Juan A. Resendiz Mr. Harris English IV CP April 21‚ 2011 Hidden Violence The word gang-everyone knows what it means or what it stands for. Of course by the time children get to the end of their elementary years they’ve heard of know gangs such as; the Cribs‚ Bloods‚ Latin Kings‚ Vatos Locos‚ but none of those names cause as much fear and terror as the gang called La Mara Salvatrucha aka MS-13. La Mara known for their psychotic methods of killing and running their turf‚ no other gang comes close
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Criminology 3023 Paper 2 Cari Berlin 3/13/13 1 When it comes to the high crime rate throughout our country we are quick to blame almost everything other than what is actually at fault; but lately the country has been starting to realize what is causing all of the problems and trying to adapt to find ways to fix it. There are many theories for why the crime rate is so high and each of them has many valid points‚ but the two that seem the most accurate are the Social Disorganization Theory and Cloward
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They have poisoned our streets with drugs‚ violence‚ and hateful crimes. I have researched many different kinds of gangs to motorcycle gangs like the “Hells Angels” to the prison gangs such as the “Latin Kings”. Why is there gang violence‚ how does it impact our daily lives‚ and how can it be prevented? Gang violence‚ is the most organized as a well sophisticated crime that comes into play here in America as well as other countries. Founded on March 17‚ 1948 came the notorious gang of the “Hells
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In this essay I am going to write about the film “Attack The Block” and look at how mise en scene is used to establish the film’s themes. In the opening scene when Sam was on her own walking down the dark streets of London the music was quite eerie‚ this gives the audience a sense of suspense as to “what’s going to happen next?” Then as the music continues to play in the background there are lots of children running with fireworks in their hands‚ however‚ it is dark so we can’t see their faces‚
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CJM 407 27 September 2013 Gang and Security Threat Group Awareness When I pulled this web page up I found that it was from the Florida Department of Corrections. In 1992 the Department of corrections started to monitor the level of gang activity within their prisons. They also created a web page to assist the public in education regarding gang violence. While reading‚ I decided to review their question and answer section. Here I was able to review the difference between California Law and
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"Gran Torino" is an American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood‚ and one of the most successful films in the world. It won the "Best Foreign Film"‚ "Best Original Screenplay"‚ "Best Actor" award at 2008 and so on. I believe a good film is made in many ways of aspect skill. At this time‚ I will be looking at four different aspects which are camera shot using‚ dialogue‚ main idea of the film‚ music editing in "Gran Torino" to shows what sort of skill involved is need in a film‚ why do we need them
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MURDER IN THE PARK On the 8th of October‚ a murder was committed in a park on the outskirts of Tulsa. The victim was a 17-year-old boy named Bob Sheldon‚ who was found lying in a pool of blood at 5pm. A woman was taking a walk through the park when she discovered the bloody corpse. She contacted the police immediately. A witness known to be a friend of Bob Sheldon said that his friend had been brutally murdered by a knife-wielding maniac. This may be biased information due to a variety of
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Disney Movies Giving False representations of relationships Disney movies have been around for decades. Almost all of Disney’s movies have a moral or a special meaning to them. Some are to learn what is right and what is wrong‚ and some are to get through tough situations. The most well-known Disney movies are the princess movies. All of the princess movies have a common theme‚ a girl who is not that high up ends up getting the man of her dreams‚ which is usually a prince. Every Disney princess
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Gangs are portrayed on TV and in the movies as if they are totally evil‚ but in reality there are more positive aspects that are not shown. The media only shows gangs involved with drugs and the violence‚ and as a result the media has scared many people into believing that gangs will take over our cities if we do not stop them. The movie Colors and the TV show American Justice overwhelmingly portrays gangs as bad. The movie Colors displays the bad things in gangs like how easy it could be to join
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Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained‚ follows the story of a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) who is on a quest to save his wife after being liberated by a German bounty hunter‚ Dr. Schultz (Christoph Waltz). The first half of the film has many western themes and characters including bounty hunters‚ a sheriff‚ and pays homage to the old western movies. The second half of the film is more a Blaxploitation/revenge film and focuses on trying to create a black hero. The film follows Django who starts
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