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    For these impoverished youth, their culture and the social relationships connected to their culture was the most valuable feature they had. Hip Hop was created in the early ‘70s in the South Bronx out of two key moments: the death of Cornell “Black Benjy” Benjamin and the Hoe Ave peace meeting in 1971. Black Benjy, a well-known youth who was a political leader with the Ghetto Brothers, a music group and gang who were heavily involved in political activism, was killed while he was trying to stop a fight between two rival gangs. After his death, fears grew that retaliation would ensue causing a riot however; the Ghetto Brothers saw this as an opportunity to unite the gangs of New York at the Hoe Ave peace meeting, which brought forth a truce to stop the violence. Although peace was never completely restored, this meeting allowed black and brown kids to cross boroughs safely in order to party with each other and share their culture, music and fashions which birthed Hip Hop culture and furthered the influence of rap…

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    women who went to prison at that time ended up joining criminal prison gangs and committing serious crimes. For example, in the movie A Prophet, Malik killed Reyeb, but he never served a sentence for that offense. An individual could leave jail being worse than he or she went in. For example, Malik went to the detention center as a young boy who never knew anything about gangs but left this center as an assassin and a gang leader. Prison assassinations were common in most jails where one…

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    Gangs In Spokane Essay

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    Gangs in Spokane – How bad is it and what can we do about it? In the summer of 1994, I found myself entangled in a lifestyle nobody had seen coming, not even me. I had gone from honor roll student to thug gangster in just a matter of a few months. Life had changed dramatically, from not ever having been in any real trouble, to having multiple run-ins with the law, and an entire police force in the city of Spokane with my picture and vehicle info on their clipboards. I was running with a local…

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    in a two story house equipped with a white picket fence, children running in the yard with their friends, mom taking care of the house and preparing meals while dad goes to work to pay the bills, and all in all not a worry in the world. As this idea is taught, the ignorance to reality grows deeper and deeper throughout society. With poverty flooding the streets, crime rate sky rocketing, and gangs taking over our neighborhoods, this is the true reality…

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    Tiequon Cox can be classified as a innovator based on Merton classification of people, because he believes in gaining power, and the socially accepted goals to success, but he wouldn 't follow the conformist way of reaching those goals. He instead creates his own way of getting where he wants to be, by being in a gang, killing, violence, and making himself into a badass prison superstar. His goal in life is the same as the goal of Kermit Alexander and other people in the society, he believed in…

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    Cause Of Gang Violence

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    Urban crime along with young gangs have long been an issue of concern to the public. Gangs are often associated with guns, violence, crime and drug abuse. Many factors are attributed to this continuous social problem and there are some strategies for ending gang violence such as suppression and prevention. Moreover, knowledge as a vital element of one’s success, is often required through education. Concerns about the importance of education are not new. Education not only increases one’s…

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    People at any age , sex or economic status can become addicted to a drug . However, certain factors can affect the likelihood and speed of developing an addiction such as personal , family , psychology, community and environment ( To be edited and paraphrase ) . Link drug and crime : In the absence of knowledge about such essential conditions for the relationship between drugs and crime. Bean criticises cosial scientists for using terminology that implies causal connections e.g talk of links…

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    Abstract My research paper is about money laundering in Brazil using the Operação Lava Jato as an example, which is one of the biggest scandals of money laundering in the country. This operation initially started as money laundering investigation, soon enough it unfolds allegations of corruption at the state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro. My paper will be fully focus on the explanation of why these powerful executives and politicians engage in such crime by using Sutherland’s…

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    Essay On Crime In America

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    The crime in Guatemala today is more of a war between gangs and the people of Guatemala. In the USA the crime that is dominating the country are race crimes. Race crimes have been part of USA’s history for years. Today in USA you see more crime between minorities and the Caucasian community. Most of the crime one sees in USA today involves police that take advantage of their power in society. The ambulances in USA unlike Guatemala are really first responders, they will get to their house quick…

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    Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the united states, having been used by 1 in 3 Americans in their lifetime. Cannabis is more commonly used among the young community. Most youth today engage in drug use due to peer pressure, curiosity or a way to deal with problems in their lives. As stated in the justice.org achieves: the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the U.S are gangs; street gangs, outlawed motorcycle gangs and prison gangs. The increasing numbers of gangs activity…

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