...Compare and Contrast Essay Liberty University Character/Plot/Structure Outline I. Introduction to the Conflict/Plot/Structure II. Destructors a. Conflict of Trever vs himself b. How did the conflict unfold and the characters affected. c. How are the conflicts concluded? d. The effects of the reader III. The Rocking-Horse Winner e. Conflict of Paul vs his mother f. How did the conflict unfold and the characters affected. g. How are the conflicts resolved? Does the protagonist succeed in achieving their goals? h. The effects of the reader IV. Conclusion The conflict of The Destructors by Graham Greene and that of The Rocking-Horse Winner had some similarities and differences in regards to the conflict, plot, and structure. Both display a very invigorating tale and a mystery regarding the conclusion of each story. These shorts stories were both about children who did not have an understanding and were naïve to the ways of the world. Each displayed a very disturbing outcome and some more than others. The conflict lead to a surprising turn of events displayed itself as the stories were depicted. The Destructors by Graham title clearly described and assisted the reader in the series of events to come. One is lead to assume that in some way or form destruction will take place. The conflict that leads to the destruction is the internal turmoil going on with (T) Trevor. He was upset about his...
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...Future of Policing CJS/210 June 10th, 2013 There are many trends that are currently affecting policing in today’s society. Police officers have to deal with different issues that come their way like human trafficking, drug trafficking, and many of gangs. The many trends that police are dealing with are getting worst by the minute. Trends that are currently affecting policing are human trafficking, gangs, illegal migrations and drug trafficking. Sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and unknown labor all fall under human trafficking. Federally funded human trafficking task forces opened a total of 2,515 suspected incidents of human trafficking for investigation between January 1, 2008, and June 30, 2010 (BJS, 2013). Out of the 2,515 of human trafficking sex trafficking had the most incident totaling at 2,065. Sex trafficking has become a trend that the police cannot stop. There are so many people out there kidnapping runaway victim to make money. They are having young runaway victim sell their body for their personal gain. In the street police officer like to call them pimps or madams. Pimp is a man who solicits for a prostitute or brothel and lives off the earnings. Madam is a woman who runs a brothel. Labor trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Labor trafficking includes situations of debt bondage, forced labor, and involuntary child labor. 350 were labor trafficking cases...
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...In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, a character named Johnny is a very important friend to his gang. Johnny is a great character to choose because he plays a large role in the lives of the people around him. Johnny is an uncommon person to find. He has characteristics that are hard to discover in someone, especially a guy. Readers will identify this because his personality traits are unique and is easily likeable. This book is well written. In a way it is relatable because everyone has their friends that they hang out with, like the gang. They stick together and stand up for each other but there is always someone who seems to not like everyone but still may need them in their group. Maybe only for rides to hockey practice or to help fight in a rumble like in the book. They seem to like each other in the end though, they might not admit it to anyone, or even themselves but at the end of the day they like and need each other. At the start of the novel, Johnny is scared at so many things. He is one of those boys who “jumped at their own shadows.” (Hinton, 179) The Socs ganged up on him and beat him up. “Soda reached him first. Johnny was lying face down on the ground. Soda turned him over gently, and I nearly got sick. Someone had beaten him badly. We were used to seeing Johnny banged up- his father clobbered him around a lot, and although it made us madder than heck, we couldn't do anything about it. But those beatings had been nothing like this. Johnny's face was cut up and bruised...
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...Organized Crime Families: Organized crime is the widespread criminal activities, such as prostitution, interstate theft, or illegal gambling, that occurs within a centrally controlled formal structure. The structure is called organized crime families, gangs or mobs, they are the people and the groups involved in criminal activities and are sometimes called underworld organizations. Their criminal activities are international with members and affiliates in Canada, South America, Australia, and parts of Europe. They are also known to collaborate with other international organized crime groups from all over the world, especially in drug trafficking. The major threats to American society posed by these groups are drug trafficking and money laundering. These groups don’t limit themselves to drug running, though. They’re also involved in illegal gambling, political corruption, extortion, kidnapping, fraud, counterfeiting, and infiltration of legitimate businesses, murders, bombings, and weapons trafficking. These groups are highly organized and everything is built upon structure. The structure of these groups are very complex but easy to understand throughout the remainder of the paper each level of the structure will be described and each position will be explained. The lowest on the scale is the Associates; they have the least amount of power within the group. They do the real dirty work. Associates are not made guys; they just hang around with the crew. They often...
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...The effects of Gang Violence Gangs have been around since the beginning of time. Humans have always banded together for mutual protection and support - and to better dominate others. Gangs have always provided a way for people to more effectively get what they want, especially if it comes to force. And weaker members of society gravitate toward gangs that they feel can offer a sense of community and protection from others. But today were going to reflect on the effects of the most modern gangs. I watched the movie “Boys In The Hood” Directed by John Singleton in 1991. And it was an onscreen representation of what takes place in the urban areas of our country. Street gangs in the U.S. arose with Italian immigrants related to the Sicilian Mafia and others. These street gangs in New York City stole and killed to get what they wanted. One of the most famous street gang members was Al Capone, who later moved to Chicago in 1919 to help keep the other gangsters in order. Street gangs of this type were quite popular in the 1920s and 1930s.Gang Violence as we know goes beyond racial barriers, but it more vividly affects black and Latinos in America. I have chosen this topic because I have witnessed the effects of gang violence culturally, socially, and personally. It’s no secret that even St.Louis, MO is well known for gang violence. I don’t condone gangs but there are key factors that give reason for its existence. Gangs today have similar practices of creating their own sub-language...
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...sexual preference are not as public and it is mostly because of the topic itself. The article I chose to write about was related to a heinous crime against three people because of their sexual preference. The Collegiate Times wrote this article on October 13, 2010 about nine members of a notorious gang in New York who committed vicious acts against three men because of their sexual preference. The gang members belonged to the known Latin King Goonies gang primarily based out of the Bronx, New York. They had a male individual that was a possible recruit to the gang but later found out that he was homosexual. Once they found this information they lured him into an abandoned apartment and severely beat him and tortured him for hours. The same gang members then went outside and found a 30 year old man with his 17 year old boyfriend and took them back to the same apartment and brutally beat, cut, and committed severely other atrocious acts against these two innocent victims. The gang members then went to the older male’s brother’s house and robbed him and beat him as well. All these acts were committed just because the gang members had hate for homosexuals. This was no gang vengeance or gang war these were innocent victims who preferred to be with the same sex and for these reasons they were violated. The case shows how hate can make a human treat a different human like an animal. To me a hate crime is defined as a crime committed against someone else or their property...
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...profit in the fastest way possible. The Armenian Power is prevalent in the Los Angeles area participating in mostly white collar-crime. This organized crime group is involved with kidnapping, bank fraud, credit card theft, and numerous other technology criminal acts. This group has proven to be a powerful and dangerous group, stopping at nothing to reach the goal they set out to obtain. Determine the group’s national and multination structure and operation methods, pertaining to the drug business. The organized crime group known as the Armenian Power or AP was “formed in the 1980s by Armenian immigrants and others from former Soviet-bloc countries as protections against other ethnic gangs in the neighborhood” (Kandel, 2011, para. 3). The AP crime organization began as a gang and still has gang affiliations that include individuals classified as Armenian Power Associates and not members. The criminal enterprise consists of approximately 200 members who include Armenian Americans, Armenian immigrants, Soviet-bloc immigrants, and Hispanic members. The AP’s list of criminal activities include; defrauding “patrons of 99 Cents Only stores out of millions of dollars (credit and debit card fraud), kidnapping, identity theft, mortgage fraud, gun violations, extortion, gambling, and drug trafficking” (Kandel, 2011, para. 6). The AP is known for technology crimes, but they also trafficked and distributed large amounts of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. The Armenian Power is a legitimate...
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...The absence of privacy is a deliberate punishment, lavatories are within the individual cells are within three feet of the individual’s cellmate. It is difficult if not impossible for an inmate to be completely alone during incarceration, there are only three places an inmate can be at any time, his or her cell, the common housing area, or on the yard (Foster, 2006). How does prison environment influence institutional management and custody? There are many cliques in the prison environment generally separated by race or gang affiliation. These cliques influence the institutional management and custody in a variety of ways. General management and daily interaction of inmates must be respectful and sensitive to the race factor. Strategies were developed to combat prison gangs, these strategies include; segregation, isolation of gang leaders, jacketing or labeling and categorizing gang members for intelligence purposes, deprogramming, and placement of gang members in high-security prisons. Special corrections officer response teams were formed to manage inmates. These teams are known as Special Operations Response Team or SORT teams (Foster, 2006). What changes to prison environment(s) would you suggest to improve institutional management? Changes to improve institutional management in my opinion cannot simply be suggested at the institutional level, I believe changes must occur at all levels of the correctional system. “Facing at least the possibility of the entire prison...
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...the norm of this place we live, which is “society”. One opposes this view that “Young public leaders are usually less effective because they have so little experience”, due to which public sphere they interact in. The definition of the public sphere is a metaphorical term used to describe the virtual space where people can interact. The World Wide Web, for example, is not actually a web; cyberspace is not a space; and so with the public sphere. It's the virtual space where the citizens of a country exchange ideas and discuss issues, in order to reach agreement about 'matters of general interest' ([Jurgen] Habermas, 1997: 105) Other examples of this ideal is social/work organizations such as the police force and public school systems, gangs such as the BLOODs, CRIPs, MS13, and The Aryan Brotherhood, fraternal societies such as Masons, Elks, and the Shriner, political affiliations such as Republican or Democrat, church affiliations such as Catholic, Christian,...
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...DEBATE ASSIGNMATE Lisa Ruiz-Broxton CJA/343 Christopher Bragg June 3, 2008 Many argue that the war on drugs is waste of time and money but many are forgetting that the war on drugs has been successful in achieving its aims. The war on drugs has the power to diminish the supply of drugs causing for drug prices to increase and by doing the consumption of illegal drugs on the streets to reduce. This paper will present a debate on the affects our society will suffer if the war on drugs is discontinued. The war on drugs needs to continue because by doing nothing people will continue to sell drugs, profit from the drugs sales which in return thousands of people lives and families will be destroyed and our streets will continue to be unsafe for the children. Drugs are harmful to our society they have the power to destroy lives. If government were to legalize drugs and provide treatment for those on drugs the government would basically be telling people that its o.k. to drugs. According to Wikipedia.com “The U.S. government's most recent 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) reported that nationwide over 800,000 adolescents ages 12–17 sold illegal drugs during the 12 months preceding the survey. The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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...amount of criminal activities. A good morality within the citizens is the key to a healthy society. Moralities can be taught just like knowledge. Since the day we were born, our parents have been teaching us what are the rights and wrongs. It is important to keep up this education because as we grow up, our mind becomes more complex. When we reach teenage, we are facing many difficult choices like studying, relationships, and drugs. If we make a wrong decision, the result will most likely to be on the street or become part of the gang violence, which destroys the moral of our society. Without a good morality in society, our life would be very insecure. I recall having learnt about the diseases associated with smoking and drugs when I was in grade 6 at elementary school. The presenter displayed many astonishing facts and personal experiences. For example, up to ninety percent of all male drugs abusing students in high schools will be involved in street gang violence. Moreover, these students’ life span will be shortened by at least thirty percent due to the diseases and violence associated. Despite these fearful facts, there are many naïve teenagers who think of smoking and drugs are “cool”. These students are wrong to ignore the guidance of their teachers and parents. In Canada, all high schools are required to have a planning class which will guide students through their early adulthood after graduating. In this class, students must learn about how to get the most suitable job...
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...will be highly trained professionals in the art of many different things like karate and intelligence. James is a 2nd dan black belt in Jujitsu. That means he’s really good. In one of the books before Mad Dogs, James goes on a mission to try and infiltrate and end one of the largest drug gangs in Europe. It is called KMG ( Keith Moore Gang). The reason James is pick for this mission is because Keith Moore has a son that is about the age of James. He makes friends with Keith’s son Junior and helps take down KMG. Now the reason that KMG is so important is because in Mad Dogs James joins up with Junior Moore again to take another gang down. But this time it is a gang war and another member of CHERUB is on the other side. The Mad Dogs is the gang James is trying to take down and Michael, who is the other CHERUB agent, is in the Slasher Boys. They are a Jamaican gang that does everything from selling drugs to robbing banks. There is two other Cherubs on the mission too. Gabrielle, who is Michael’s girlfriend, is also Jamaican giving her a way into the gang also. But Gabrielle was nearly killed by a rival gang member. The gang that he was in is the other gang in the town. The Runts are just a gang of misfit teens but they are definitely hardcore. Gabrielle got stabbed in the back by a Runt and was...
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...Agency Role and Perspective: Courts CCJS 495 April 13, 2014 Introduction The Very Bad Bike Club has known to be a threat to not only the citizens but to the virtual criminal justice system. Furthermore, the Very Bad Bike Club has had a couple mistakes they made where law enforcement officers were able to catch them. However, when members of the Very Bad Bike Club get to the courts they tend to get bail or plea bargaining which lead to the members getting an easy way out of jail. The virtual criminal justice alliance is looking to put an end to that today. Furthermore, each group of the virtual criminal justice alliance feels like they can play an important role to taking down the Very Bad Bike Club. As the chief criminal prosecutor from the Office of the District Attorney the courts will change to make sure that the Very Bad Bike Club members can’t escape the prison time they deserve. Furthermore, the role and perspective of the court system will play one of the most important jobs to put the Very Bad Bike Club members away for good. Perspective The Very Bad Bike Club has known for years whatever trouble they get into they always can find a way to get out of it through the court system. The courts perspective on the Very Bad Bike Club getting a plea bargaining or a smaller charge seems to be unfair to other citizens as well. Furthermore, the resources that the Very Bad Bike Club has seem to get them out of trouble with a smaller charge. However, if any ordinary citizen...
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...researcher’s real identity and purpose are kept concealed from the group being studied. The researcher takes on a false identity and role, usually posing as a genuine member of the group. Sociologists face two main issues when conducting a participant observation study; getting in, staying in and getting out of the group being studied and whether to use covert or overt observation. To do a study, the sociologists needs to first gain entry to a group and some groups are easier to enter than others, for example, joining a football crowd is likely to be easier than joining a criminal gang. Making the initial contact with the group may depend on personal skills, having the right connections or even by pure chance. Ned Polsky (1971), who was a good pool player himself, found his skill useful in gaining entry to the world of the poolroom hustler. James Patrick (1973) was able to join a Glasgow gang because he looked quite young and knew one of its members from having taught him in an approved school. Eileen Fairhurst (1977) found herself hospitalised by back trouble and used the opportunity to conduct a...
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...Joining youth gangs as consisting of both pulls and pushes. Pulls pertain to the attractiveness of the gang. Gang membership can enhance prestige or status among friends. Gangs provide other attractive opportunities such as the chance for excitement by selling drugs and making money, they see personal advantages to gang membership. Social, economic, and cultural forces push many adolescents in the direction of gangs. Protection from other gangs and perceived general well-being are key factors. Feeling marginal, adolescents join gangs for social relationships that give them a sense of identity. For some youth, gangs provide a way of solving social adjustment problems, particularly the trials and tribulations of adolescence. A few are virtually born into gangs as a result of neighborhood traditions and their parents' earlier gang participation or involvement in criminal activity. The most important community risk factor is growing up in neighborhoods in which the level of social integration is low. Among family variables, poverty, absence of biological parents, low parental attachment to the child and low parental supervision all increase the probability of gang membership. Three school variables are very significant risk factors: low expectations for success in school, low student commitment to school, and low attachment to teachers. Along with school factors, peers have a very strong impact on gang membership. Important individual risk factors are low self-esteem, numerous negative...
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