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    Causes Of Gangs

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    can often target the young and the vulnerable due to many reasons, such as peer pressure and fear. Also, they may target someone who is in need and vulnerable for falling into gang violence and actions. Some of the direct causes for individuals to join gangs are due to the social aspect. It can be because of the peer

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    American teenager called rumspringa. This includes a life of cars, new clothes, and electricity. The Amish church was founded in Europe in 1693 by a small group of Christians who held it was wrong to baptize infants, they believe only and adult can freely choose Christ and be baptized. The Amish were harshly

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    as bodies are layered on top of one another. The disturbing image created by the poem highlights the mass casualty of innocent people who died horrible deaths that they didn't deserve. The people who join are not doing so because they want to commit murder. Some of the men and women who join their country’s military may have “No other reason why.” (Hardy line 16) to join other than to appease their society or make money especially as war time often brings poverty. Here Dead We Lie, by AE Housman

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    There are over 20.9 million people trapped in slavery to this day. There is a way that we can stop it though, and that is by joining the End It movement. End It is an organization that raises awareness about slavery in the world today. It uses a red X as its symbol for people who are joining the movement. As of right now, over four million dollars has been raised since 2013. And with that money there have been over 66 projects worldwide supported through End It. Slavery in the world is illegal and

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    characters forming into groups. Group mentality describes how a person’s decisions are directly affected by their peers’ behaviors. Problems arise when people with bad intentions begin to work with others for a common goal. In The Crucible, the conflicts of the play illustrate the power and effects of crowd mentality, and how one person’s thoughts in the group can alter the other characters’ opinions. Abigail and all the other girls act differently when they are together because of group mentality. Therefore

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    to several Muslim groups bent on taking revenge against the most powerful and influential countries today. Most of the attacks of terrorists are often suicidal such as suicide bombings, kidnapping and armed conflict against the military. Most reports and first-hand accounts state that these terrorists are doing this “holy war” against the world because they wish to cleanse the world of its evil and create order. But many disagree with this claim as they are killing innocent people while doing this

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    Youth gang violence anywhere has a bad reputation and a curious history. During the 1990’s the number of gangs in the U.S. Increased by six times as many as there were in the 1980’s. It became way more popular as multiple rap artists and groups started gaining popularity within the younger generation. 2Pac and many other rappers spread and made gangs more popular than ever and made being in a gang seem a lot more glamorous than it already was to begin with.. As you can see gangs have not left a

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    who are in some military or fighting group, and many of them are either recruited by force or are abducted. These child soldiers are made to or even choose to do terrible things, like massacring innocent people. So instead of trying to punish them for their actions, should they be given amnesty instead? There are many reasons to why child soldiers even do what they do. According to the article Child Soldiers - Summative Essay, many of them are forced to join out of their own will. This includes

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    re various reasons behind young people joining street gangs. One of the reasons young people join street gangs is because of neighborhood disadvantages. A theory that can contribute to why young people might join street gangs is Social Disorganization Theory. Social Disorganization theory assumes that “delinquency emerges in neighborhoods where neighborhood relation and social institutions have broken down and can no longer maintain effective social controls (Bell, 2007).” Social Disorganization

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    Child Soldiers Thinking about children holding guns and killing people makes us realize how corrupt the world is. In many countries around the world children are used for armies; they may be national Armies or opponents of government armies. If we think of how many children are being recruited to work voluntary or involuntary in armies we could not even guess, because around 300,000 children are active soldiers younger than eighteen years old. That is an approximation; it could be more or less, all

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