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city" (Duke, 2000, 3). Most people became familiar with such locations during the 1960s and 1970s when the so-called "white flight...
arrest histories. Background In an effort to prove that the literature is biased when reporting...
(Ebert, 1988). As Ebert says in his review, "`The Accused demonstrates that rape victims often are suspects in their own cases. .....
in the Cosa Nostra (John Gotti, 2009). He stood trial several times but was always acquitted, earning him the nickname the "Teflon...
Maintaining the peace is no longer an objective to be fulfilled by law enforcement; todays ever-escalating unruly and violent glob...
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...
national media fascination with the Crips and the Bloods ensured that gang formation would increase and soon be represented throug...
Woodson (2001) presents some startling statistics about the world into which American babies are being born in these opening years...
111). Social conditions become problematic through systems of communication (Charon). This interactionist perspective is based ...
closely at how and why the dam was built. Glen Canyon Dam One of the most powerful elements, or perspectives, in...
of the reasons behind crime. One such theory is social organization theory, which investigates the contribution of community socia...
proven detrimental to all Los Angeles communities that become caught in the crossfire of racial discord. So prevalent is the viol...
contend, is fueled by nothing but a lot of "hot air and rhetoric" (Berry, 1995, p. PG). The cycle is not difficult to comprehend:...
understand that theirs is a life of devastating poverty and extreme hardship, a life which bears little resemblance to that most o...
that empower adolescents with the ability to resist peer pressure to join gangs". It does so in an approach that encourages behav...
serious when school students try to express their childish reactions in a more violent way (2002). Columbine was noted, but is onl...
that accounts for gang activity. By studying some of the biggest gangs in the nation, especially those in Chicago (The Latin King...
topic of controversy ever since the group came on the scene in the early 1950s. While members of the gang claim they are simply mo...
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...
traditions and societies" (Said, 1979, pp. 45-6). Nakashima (2001) touches upon an issue that has long eluded multicultural...
extent of freedom. With more and more populations becoming indigenous by virtue of their longevity in America, a blending of cult...
laborers, domestic servants, families - all made the monumental decision to search out a better life. Regardless of the quest for ...
This paper consists of five pages and contrasts and compares the socioeconomic, historical, and ideological factors associated wit...
This essay uses research to discuss the experiences of African Americans who enlisted in the British army in order to obtain their...
In eight pages this research paper examines David Snow and Leon Anderson's 1993 text Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Stree...
This 3 page paper analyzes an article from the Wall Street Journal entitled Brokers, Insurers Queue Up for Thrift Charters. Thrift...
In ten pages this paper discusses the ethnic communities in America and their religious experiences as presented in 'Go Tell It on...
In five pages this research paper considers the urban revitalization efforts of Philadelphia's South Street. Four sources are cit...