The Boys & Girls Clubs of America Targeted Outreach Strategic Approaches primary approach to gang prevention is to identify and recruit at-risk youth and place them into ongoing Club programs and activities (Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2008). The Boys & Girls Clubs of America offer health and life skills, sports fitness and recreation and tutoring (Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2008). The programs and activities of the Club help to develop at-risk youth’s character, creativity, and health and
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If I were given the chance to identify and improve a problem in my community, I would try to build a safe haven for young people from drugs, violence, and gangs. With the recent outbreak of violence, I feel that communities would benefit by having recreational centers that would have activities, organizational affiliations, gym equipment, and studio equipment that would occupy the time of young people and put their energy to good use. The recreation center could also offer educational opportunities
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Analysis CJA/334 June 23, 2013 Research Article Analysis Based on the article gangs were responsible for about 20% of homicides in 88 of the largest cities in the United States of America from the year 2000 to 2006. Gang violence The purpose of the this research is to try and identify and asses the high-risk factors in youth population as well as protective circumstances, also prevention for gang related violence and to inform primary prevention strategies. The article mentioned that little
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Introduction: Crimes have been around for centuries, ranging from medieval period to the current. A crime taking place is not because of lack of policing or patrolling, but stem from either this is the life they know to the adrenaline rush of stealing that car without getting caught. Because crimes will continue to be around and cause chaos with our streets and children, the following will discuss why crimes are committed. Deterring crime seems to be the only way that we can teach the youth on
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and son should have. William thought his father was a coward and he believed his father was not a role model to show him how to be a man he wanted to be. As the movie went on, Dan‘s ranch was being threaten to be taken away from him by a dangerous gang leader, Ben Wade. Dan sets off for an adventure to save his ranch by traveling to put Ben Wade on the train and trying to get the reward money. Dan’s son William took off on the quest to travel also with his father Dan. William being the know it all
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Jose Vargas The topic I have chosen to write about is Drug Trafficking. This topic is interesting to me because right now this is a hot topic everywhere you go. Also, drugs are a very big problem in my community. The other reason I chose this topic is this a field I can see myself doing in my career I’m currently in. Drug traffic is also influencing a lot of teenagers because of the easy money the they can earn in a short period. The things that I know about my topic are that this business is
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problem. The Prohibition is what got organized crime started with everyone wanting to bootleg. It is a growing trend in today’s society. The Mafia was one of the first well known crime groups in the 1970’s and was one of the most powerful one at that. Gangs are getting smarter at keeping their criminal activities under the radar to law enforcement and to ordinary citizens. Business owners are starting to get involved in illegal activity over greed. Organized crime is taking over all over the world and
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Gang activities in Chicago and it suburbs. Introduction Deindustrialization brought the new generation of young gangsters. Its number increases every year, all over the country, in cities of different sizes. Are those gangs the product of restructuring economics? Can they be considered a new social minority? What policy should the community use to control this problem? I decided to write my research paper about the gang activities during the deindustrialization because I think it is
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prison. Appellant do not denied that he was involved in the murder; however, he did it as a self-defense not because it was a gang affiliation. Issue: Was the admissibility of gang evidence in the trial accurate? Holding: The Court of Special Appeals, Davis J. affirm the decision made by the Maryland State Court to found admissible the evidence of the appellant’s gang affiliation. Conclusion: The Court of special appeals affirm the decision made by the the Maryland State Court because
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For many years, organized crime has become a successful business in many cities around the world. There are two models to describe the structure of organized crime groups. The two models are bureaucratic/corporate model and the patrimonial/patron-client model (Mallory, 2007). The Bureaucratic Model The bureaucratic model of organized crimes is based on formality, structure, rules and protocol. The bureaucratic organization prevents the members with low ranks from making decisions on their own
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