... who enter her neighborhood are terrified of being mugged or murdered. She learns about racism and its impact on the people in her neighborhood. She is cantankerous towards individuals who avoid her neighborhood for fear of being mugged. She comes to the realization that she feels the same way with other poverty stricken communities. She is also is afraid to go to other neighborhoods similar ... to hers because of the same reasons that people avoid entering her neighborhood. So in essence, she gets judged in the same way that she judges other individuals. Analysis The sole purpose of thi...

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... who enter her neighborhood are terrified of being mugged or murdered. She learns about racism and its impact on the people in her neighborhood. She is cantankerous towards individuals who avoid her neighborhood for fear of being mugged. She comes to the realization that she feels the same way with other poverty stricken communities. She is also is afraid to go to other neighborhoods similar ... to hers because of the same reasons that people avoid entering her neighborhood. So in essence, she gets judged in the same way that she judges other individuals. Analysis The sole purpose of thi...

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... , ran inside to grab what they could to keep for themselves or sell for profit. As one would think nowadays the first priority, when a house was burning down, would be to put the fire out. However when "gangs" of firefighters showed up to put out the fire, their first priority was to fight for power of the street. Jenny in the movie, who falls in love with Amsterdam, also steals ... for profit. She is a smart and intelligent pickpocket. With the Civil War taking place there ... were many casualties, as shown in the movie ... ...

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... the boy who told us the story about his gang. There were several conflicts in this book, but the main one was Ponyboy's struggle with life. His brother was really overworked. Therefore, he took his stress out on Ponyboy. In the end Ponyboy had to face the death of two members of his gang. The main secondary characters were the other members of the gang. Johnny was the "pet" of the ... gang. Dally was the "tuff," troublemaker. Two-Bit was the master mind thief and sneak. Ponyboy ... four year old brother. Cherry and Randy were secondary characters also. They were "Socs" 's member who were...

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... , more infamously known as the nightstalker, was a serial killer who haunted the city and suburbs surrounding Los Angeles, CAlifornia, in the 1980's. Ramirez grew up in El Paso, Texas. He was the product of a hard working Mexican family. His father was a police officer, and his mother a home maker, who would knit scarves and sweaters to sell on the street for some extra income. He was the youngest child. He ... had one sister and one brother. Ramirez's teachers described him as a quiet young man who kept to himself and turned his homework in on time. Classmates described Ramirez as a lon...

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... real result. No set has yet been able to establish dominance over the Gangster Disciple. Hoover's attempts to regain control by arguing the G.D. as a legitimate organization has been snubbed. Hoover contends that G.D., as they are known on the street, actually stands for "Growth and Development." He claims that his gang has gone straight and ended the days of violence and drug trafficking. Many believe that these attempts ... have been directly modeled after Al Capone who operated soup kitchens during the height of the Great Depression. Legitimate or not, Hoover's 150 year sentence with...

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... city thug who has just murdered a rival gang member? Both men are criminals, but which one's actions are more detrimental to you? Street crime is far more dangerous than white collar crime. It is rare that you turn on the news and not hear a single story about a murder, rape, or some other kind of deviant behavior. Violent crimes are happening every day making ... have emergency call boxes scattered all over campus in the event of an attack, help can be quickly summoned. Also, in inner city hotels, a cord is installed in every shower that calls for police help in the event of an attack....

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... too many criminals committing to many crimes. This causes over population in prisons all across the country. Which is dangerous for the inmates as well as the corrections officers. This is not a modern problem it has been going for centuries, same problem different day as they would say. Sometimes they would ignore the problem but now a days they build new prisons yearly to try and keep ... the over population to a minimum . Which if you ask me is a good idea, the little extra taxes wouldn ... , be safer, and create jobs within these facilities is fine by me. No other country in the wor...

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... education and pride in ones communities as well. In the lower economic neighborhoods, many resort to crime for financial reasons. Members of the community sell drugs or rob as means of support. These deviants do not inflict these crimes on neighborhoods other than their own. This is the major reason why street crime is so harmful. The members of society through their illegal actions are destroying society ... being a victim of crime. This individual fear can lead to indirect victimization, that on society as a whole. This is evident in a neighborhoods loss of economic development and cr...

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... betrayed her and led her even more deeply into sin. And so her love turns to hatred of the betrayer. Love has little chance of surviving against the intensity of her concern for her own purity and clarity of conscience. For her there can be none of the excuses that we might make: that she did not intend wrong-doing, that she was led into ... confirm her in what he claims is her madness, she believes she is left with no other option than to accuse him of being an impostor. When Bertrande sees that the result of her actions is a death sentence for the man she once loved, she is appalled. ...

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... violent offenders, because both of these acts were aggressive. The information for this investigation was gathered from 91 inmates and their court files. In the study conducted by Hanson, Scott, & Steffy (1995) differences were found between child molesters and violent offenders. The child molesters in most cases were older than the offenders of violent crimes, and they were also less educated ... such as assault and battery usually are very uncontrollable and very aggressive. Levesque (1994) learned in his study the relationship of the victim was a key factor in molestation. For a femal...

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... regular patrols in a squad car. In order to serve the community better the officers must become a part of that community in which they work. If the community is more open and willing to share information to the police about what is wrong in their neighborhood it will be easier for the two to come up with a solution to the problem rather than just react to a situation. Any ... member of the community would feel a lot better talking to someone they know as ... Joe Smith instead of just that officer or Mr. Policeman. The question should not be do we need community policing, but why ... ...

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... society. There have always been gangs but today they pose their greatest threat. Gang activity can range from simple graffiti to first degree murder. It seems that the gang related acts of violence reported on the news daily are getting more brutal now than ever. We as a country and as individual communities need to act now and employ anti-gang programs and strategies ... that will prevent our youth from throwing their lives away like they have been doing so frequently over the past decade. Juveniles across the world join gangs for many different reasons. They ... designated geographic...

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... not happen less, it is just less heard of. White- collar crime is covered up more than street crime by the media and authorities (the ones that are revealed). Professor of philosophy Jeffrey Reiman contends, "A focus on street crimes is little more than a cover-up for more serious crimes such as pollution, medical malpractice, and dangerous working conditions that go uncorrected". (Taking ... Sides; Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Crime and Criminology by Richard C. Monk, pg.54) I agree that white- ... collar crime is just as, if not more important than street crime. The term ...

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... mind, there are things in life which some people consider normal and others do not. For example, In Europe it is it is a common law to drive your vehicle on the left side of the street. That is a normal, and standard process. If some one was to drive on the left side of the street in Mid-America, that would be considered deviant. Does that mean that someone who ... is driving on the left in Europe is wrong considering the by-laws of that country or are we the ones deviating from what would be ... of Prohibition, when a man would kill another man to keep his alcohol abundance in stock, ...

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... just didn't dig each other. I could never please him." Though he is a member of the gang, he dislike the fights or "rumbles" with the rival gang, the soc's but he is still loyal to them because they are a quite close knitted gang. "When you"re a gang, you stick up for the members". Ponyboy, unlike the others, is bright and smart. He's good at school, and has a talent ... for running. He "digs" sunsets, likes watching the movie alone, and reading. Though he may have the brains, he doesn't think before acting and sometimes it gets him into trouble. "You don't ever ... , sensitive person t...

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... market. Many are still considered missing, as they are victims of these kidnapping crimes. Alicia comes to suspect her husband may have bought Gaby on the black market. He denies it at first, but when a woman comes to Alicia with pictures of her daughter and son-in-law, Alicia comes to realize that Gaby may be ... he could have very well kidnapped someone, forced them to have Gaby and taken her and given her to Alicia. Gaby never knew she was adopted and they never planned on telling her. She would not have understood anything her mother was going through because she was too young. I t...

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... beating by five members, T.O.S.(Terminated on sight)- DEATH. The Latin Kings was reformatted in 1996-1999. In 1991 the trial of Luis Felipe and Antonio Fernandez who at the time became the top men to answer to kneeled with other kings and established that it was time for a change a fresh start where they transferred from a national street gang to a national street organization. Latin Kings and queens started ... appearing in many political demonstrating to support the Latin community. And to make sure they stay on top of the many issues they have monthly meetings at St' Mary's Episcopal ...

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... , currently living in an empty house outside of town that he was preparing for the new owners yet to move in. "Let's go back there for a cocktail and a swim," he asked Tony. Tony reluctantly agreed. And then a night of abstract weirdness began. Outside, they got into Brian's gray Buick with an Ohio license plate. They headed north on Meridian Street until it changed into US 31 ... finally turned off the highway somewhere past 121st Street, made several more turns, and then they entered a quiet area dotted with expensive new homes and horse farms, set off by split-rail fences. At an aspha...

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... City, it's foreign language, it's impoverished people, it's pollution, and it's frightening crime rate. Wherever I went in Mexico City there were always people begging me for money. Often there would be children or families sleeping on the street. I felt bad when I had no money to give them because they looked so poor and destitute. Fifty percent of Mexico City's population is very poor and ... was Mexico City's air. After being in Mexico for awhile I became acustomed to it like a stale perfume. The cars in Mexico City generate a lot of pollution and so do smokestacks from factories. I ...

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... apathetic towards him - but so obligated to destroy his house. The fuel behind their action was comprised purely of a greed for fame. The boys used Old Misery as their victim to forego their vicious crime. Trevor, known as T., was the ruthless mastermind behind the whole scheme, and throughout the story he appeared to be the leader of the gang. Blackie, the branded leader, became a pseudo-leader of sorts, as T. took ... , everyone agreed with him, otherwise they would be considered soft. The amount these boys destroyed was tremendous. Perhaps living in a city that had been bombed and lef...

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... as an experiment. It is believed that if students were made to wear uniforms the crime and discipline in public schools would decrease. The truth is there are no hard facts to confirm those allegations. For that reason, uniforms should not be mandatory in the public school systems. Some arguments against the enforcement of school uniforms are that uniforms are just an extreme measure of ... have prevented or lessened any of these tragedies. The idea that they could is not based on facts but pure opinions. Unfortunately school violence happens way too often and everyone is desperate for w...

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... gasps of air. A blade was held against my throat," said Ponyboy Curtis, who was attacked on the street on his journey home. It was not out of the ordinary for a "Soc" to attack a "Greaser" in this way, although Pony was still not anticipating it. There is also domestic violence in which the prominent victim is Johnny Cade, 16; "We were used to seeing Johnny banged up - his ... he believed in. For example, when Dally was being rude to Cherry and Marcia he said, "leave her alone Dally." The "Greasers" in a way represent the disciples and the 3 brothers represent the holy trinity. Darry be...

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... unpaid mortages or taxes. Banks reclaimed the homes but did not maintain those homes properly. Uncut grasses, broken windows, trash on the lawn, etc. Those vacant properties are nearly destroyed due to weather and criminal act. Some people may have entered the homes for prostitution, drug selling and even ... residents left due to lack of maintance of buildings, which makes that neighborhood look poor or unpleasant. Many people who are searching for hew homes look over Englewood because of those circumstances. If those banks were to tear down those houses and create section 8 homes ... ...

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... form of government had to be established to keep everyone unified. The group decided they needed a leader. Some thought that Jack should be the leader since he was the oldest in the group. Others thought that Ralph should be the leader since he was already the colonel. Ralph was elected leader since he was the leader at the military school where they were all enrolled. Jack believed that ... everyone should have the liberty to do what he or she wanted without being reprimanded for it. He decided to be a rebel against what Ralph ... . Others got tired of Ralph and all of his rules and de...

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