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Women Victims of Violence in America

because of domestic violence. According to the FBI, thats about 1,400 a year - with most of those killings occurring by what NOW d...

Los Angeles Literature

Chandler was famous for his evocative descriptions of L.A.; the heat and light, the flowers, traffic, noise and above all the vivi...

Anger According to Chester Himes and John Fante

if it jumped straight out of a thesaurus and by reading Nietzche. One employer loses patients with Arturo because he spends his ti...

Politics of Development in 3 Cities

pivoting around issues concerning one Petersons key areas, that is, the politics of development. A principal point of DeLeons anal...

Mike Davis's Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and The Imagination of Disaster

of natural development are interrupted through the introduction of the urban landscape, but that nature inherently responds to the...

Central Los Angeles and Urban Unrest Causes

South Central L.A. that had been the hardest hit (Tucker, 1993). They also indicated that this area had had other problems stemmin...

Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel

no longer in use, but is the subject of controversy. There are those who want to use the site for some other purposes. After all...

Civil Service Employment and the Role of Informal Organizations

In eight pages this paper examines civil service employment in Los Angeles in a consideration of the role played by informal organ...

LA Homelessness

In five pages this paper examines what it means to be homeless in the city of Los Angeles in a problem description, assistance, an...

The Homeless Latino Population in Los Angeles

This paper confronts the issue of homelessness in Los Angeles with a particular emphasis on the homeless Latino population. The a...

Twilight by Anne Deavere Smith

contemporary theaters true innovations, bridges the gaps that exist between such apparently divergent disciplines as drama, journa...

Los Angeles, Owens Valley, and The Water Wars

This paper addresses the nearly century-long conflict between Owens Valley and Los Angeles concerning water access and rights rega...

The Cultural Transformation of Los Angeles

This paper examines two works regarding cultural changes in LA. The author discusses Mike Davis' book, City of Quartz, as well as...

The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo

Yet, incongruously he demonstrated that he can act with compassion towards his family and he loves his sister dearly. It would be ...

Case Study of Community, Business, and Politics

In eight pages Los Angeles' J. Paul Getty Trust is examined in terms of its public organization status, strong political influence...

Small Business and the Importance of Marketing

In six pages this paper examines how the success of a small business such as a Los Angeles based executive gift service is depende...

L.A. and Chicago Gangs

Economic and social problems which have an effect on the creation of gangs in both Los Angeles and Chicago are discussed. Politica...

Los Angeles and New York Law Enforcement Bicycle Patrols

In five pages this paper discusses the training involved and benefits of the bicycle patrols enacted by police departments in both...

Overview of the Rodney King Beating

The Rodney King case and the actions of the Los Angeles Police Department are the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages. Ei...

Media Depiction of Law Enforcement Brutality

has been one of the biggest topics of discussion. It is difficult to ascertain what the truth is with all of the media hype going...

Excessive Use of Force and Law Enforcement

II. Objectives The focal content of this research maintains two inherent objectives. The premier of these will be to examine wh...

Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis Rodriguez

In five pages this book on Los Angeles gang life is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Cultural and Societal Determinism and the Ties That Bind Latino Students

"Hispanic Americans are divided on the issue of bilingual education and its efficacy in assisting student learning. While some ar...

Los Angeles and the American Dream

In a paper that consists of five pages the growth of the suburbs that has become so representative of the American Dream of home, ...

1992 L.A. Riots and the Impact of Socioeconomics

makes South Central Los Angeles such a great place in which to examine whether pluralism is always a valid explanation of "who gov...

Los Angeles and Elementary School Education

there were five things that had to be done for Americas school children. He listed providing a child with "a safe place to grow up...

2002 Resignation of Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bernard Parks

senior lead program that had been established (Gold and Daunt, 2002). This was a program wherein police officers were assigned to ...

Crazy/Beautiful Film and its Themes of Social Stratification and Interracial Dating

indicate a real trend or did producers want to make the unlikely romance more intense by denoting the male protagonist as someone ...

Mike Davis's The Ecology of Fear Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

In five pages this paper discusses the city of Los Angeles and the mismanagement and misunderstanding that have led to its geograp...

Ecology of Fear Reviewed

use federal dollars to do so. Many feel sorry for them. But then there is the other point of view. Why build homes in such a place...