescent deli...
their vastly segregated social and economic status, leaving the door wide open for resentment and intolerance, which effectively t...
many instances of corporations actually writing legislation favorable to them, though its rarely blatant. Rather, they "remind" th...
The book goes into other companies through history such as the railroad and U.S. Steel. It is a work that examines how the corpora...
The third point turns to scholarship on youth gangs and the fact that there is no consensus as to the definition of what precisely...
(Ebert, 1988). As Ebert says in his review, "`The Accused demonstrates that rape victims often are suspects in their own cases. .....
group originally formed spontaneously, and then integrated through conflict" ("Frederic"). According to Thrasher, gangs are charac...
This research paper presents a brief overview of the history of New York gangs, beginning in the early nineteenth century, discuss...
In a paper of fifteen pages, the author reflects on the issue of youth violence and the impacts on gang participation. This paper...
This research paper/essay pertains to Strain theory and Routine Activity theory as explanation for gang involvement among young pe...
has been suggested that standard theories were used to explain the delinquency of males, and that the delinquency of females shoul...
the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...
In one page this brief assesses the validity of the Gang Congregation Ordinance of Chicago that prohibits public loitering of stre...
there is nothing else "but us" to provide protection, safety and survival for the girls who join gangs. Within those gangs, they ...
where Irish American presence was predominant well into the 1980s. The organized crime studies that discuss connections between n...
gang activity in Los Angeles is to realize how gang mentality universally displayed in this racially and ethnically homogeneous su...
rather rural or suburban, the state has its share of problems. In fact, in addition to boasting beautiful suburban areas, and vaca...
serious when school students try to express their childish reactions in a more violent way (2002). Columbine was noted, but is onl...
by Torrio. Through Torrios negotiations agreements were reached with the other gangs participating in Chicagos lucrative bootleggi...
own wives for 9/11 widows. While perhaps these individuals were not burned out, one can see how someone in a helping profession ca...