on offense. I lunged forward and lashed out with my leg at the gang leader. He hadn’t expected me to retaliate and was winded. “You have made a huge mistake‚” he mumbled “Boys... attack the girl!” He hollered. I had been in these situations before. The observing gang members did as their leader said. One by one‚ they came at me with weapons they had concealed. The first man had a knife and hurled it forcefully towards me. I positioned my hands so that the rope binding them would be cut. The knife
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Gangs were first fabricated so that poor majorities in the ghetto neighborhoods could defend themselves against police brutality and outsiders. Gangs also known as sets would gain their name from the area that the gang reside in‚ which could be the street number or street name. Gangs are a class of adolescents and young adults whom possess a common identity and are involved in wrongful and criminal behavior. Majority of gang members tend to be young adults‚ however‚ According to recent trends children
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Gangs are corrupting minds and ruining our youth‚ many teens need to open their eyes and see the truth. A gang could just be a social group of friends and family that just hang out‚ but many of these gangs are involved in criminal activity like murders‚ robberies and drug dealing. One thing all gangs share in common is that they all want to claim territory (Conly) Gangs have been a part of history for thousands of years and their roots run deep into Americas past and culture. (Lewis) Gangs are a
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Chen March 20 2014 Gang Violence and Harsh Penalties The presence of gang violence has plagued the United States for many years. Although it is more active in some parts of the country than others‚ gang violence affects every American: either monetarily as a taxpayer or directly as a victim. Regardless‚ it is a concern of every individual; therefore‚ the criminal justice system has been addressing it for years in different ways. The approach of emphasizing harsh punishments has been implemented
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One of the most famous guitarists‚ Jimi Hendrix‚ once said‚ “Every city in the world always has a gang‚ a street gang‚ or the so-called outcasts.” Gangs are present throughout the United States and all across the world. While some people pretend they do not exist‚ others‚ of all ages‚ are engaging in these illegal activities‚ such as vandalism‚ robbery‚ or even murder. Over the years‚ the ages of gang members have drastically decreased due to being a social outcast or issues with their home life
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Criminology 21 26/11/12 Andrew Quejano Prof. Crystal Rodriguez Title: The Origin of Asian and Chinese Gangs in Chicago ’s Chinatown Attention Getter: “I shall walk into a path with no return‚ with full of rules to die”‚ 我將走入道路沒有回歸以充分規則死 * Reveal Topic: I will tell you some important factors about the Triads‚ I would explain what are they? Brief history about Chicago’s Chinatown‚ types of crimes committed
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A gang is “an association of three or more individuals‚ whose purpose in part is to engage in criminal activity and which uses violence or intimidation to further its criminal objectives” (National Institute of Justice). Gangs are organized as structured social groups‚ being more complex than they might first seem. When criminals come together as a group‚ trouble is bound to occur‚ and these gangs become a powerful force that must be combated. Gangs are well known‚ but how do gangs operate? Why do
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Effectiveness and Constitutionality of Gang Injunctions Ryan Jacobsen* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 GENERAL STANDARD FOR ISSUING AN INJUNCTION .................................... 3 WHAT IS A CIVIL GANG INJUNCTION? ............................................................... 4 HISTORY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GANG INJUNCTIONS ..................
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articles were specific in trying to understand the relationship between ethnicity/race‚ violence‚ and the culture of gangs. Most of them focused on adolescence and creating a way to view how violence‚ defining of ethnicity‚ and other environmental forces cause the gang culture. In the journal Ethnic Identity and Offending Trajectories Among Mexican American Juvenile Offenders: Gang Membership and Psychological Maturity‚ George P. Knight et al. constructed a way to identify and be able to measure the
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Factors Underlying Their Gang Involvement: A Comparative Study in Three Chinese Metropolitan Cities* Ngan-pun Ngai‚ Ph.D.‚ Chau-kiu Cheung‚ Ph.D. ABSTRACT Marginal youth tend to form stronger subcultural values when they engage more frequently in gang activity‚ which also make a difference in their delinquent involvement. The subculture would in turn bolster their subsequent gang participation. Different subcultural values appear to arise differently from gang involvement in Hong Kong
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