Theoretical Formulation Bobby experienced and watched his siblings abused from his parents, especially father. His parents were present physically; but mentally and emotionally both were never, if rarely available. Bobby wanted to be loved, protected, and shown that his existence mattered. His mother would indulge herself by making Bobby dress in flamboyant attire. Bobby continued this behavior, not because he enjoyed the way he looked. Bobby dressed in flamboyant attire to gain his mother’s attention and love. She encouraged him to take drugs and sell drugs. This would be considered bad attention; but for Bobby this attention was his only attention (Cleaver, Unell, & Aldgate. 2011). When Bobby reached puberty he was in ninth grade an issue occurred of violence; and inappropriate physical behavior forced on a female his age (Poulton, Melzer, Tait, Garnett, Cowell, Baur, & Clarke, 2013). Behavior he had not given into prior or since. Bobby’s parents had divorced when he turned 13; but the parent’s attention toward the children had not increased. Need for a home life, starvation, drugs, and hormones placed Bobby in an awkward mental state. He stopped going to school from this point forward. Making drugs for gangs, methamphetamines produced money; and he started taking the product he made. Bobby continued to dress flamboyantly; this kept him close to his mother, pleasing her in an obscure way. He worked part time jobs, but would not try for full time
William again went to Juvenile court and was placed on probation to go to St. Bede’s Academy in Peru, Illinois, per his parents’ request. He spent his sophomore and junior years at St. Bede’s Academy. During his sophomore year, his grades were “A’s” and “B’s,” but his junior year, his grades went from “A” to “F.” Just like in Gibault School for Boys, William was a loner; he did not have any close or confident relationship with anyone. His probation ended at the beginning of his second semester in junior year, January 19,
In his article “Legal Drugs Unlikely to Foster Nation of Zombies,” Stephan Chapman presents a hypothetical situation where the use of illicit drugs is legalized by the government. This improbable situation of having a legalized system of distributing prohibited drugs would cause much chaos in the society, however, would it make clean living citizens go into a store and pick up some of these drugs? Not likely. The data from a survey by the Drug Policy Foundation reflects that only a few individuals agree that they would go for the drugs like marijuana and cocaine if they were legalized and able to have them openly. There are forms like statistical and convergent arguments that the author presents in this article to prove his point of a probable situation.
For example, Lorraine's mother always tells her “you’re not a pretty girl Lorraine.”, she also always calls Lorraine fat and ugly. Lorraine’s mother does not set a good example for Lorraine because she bullies her. Another example is John’s father likes to lie which rubbed off on John, one time John’s father went around bragging how he phonied up a car insurance claim to get a hundred dollars to replace a piece of aluminum on their new car, which he had really replaced himself. John’s father taught John that lying was not bad without even knowing. John’s family also had other issues because John’s father was an alcoholic and did not care if John drank beer. John was not old enough to drink beer but his father did not care because he was an alcoholic. Both families show that they have bad family values because they are mean and
Hey Megan, you are right about Adderall. Legal drug pushers (doctors) overprescribed it at a young age all the time. My niece, who was nine-years-old at the time was prescribed Adderall, because she had “too much energy” (I do not know how a doctor could have notice that in one visit, but okay). My sister gave my niece Adderall; it did work; now she went from this active young girl, to a mindless zombie, who gained weight little. All she did was sit there, spaced out for like two months. So my sister took her off it, and let her do cheerleading, and guess what, she is very active and uses that energy to cheer and dance, then she went home, did her homework, and sleep. Should we also say legal drug pushers, are also gateways to drugs and
In Policing Gangs in America, Charles Katz and Vincent Webb describes every issue in American Gangs today. The ultimate goal of this book is how the gang officers work and the different kind of atmosphere they work in. Their job isn’t like other law enforcement jobs. It’s one of the more dangerous occupation in the Criminal Justice system. These gang officers focus on how they react to public gang issues.
In addition, Santiago is able to endure great physical pain and displays the virtue of courage in the face of adversity. In the novella, the old man’s battle with the fish is characterized by extreme pain and suffering. On the first day, Santiago has hooked a giant marlin but instead of pulling it in, the fish begins to pull the boat. During the entire time, Santiago suffers greatly due to the depravity of food, water and rest. Also, he experiences constant pain from the fishing line: “his left hand found the line and he leaned back against the line and now it burned his back and his left hand, and his left hand was taking all the strain and cutting badly” (82).
Criminal gangs are there to rule, they have been there in every community for a long time. Gang's intentions are to commit crimes. Gang leaders oversee extortion, order killings or smuggle drugs. This paper studies gang formation, why individuals join gangs and the negative influence gangs have to the society and the economy. The study focuses on some of the prominent gangs in the world today; it explains the activities of the Russian mafia and other gangs. This paper explains power struggles within gangs and gives out recommendations to solve problems associated with gang operations. This paper puts into perspective a study on factors influencing gang membership; the study employs personal interviews as a method, causal research design and ordinal scale of measurement. Prisoners in California state prison are the sample population. Structured proxy question are used, and observation to study an individual's race. The study focuses male prison gang members. Findings from the study indicate that the less educated an individual is the likely for one join a gang, from the study it is evident that gang members feel disregarded when formulating policies, it is clear that race is not a factor to gang membership and that most of the gang members come from dysfunctional families.
In “The Fall of the house of Usher” Edgar Allan Poe creates a setting that
When I first had any thoughts about the war on drugs I believed that this issue had nearly been completely eradicated due to the tireless efforts of law enforcement. One of my preconceived ideas was that the individuals involved in this trade lacked any autonomy of what they were doing to their societies. But one thing that I never doubted was that those in charge of these drug-dealings were cunning and calculated people. Through applying various sociological concepts such as; the influence of race, ethnicity, bureaucracies, among other sociological ideas one can see that there is more to the war on drugs than people selling narcotics and people buying narcotics. An important sociological term to familiarize oneself with to understand this
The War on Drugs was the United Sates government’s attempt to stop the sale and use of illegal drug use. It consisted of anti-drug legislation all with the plan to end drug abuse in America. President Nixon declared and coined the phrase “War on drugs” and increased drug control agencies and pushed for harder sentencing for drug offenses. The war on drugs is an issue that we are still fighting and many of the policies put in place did more harm than good. The drug war affected all people, but it had unequal outcomes for different racial groups and many of the historical pieces of legislation put in place impacted these outcomes and are still affecting many people of color today.
Family fighting, drug use, poor parental guidance ultimately led to a life of anger and violence. As a child, his mother would often leave Ronnie and his brother Kenny alone while she went out to use drugs. On occasion, his aunt would look after the two boys while their mother was away. Not only did their aunt physically abuse them, but later on their mother’s boyfriend introduced them to using and selling drugs, stealing, and guns. Re-living these memories was as agonizing and traumatic as one could imagine but it was paramount in learning how and why he became the person he did. Many boys at Giddings were convinced that no one loved them, and Ronnie was no exception. Giddings therapists used these sessions to break through the wall he put up thinking that no one loved them or cared what happened to them. More often than not, they were successful reaching students this way.
Is a Permissive Legal System Better than a Restrictive One in the Case of Drugs?
The Social Work Dictionary defines a social problem as “a condition among people leading to behaviors that violate some people’s values and norms and cause emotional or economic suffering”. The above definition accurately describes the social problem that gangs are, and their impact on a community. People who live in gang infested neighborhoods live daily with fears of losing their lives and the lives of loved ones. That fear, along with the fear that their family members will join the gang, or that they will be physically harmed in some way by the gang. They may exhibit many emotional, psychological and physical problems that people who don’t live in gang infested neighborhoods do not. Since before the 1940’s law enforcement and others have attempted to put a stop to gangs. These solutions usually hampered gang activity but didn’t eradicate it. Gangs evolve their practices over time to adjust to law enforcement tactics. Today gangs are involved in sex trafficking rather than drug dealing. Sex trafficking is easier to hide, more profitable and has less legal ramifications.
The issue of the legality and the war on drugs has been a hot topic for decades now. Whether or not the government should have a say in the use of drugs seems like an endless, looping debate. The increase in drug usage in the United States is undeniable, and many are beginning to question whether the burden of the “war on drugs” such as a huge budget and overpopulated prisons is worth it. William Bennett, the author of “Drug Policy and the Intellectuals” is part of the opposition and says that indeed it is worth it. In his text, he argues that Americas “intellectuals” think that “the drug problem in America is absurdly simple and easily solved” and “that the drug problem in America is a lost cause”. He suggests that the war on drugs is essential and they aren’t taking it seriously. He seems very passionate on the topic and brings up a lot of valid points which also covers many common rebuttals. On the other hand, although having good intentions on the matter, there are many fallacies that are obvious and he tends to use worst-case scenarios as a kind of norm. Overall I would rate the essay a 8/10 and say that it is definitely Toulmin-style.
“The abuse of language (propaganda) is instrumental to the abuse of power” is significantly portrayed throughout the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. One of propaganda’s main purpose in society is to help leaders, politicians, companies, etc., to gain a great amount of power. Propaganda also helps corrupted leaders execute illegal doings or other misconducts that eventually leads them to abuse their power. In this book, the pigs are examples of how propaganda is to manipulate and take advantage over others. Misleading information to gain control and power for self-benefits are ways one can abuse their own power.