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    Over centuries throughout the world, torture has been a debated and very controversial topic. For the past week, I have read articles written by four separate authors who share their opinion on the topic. The articles take you through the opinions of the authors and many compelling arguments. Is torture inhumane? Is torture barbaric? Does the use of torture discredit our moral standings? Could you be given bad intelligence even with the use of torture? After reading the information provided in these

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    of family. “Many youth desire companionship and support that is why they turn to gangs” (Levaniz). Now he has got a family, but at what cost. The boys chose to ditch school that day, and Ricky ended up getting killed that night. Steven was playing with the gun and it accidentally went off killing his best

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    Do you ever think what might happen in gangs.In oklahoma,two gangs called the socs and greasers are putting there lives at risk.They do horrible things in a gang.Gangs do bad health chocis,rival gangs,and family issues. Gang members make poor health choices and horrible stuff like smoke and other stuff. In the book,The Outsiders,Ponyboy and sodapop,gang members of the greasers,they always eat chocolate cake and other chocolate stuff every morning on page 104-105.This could affect their diet to

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    ultimate symbol of a gangster rule, is a guy by the name of Al Capone, who dominated the Chicago underworld by committing many crimes: such as illegal gambling, extortion, prostitution, and alcohol distribution during prohibition. Capone's life of gang activity started at a very young age. He created a multi-million dollar empire of crime in Chicago. He has been referred to as one of the most ruthless men of all time (Stockdale 45). He was a smart businessman, good family man, and a generous person

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    Have you ever wonder how to keep kids out of gangs? S.E Hinton is the author of The Outsiders a heroic story of friendship and belonging. The story is about a 14 year old boy named Ponyboy- a 14-year old boy who lives with his brothers. He has many problems that he has to face, but One of the most important and problems that he has to face is the socs a vicious gang and for fun they beat up greasers like ponyboy. Friends and family are the best things you can have in life shows, though many of the

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    How do you keep kids from joining gangs? The book-The Outsiders- tell a story about a 14 year old boy. The story really talks mostly about the Greasers and the Socs who do not get along with each other. How to get kids from joining gangs is trying to tell them what will happen when you are in a gang. This essay will be talking about what is happening to Ponyboy and his friends in this book. What does happen to Ponyboy does change his howl life forever. Read this essay to learn more. “Thing are rough

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    Essay about Gang Injunctions

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    Effectiveness and Constitutionality of Gang Injunctions Ryan Jacobsen* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1 GENERAL STANDARD FOR ISSUING AN INJUNCTION .................................... 3 WHAT IS A CIVIL GANG INJUNCTION? ............................................................... 4 HISTORY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GANG INJUNCTIONS ..................

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    years crimes have been getting more violent and more common. Gangs have always been involved in some type of criminal activity since being created, has gotten worse over time and has hurt society in one way or another. All gangs have a history of crime behind them. Hispanic Gangs turned dangerous gang fights to ruthless gang wars, White gangs have become racist groups that hold on to what society has moved on from, and African-American Gangs have went from committing unorganized crimes to huge organized

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    Stereotypes In Gangs

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    leads kids to gang affiliations. Gangs are growing around the world and are consider to be a group of criminals. According to the National Institute of Justice (2011), “The federal definition of gang is: an association of three or more individuals identifying themselves with a group identity with slogans, signs, symbols, style of color of clothing, and that have a purpose to engage in criminal activity” (para.3). There are 33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs with 1.4 million

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    Youth Gang Violence

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    Youth gang violence has turned into an unmistakable issue in the public eye reaching across national boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial, and class distinctions. Not only is the problem widely dispersed geographically, but its incidence is also extensive, making it a common, acknowledged, and a mainstream behavior for many teens. Gang activity is extremely common in lower income neighborhoods and ethnic ghettos where underprivileged children are regularly recruited. Youth gang violence

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