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Gang Problems

This paper consists of ten pages and considers the gangs and the social problems associated with them. Six sources are cited in t...

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...

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...

Gang Problem and Cooperation Between Community and Police

familiar with all aspects of the community, even up to the point of knowing community residents by name. The success of community...

Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis Rodriguez

In five pages this book on Los Angeles gang life is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

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...

Values and Women in The Westies by T.J. English

book as a whole, will take a special look at the role of these women, and how they affected -- or were affected by -- the sordid l...

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...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Gangs and Gender Variations

This paper analyzes the gender differences that exist between male and female American gangs in eleven pages. Seven sources are c...

Female Participation in Basketball

can manifest itself in numerous ways, each as tragic and as unfair as the other. Women who play in the eight-team Womens Na...

Gangs and Teens

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

Increase In Downtown Crime: Comprehensive Combat Strategy

Maintaining the peace is no longer an objective to be fulfilled by law enforcement; todays ever-escalating unruly and violent glob...

Chapter Summaries of a Text on Youth Gangs

The third point turns to scholarship on youth gangs and the fact that there is no consensus as to the definition of what precisely...

Nace: “Gangs of America”

many instances of corporations actually writing legislation favorable to them, though its rarely blatant. Rather, they "remind" th...

Gangs of America

The book goes into other companies through history such as the railroad and U.S. Steel. It is a work that examines how the corpora...

John Gotti and Theories of Crime

in the Cosa Nostra (John Gotti, 2009). He stood trial several times but was always acquitted, earning him the nickname the "Teflon...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

opportunities for city residents (Soglin, 2006). This author reports that studies consistently show an inverse relationship betwee...

The Meaning of Tattoos and Body Piercing

The most interesting question is really why people get tattoos or piercings in the first place. Despite claims to the contrary, bo...

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...

Drug Prevention/Delinquency

This research paper addresses two topics, delinquency and gang membership, and drug prevention programs, such as DARE, focusing on...

Sociologist Malcolm Klein on Gang Culture as a Social Problem

This paper examines how Malcolm Klein evaluates gang culture's causes, problems, and what solutions he offers in 7 pages. One sou...

Shanghai and Los Angeles Gangs

This 6 page paper discusses the development of the gang culture in Shanghai and Los Angeles, the causes of such behavior and the c...

California's Inmate Population and Gang Legislation

gang situation for most of the nation has escalated and California reflects those trends. As a result, specific laws pertaining on...

California's Anti Gang Injunctions and Whether or Not They Are Practical

happens is that while gang injunctions prohibit gang-banging activities like vandalism, graffiti, and possessing weapons, the inj...

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. ...

Gang-Rape on Screen

(Ebert, 1988). As Ebert says in his review, "`The Accused demonstrates that rape victims often are suspects in their own cases. .....