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    who grow up in families that do not stress the importance of getting an education are more likely to be living out on the streets, doing drugs, joining gangs, or ending up in prison. In the article Bored, Broke and Armed: clues to chicago’s Gang Violence by John Elgion who is , discusses the how the lack of education can turn children into gang violence.  He observes, Conditions were ripped for

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    Boyle. Fr. Gregory is a native of California and is a Jesuit priest currently working at Homeboy Industries in Central Los Angeles. Homeboy industries is a gang intervention program that focuses on helping gang members get out of the bad situations that they are in. He has spent the majority of his adult life dedicating his time to help gang members become productive members of society and to find their faith for nearly 30 years. In his

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    Red Ribbon Week Summary

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    Red Ribbon Week began after the kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA agent Camarena in 1985. Camarena had been working undercover for Guadalajara, Mexico for over four years. His efforts led to a tip that resulted in the discovery of a multimillion-dollar narcotics manufacturing operation in Chihuahua, Mexico. They kidnapped Camarena and his pilot, Captain Alfredo Zavala-Avelar taken separately on the same day.Soon, representatives of the Mexican Federal Judicial Police (MFJP) presented a tip to

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    over the gang unit can first start by assembling a group of police officer to target the five prevalent youth gang groups. In my opinion collecting data will be a very important task; it will help officer distinguish the type of offender they are dealing with and if they have committed a crime before. Finding out which gang or gangs have the largest territory and members then began monitoring their activities. Given that gang crime, violence is on the rise, changing the law so that gangs will hold

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    Kansas City is making leaps in bounds in being recognized all across the nation, especially with its win in the world series. It has been on its way to become an even more eye catching city. From the remodeling and construction of buildings to the newly installed street car, Kansas City is on its way to be an even more beautiful city.Even with all this beauty being brought to the city one can not ignore that beauty is only skin deep. There are things about this city as well as others that no matter

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    The Last Gang In School

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    operated by students. There are classes, but no homework. Even the school’s maintenance jobs are bid on by gangs created by the students. The biggest and most authoritative gang is the Society; this gang plays by the rules and doesn’t do anything that can land them in trouble. The next society is Havoc, they want to be commanding and intimidating. The last gang is the V’s, the strictest gang, this is where Benson joins. He meets a girl named Becky, she does his orientation and explains the rules and

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    A Waterfall of Destruction He threw the big wad of cash to his partner, and ran yelling, “I’ll meet you at Main & 5th!” John Tucker was a thief and pickpocket known as “The Deceiver” throughout the world. At the time, he was listed as number 17 on the FBI’s Most Wanted List, but they had no idea what was about to hit them, a kind of mass destruction that had never been seen before. John Tucker now had the influence and the resources to hire himself a hacker to execute his malicious plan for America

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    Drugs and Crime

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    Drugs and Crime Drugs and crime are literally everywhere. Drug abuse and crime go hand-in-hand. Drugs cause crime. Legalizing drugs is not the answer. Punishments should fit the crime. Repeat offenders should have harsher punishments. The history of drugs shows increasing drug use, abuse, and crime rates that relate to drug use and abuse. The History of Drugs “Human beings have always had a desire to eat or drink substances that make them feel relaxed, stimulated, or euphoric.”

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    Biker Gangs

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    relationships that go along with the group. For the sake of the assignment, I will be discussing the organized crime of biker gangs or rather “clubs”. There are many different relationships dealing with biker gangs, both in and out of the gang. Many people see them as a nuisance, while others see them as kind of a group of Robin Hoods. Many problems that arise with biker gangs are various with them being anywhere from murder, theft, vandalism, drugs and minor traffic violations. The Hells Angels

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    An Exploratory Case Study

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    Crime has always been prevalent in the United States. The media will always portray of how immigrants are lacking loyalty to the United States and may be a threat to national security. Another, is how gang members grown by 25% (antatisa chapter 11) and being labeled as urban terrorist by the community with the fear that they will harm society. Although, criminal activities are present and highly concentrated in a community, The UCR’s 2014 Crime stats shown a decrease in violent crime rates by .2%

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