Trenton Gang Violence on the Decline Myth or Fact In conducting my research on gangs in Trenton, New Jersey and whether or not their presence and the perception that violence is on the decline; either myth or fact appeared contradicted at best, similar to how our researchers in the context of our reading toggled with the definition of gangs. The scope and methodology of my research consisted of the following approach: Interviews: I spoke with a detective and long time friend B. Mathis on
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Associate Level Material Appendix E Gang Development and Control Tables Gang Development Below are descriptions of gang development theories. Copy and paste the correct description into the table below next to the appropriate theory. There are five descriptions and four theories. One description is not valid. Theory | Description | Anthropological | * Individuals who join gangs for this reason may have an older family member who is a gang member. They may go through distinct
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Kendyl Elwell 4/4/13 GNDR 3337 A Piece of Cake By: Cupcake Brown Cupcake Brown. Her life started out as a tragic tale, but led to be a beautiful outcome. Cupcake’s life as we are told, begins at twelve years old when she finds her mom has died over night due to a seizure. After her mother died, her world got turned upside down. Her admiration for her mother was demonstrated in the book for the major respect and love she had for her. Along with this tragic death, she also found out that her
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housing and employment. That area was already afflicted with gangs and crimes. For the local population of Mexican-Americans, this was the most unwelcome development. The combustible youth immigrants from Salvador took the problem of their survival in response to the victimization at the hands of local gangs, as a serious challenge and formed a new gang by name Mara Salvatrucha, popularly known as MS-13. “Las-Mara” is a notorious street gang that engages in violent crimes in El Salvador. Salvatruchas
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the media so that the offender is in danger from rival gang members. In my opinion-illegal and unethical. Releasing a description of a suspect is one thing-but to release a name of a suspect so that rival gang members can get at them is wrong. Find another way to bring them in without promoting a rival gang to retaliate. Let the justice system handle them. There are other ways to get someone to confess-putting them in danger with a rival gang then offering them protective custody is not an ethical
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The Racial Profiling of Minorities for Drugs His name is Ronaldo. He is taking a flight from Los Angeles to New York City for to visit his brother Luis. He has severe asthma problems and has to carry an asthma inhaler with him at all times to prevent the possibility of an asthma attack. As he is going through check-in, a big, muscular white man in a security jacket orders him to step aside and show him his belongings, especially the asthma inhaler he is carrying on grounds that Ronaldo’s asthma
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perspective to another. To illustrate, Mills believed in the power of the sociological imagination to connect "personal troubles to public issues." Cle Sloan is the director of the movie and a Blood former gang-member. Cle Sloan utilizes his sociological imagination to investigate L.A.’s gang problem when he
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took simple things like prostitution and small drug sales are low level criminal operations and never imagined that there are crime families behind a lot of those businesses. I do think there is a common confusion between organized crime and street gangs. I think that is where a lot of the misconceptions get crossed and stereotypes come into play. “I think the most common way people get into organized crime is to grow up in a
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unrepentant racist. In scene 6 the car of Walt, the 1972 Gran Torino is introduced in the story, a car of which he is very, very proud. The scenes that are concerned with the inciting moment are the next: The cousin of Tao, ‘’spider’’ and his gang show up at the house of Tao’s family. They are trying to make Tao come with them, he refuses and says fuck off. They are grabbing him and punching Sue. Then Walt steps in because everybody in the neighborhood is Asian, and he is the last ‘’American’’
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Controlling Organized Crime Darci Pelkey CJA\393 September 19, 2011 Jennifer Williamson Controlling Organized Crime A group of people who work together to help each out in criminal activities is considered organized crime. This organization has thrived during the prohibition and became a part of the Western society. The urbanization of major cities have provided the environment in, which organized crime could thrive (Finkle, 2010). The considerable population within
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