Namond Brice

The segment of The Wire I have chosen to analyze begins at 54:14 in episode 13, season 1 and runs through 103:34, comprising four different locations and eight scenes changes. Two main elements hold these scenes together as a coherent segment—camerawork/editing, particularly at the beginning of each scene, and thematic material. Thematically, each of these scenes exhibits a passing of torches. We see the changes of power that are developing in the police department and on the streets: Lt. Daniels

In season four of the Wire, we are introduced to four thirteen-year-olds: Namond Brice, Dukie, Randy, and Michael. Of the four central boys, we are introduced to in Season Four of The Wire, I find Namond Brice to be the most intriguing. Unlike the three other boys, due to his imprisoned fathers prior gang affiliation and loyalty, he has the illegally obtained financial resources, which make his involvement in gangs less motivated by financial reasons, than the other boys. Moreover, despite the

Edwin Hardin Sutherland, an American criminologist, developed the theory of differential association in 1947. He created this theory to attempt to explain why crime was determined by various factors such as age, race, broken homes, urban or rural areas, mental disorder, and social class (Sutherland 136). His findings led him to believe that these factors affect crime because they can increase or decrease the probability that persons will associate with others who present definitions favorable to

Hennessy Garcia Humans naturally form their own institutions such as a family, system of government, business, etc.… Institutions/groups are deceiving and get away with a lot. For instance, cigarette companies advertise a product that can cause cancer. However, it seems that no one blames the company for selling it. They will blame the individual for smoking it. It is easier to blame the individual for making terrible choices, but it is ignorant to solely believe that individual is at fault for