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Juvenile Gang Problems

a traditional East Coast ghetto. The gang writing on cement walls, criminal samizdat that cops read for news of a planned attack ...

Fundamental Differences in Suburban Gangs

this model in that young people from white, affluent families are now being sucked into the gang culture. Fifteen percent of all s...

Problem Behavior and Social Cognition

In five pages gang socialization and childhood aggression are two of the topics considered in this examination of problem behavior...

Street Gangs, Crime, and Fear in the Late Twentieth Century

This paper addresses the work, Fear of Crime in the Nineties. The author focuses on the effects of street gangs in inner-city are...

Inner City Schools and Survival

In seven pages this paper examines issues such as drugs and gangs that are plaguing urban schools in terms of various research s...

Gang Violence and Laws Prohibiting Loitering

In nine pages this paper presents the pros and cons of loitering laws as a way of protecting urban streets from gang violence. Th...

Gangs and Teen Involvement

This paper consists of seven pages and examines social theories within the context of teen gang involvement. Four sources are cit...

Disregard for Law and Prison Gangs

In fourteen pages this paper discusses how prison gangs blatantly disregard the law in a consideration of member recruitment, empl...

Criminal Recidivism

the adults in his life frequently quarrel and vent their frustrations physically; he, or a member of his family, may suffer one or...

Films and African American Gangsters Past and Present

In a paper consisting of eight pages the African American gangster and gangs depicted in Boyz 'N the Hood and Hoodlum are contrast...

Gangs Explained Through Deviance Sociological Theory

This paper examines in five pages how gangs are explained through an application of the deviance sociological theory that includes...

Gangs and Sociology

This paper consists of three pages and examines the similarities and differences that exist regarding gangs that are criminal, vio...

Overview of Juvenile Gangs

In six pages this paper presents a detailed overview of juvenile gangs in a consideration of their rituals and activities. Six so...

Juveniles and the Impact of Gang Culture

In ten pages this paper examines how adolescents are affected by gang membership and culture. Six sources are listed in the bibli...

Gang Violence and the Anomie Theory of Robert K. Merton

In fifteen pages this paper applies the anomie theory of Robert K. Merton to the issue of gang violence with 5 crucial adaptations...

St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Organized Crime

In eleven pages this paper discusses Minnesota's Twin Cities in an organized crime historical overview that includes Machine Gun K...

Definition of Juvenile Gangs and Their Social Implications

gangs also adopt certain types of hairstyles, and communicate publicly, through the use of hand signals and graffiti on walls, str...

Comparing Tradition and Land Lovers

In 5 pages Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony are compared and contrasted iin order to evalu...

Major Causes of Juvenile Delinquency Overview

our complex world. Lets look at a few of them. Gang membership: Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Caus...

Gangs and California's 'Three Strikes and You're Out' Law

In five pages this controversial 1994 California state law is examined, assessed in terms of whether or not it has been successful...

Gangs and Teens

Sociological theories are applied to this consideration of teen involvement in gangs in a paper consisting of seven pages. There ...

Examining Latino Girl Gangs

In five pages the girl gangs that have emerged in the Latino community are examined in a correlation between membership and juveni...

Scorsese/Gangs of New York

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

The Social Problem of Gang Violence

111). Social conditions become problematic through systems of communication (Charon). This interactionist perspective is based ...

True History of the Kelly Gang

soul it would seem and clearly accustomed to oppression and anger. He represented the people, the Irish people and others who had ...

Types of Terrorism

name from its founders Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof; though Baaders girlfriend Gudrun Ensslin is known to have been the "real...

Reaction: “The Heart Broken in Half”

that adolescence is a time of life that skews peoples thinking. People the age of the Latin Kings have a terrifying illusion of im...

Prison Gangs and Their Effect on Prison Populations

recent national-level data reveal that gang members account for a very small proportion of any individual prison system" (Trulson,...

Street Gangs and Organized Crime

prostitution, and gambling (Bolz, 1995). They also engage in money laundering schemes (Bolz, 1995). This latter focus is the crux ...

Research on Gangs as it Relates to Critical Theory

religious direction in the lives of modern adolescents are factors that impact whether children turn to delinquency and crime. ...