... a bad day at work makes one miserable and makes him want to fight with whoever is in front of him. Driving is incredible especially after five in the afternoon where everyone wants to go home as soon as possible. Even drinking and driving which sometimes having an accident in that situation can cause dead of innocent lifes. A very disgusting type of crime ... more on the look out even during daylight, however we are of a small population though crime is on the growth. We need to decrease the crime rate by starting from school by education children from early age against crime and emphas...

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• Grade Level: High School

... " appeared in the American Journal of Community Psychology the average gang member has a ninth grade education and 81% of gang members do not graduate high school. The article also states that gang members who do graduate show much lower test scores, more truancies and more suspensions do to violence or drugs. " ... place. When I asked the gangster "Scary" from East Side Trece gang about the importance of education he replied, " Shit homey, just cause I ain't in school don't mean I ain't educated. I"m smart enough to survive out here and make good money. You might be book smart (as he poi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... people have Sought safety by forming groups and the youths of today are still doing this same thing. It can be for many reasons such as an alienated kid in school that seems to be harassed by other students. It could be a child who comes from a broken home and is seeking Not only the safety but also security of belonging. By ... another big thing is the money that can be made in gangs and the image shown on TV and other things. If you ask most kids if they would mind driving a Mercedes or BMW at the age of 20 they would probably say tell me how and this is where the gang member comes in...

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... father passed on and left behind a wife and three children. The family left town and moved to a small remote city near Dallas. At the age of fourteen Bonnie entered high school and was an excellent student even winning a spelling competition. Every though she only stood four feet ten inches tall and weighed eighty-five pounds, Roy Thornton, still decided to marry ... ). Clyde's background: Clyde Barrow was born in Telaco, Texas on March 21, 1909. His father was a sharecropper until he decided to open a service station in West Dallas. Clyde never finished school higher than the fifth grad...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School