alignment in a quantitative study. The research focuses on the links between exposure to violence in the community, social ties with gangs or gang members, social self-control, and aggressive behavior. Based on prior research, the authors hypothesize that exposure to violence in the community would be associated with aggressive behaviors. The authors also hypothesize that having friends or family members in gangs was positively correlated with aggressive behavior, and that lower levels of self-control were also correlated with aggressive behavior. All of these hypotheses have the same dependent variable (aggressive behavior exhibited over the past week). These hypotheses and related research questions are also directly aligned with the purpose of the… Continue Reading...
innovation of Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and other elderly gangsters, was quick to catch the entire nation's attention, and made headlines across the country for more than twenty years. Graham Bell highlights the sinister history of the most infamous Mafia crime organization, including the men's identities and the forging of their partnership (Arcadia Publishing, 2010).
The media labeled 1930s-40s organized crime gangs "Murder, Inc.."These gangs were said to work on behalf of nation-wide organized crime gangs including the Italian Mafia and Jewish mob. Jewish and Italian-American thugs hailing from East New York, Ocean Hill, and Brownsville chiefly made up… Continue Reading...
the goal of prevention and intervention because it offers gang members a way to leave their gangs.
Education programs have provided positive outcomes not just… Continue Reading...
view the entire document ]…in the community, reduce the number of deaths, and resolve conflicts between criminal gangs. The funds set aside by the City have made it possible to expand the scope of work into more Chicago neighborhoods (Childress, 2012).The participation and support of the community has been fundamental in the reduction of violence. Often violence has been synonymous with Chicago.
Compare your findings to the effects of organized crime in China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, England, France, and Germany on their people. What similarities or differences exist? Explain.
The levels of organized crime in countries like Saudi Arabia, Japan, and China are significantly lower than Chicago.… Continue Reading...
victory for morality, turned into a dangerous means of advancing and increasing the power of street gangs. "By eliminating legitimate suppliers of a commodity in high public demand, the state created a monopoly for illegitimate entrepreneurs. It was Prohibition that converted small, localized gangs into large, powerful, and wealthy regional and even national organized criminal syndicates." (Hagan 32) Street gangs produced and sold bootleg liquor that would then turn huge profits as customers bought regardless of the laws in placed making it illegal. Although 'Progressives' saw victory in implementing Prohibition, after a few years, the fears that brought it into realization were soon exacerbated by the… Continue Reading...
today is now threatened by the expansion of Silicon Valley and the influx of gangs (Carroll). Venice Beach was a popular resort—a place that brought tourists in from around the world, people who came for the beach sunsets, the shops and tattoo parlors and artists selling their art work right on the streets. It was a place full of culture and history and life and stories. Today it has gone the way of most other cities that have had pasts: today, it is entering into a new phase of existence—a new stage of life that is disconnected from the past, that has more to… Continue Reading...
the perceptions are broad. They may be viewed as corrupt or supporting criminal gangs that operate counter to the wishes of the wider society. They may also be tools used by the existing regime to oppress the masses. Such units have a record of violating human rights. There have been many efforts to improve on public service delivery and governance through participation by the citizenry[footnoteRef:1]. [1: Derks, Maria. "Improving security and justice through local/non-state actors." Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael (2012).4]
In situations where instruments for providing public security by the government are weak, there are always parallel groups that protect sections… Continue Reading...
the United States, the crackdown on gun ownership began in the 1930s when notorious gangsters had too much access guns. 1934 saw legislation passed to impose new criminal penalties, taxes, and regulations to those that owned sawed-off shot guns and machineguns thanks to criminals like Al Capone (Lott). Four years later, Congress passed the 1938 Federal Firearms Act that required gun dealers to register and maintain a record of transactions.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy and a couple of other high-profile deaths led to the signing of the 1968 Gun Control Act, which regulates firearms owners as well as the firearms industry. (Lott)… Continue Reading...
a clue emerged. The police and the general public blamed gangs (Cromwell 1). Naturally, it would seem that a crime of these proportions must have been committed by an organized syndicate or at least someone with experience. Then, the first breakthrough arrived in August 1934, and Richard “Bruno” Hauptmann’s fate was sealed. “One of the marked gold-certificate bills used to pay the ransom was traced to Hauptmann, a German carpenter who lived in the Bronx with his wife Anna and 11-month-old son Manfred,” (Cornwell 1). Hauptmann had been using the marked bills—against all reason—to pay for groceries, gas, and movie… Continue Reading...
students (and adults) to deal drugs to cope and get money. Even so, the program does partially address gangs, violent behavior and other related items (Ingraham, 2017).
Another program that exists is known as Second Step. This would be the program that helps try to reduce aggressive behavior and impulsivity in children. This program is good in that such behavior is strongly correlated to crime and thus it needs to be addressed. One major failing of the program is that such… Continue Reading...
as the group remains portent (Fulgence, 2015; Bamfo, 2013).
Some organizations have tried to put an end to wars and terror gangs with great indications that if there is concerted effort, a lot can be achieved. These efforts can be multiplied to manage and counter terror attacks - which happen to be modern day's most worrying aspect of insecurity and economic developments on the global scene (Bamfo, 2013). Terrorism stands on the way of many development agenda. It is as much a hindrance to the national economic agenda as much as it inhibits efforts to attain the Millennium Development Goals. A lot of resources are focused on reconstructing installations that have… Continue Reading...
