became targets of local gang violence (known Gangs‚ n.d.). As a result‚ a group of refugees created a new gang to protect themselves. This gang became known as Mara Salvatrucha. The name is believed to have been derived from combining the word "Mara‚" which is the Spanish word for "army ant‚" with the word "Salvatrucha‚" which is slang for Salvadorian (Wikipedia‚ n.d.) When Mara Salvatrucha initially formed‚ their goal was to protect themselves from other Los Angeles gangs. Many initial members of
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person‚ place‚ or time period. Instead of just focusing on a single mobster/gangster‚ as many authors tend to do‚ English included stories about corrupt government officials as well which shows both sides of the partnership necessary to the success of a gang. Normally a book is written in a
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Owens have such a hard time accepting his son’s friend’s story? TGC stands for Terrance Green Crew. TGC is a gang that came about from the death of Terrance Green. He died when a gang called S-dub shot and killed him. Terrance’s dad believes the reason behind his son being killed was half bullying and half girls but his son’s friend’s story states that Terrance created a gang to combat the gang that was harassing and bullying them and they fought fire with fire and he ended up getting killed. .
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In a study conducted by Kees Keizer‚ an envelope with a 5 Euro note was placed in a mailbox. When the mailbox was clean and the surrounding area was free of litter‚ only 13% of people who passed by it took the money‚ but when the mailbox was covered with graffiti‚ 27% of the passers-by took the money (Keizer). The Broken Window Theory explains that cracking down on urban disorder will prevent additional crime and antisocial behavior. Proponents of this theory say that it is effective at preventing
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cities a much safer place and equal for citizens. When criminals and gang members disrupt the structure that we live in by not following these set rules and laws‚ we end up in multiple issues. In the story “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding‚ it relates to gang(s) and criminals not being able to abide by the law in our society. To get a better understanding about why gangs do not follow the follow the law‚ we study what indeed gang members do‚ why members choose not to abide by the rules‚ and what
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Personal Perception of Organized Crime In answering this question of what Angie’s personal perception of organized crime‚ it takes me back to the days of organized groups that united for financial gain‚ control over business‚ law enforcement‚ the public and anyone or anything that they could rule. Organized crime brings about change in a community‚ hurt‚ danger‚ and sometimes death. When thinking of organized crime it takes us back to the days of the Mafia. The days of Al Capone comes to mind more
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tarnished past‚ played an influential role in the lives of his fellow friends‚ the Greasers‚ and mostly over Ponyboy. Dally was both the toughness and the anger that existed and held back the Greasers and Ponyboy. Known as the toughest of the Greaser gang‚ with no family‚ Dally felt he could take violent risks. While Dally’s death seemed tragic‚ if Dally had continued in the same manner‚ the lives of the Greasers and Ponyboy would have traveled down a darker path. As a Greaser‚ Dally always acted
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Mexico and South America. About 56% of the immigrants are from Mexico alone while the rest are distributed evenly among South American countries like Honduras‚ Panama‚ and Guatemala. Along with them they bring many different problems such as increased gang violence in the United States‚ and various drug trafficking complications. Drugs are a huge problem; many underground tunnels have been found along the border. Another problem with undocumented immigrants is that they don’t pay taxes. According to
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1. Who is the protagonist in this story--Trevor‚ Blackie‚ or the gang? Who or what is the antagonist? Identify the conflicts of the story. I think Trevor and Blackie are both protagonists. I think that Old Missery is an antagonist‚ because after all the war and destruction‚ it still stood tall and proud. It antagonized the gang to destroy the beauty of it‚ so that it would be no better‚ nor worse than the rest of the town. 2. How is suspense created? Suspense is created by Mr. Thomas’ arrival
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YOUTH AND GANGSTERISM Gangs are an international phenomenon and it as impacted on many countries across the globe. The growth and development of gangs are linked to questions of security‚ housing‚ health‚ resources‚ jobs‚ poverty and above all‚ solidarity. Asalam-u-Alaikum to my teacher and fellow class mates‚ today my topic is youth and gangsterism. There are two types of gangs; street gangs and organised gangs. Street gangs are small-loosely gangs made up of youngsters‚ who encourage on
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