Teen violence is very common over the U.S. "Violence is the threat or use of force that injures or intimidates a person or damages property" (Hoffman 1). "The United States of America, perhaps the greatest democracy in the history of the world, is also the most violent industrialize...

Gang violence presents one of the most significant crime problems in the United States. It is however hardly a recent problem. Indeed, according to Johnson & Muhlhausen (2005), the phenomenon has been a part of American urban life since as early as the American Revolution. Gang violence can range ...

The causes of street violence, what can be said about this reoccurring problem that is affecting the lives of Americans everyday. Gangs and organized crime figures contribute to this on going problem. Street violence is no longer a problem that goes on in just "ghetto" areas. In the last few years ...

One concern in Long Beach is the security at the Port of Long Beach. Since \"9/11,\" there have been many security concerns all over the nation. With the Port of Long Beach being the second busiest container seaport in the United States, after only Los Angeles, security is a big concern. In seeing ...

There are many fatal and nonfatal crimes in our school's today. We have got to put an end to all this unnecessary violence. School violence effects the way students perform in school, hurts many students, so we have to show the solution to stop the violence and teach the awareness of viole...

Researchers frequently use 5 criteria to define a gang: (1) formal organization structure, (2) identifiable leadership, (3) identified with a territory, (4) recurrent interaction and (5) engaging in serious or violent behavior. Pirates were probably the first types of gang in history. To define a...

Originally there was no negative meaning tied to the word gang. In the Old English language referred to a group of people that hung out together. In this modern day when we think of gangs we think of bloods, crypts, violence and drugs. Gangs are a form of organized crime. At the top of the gang i...

During the film 'The Untouchables,' it is easy to see the violence of the gangs that were around in the time of Prohibition. The theme of gang violence is evident in the reading of 'Prohibition: The Lie of the Land', but not so much in 'Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall o...

Curfews have been around for hundreds of years. They originated for the public good-to get youth offenders off the streets. Most curfew ordinances trace back to a public safety regulation imposed by Alexander the Great that required the residents of Oxford, England to retire and cover their fires wh...

Imagine a city where gangster ruled. In the 1920s, Chicago was a town known for being controlled by its criminal element. Half of the police force was paid by mob rulers; illegal alcohol was flowing free in the streets during the Prohibition Era; and the fire of tommy guns was a familiar sound to ...

"Monster" Kody Scott and The Containment Theory Monster: The Autobiography of an L. A. Gang Member, by Sanyika Shakur (aka Monster Kody Scott), tells the life story of a young black man who lived the life of a gangbanger from the ages of eleven to twenty seven. His story starts with l...

The decriminalization of illegal drugs in America has been a growing debate within both political and community circles for many years now. A lot of people can say that there are advantages on both sides of the argument. However, I believe that maintaining and enforcing our laws agains...

GangsI'd like you to take a journey with me, would you please close your eyes and imagine yourself cruising along the streets of Oakland. You are driving and the light just turned yellow, you stop at the stoplight. You see a little kid walking towards you, while he crosses the crosswalk. You take sp...

Throughout history, crime has existed in many different forms and has been committed by not only individuals, but by groups as well. Crime is something that knows no boundries; it exists in all cultures, is committed by all races, and has existed in all time periods. Crime exists as a part of the ec...

The Chinese mafia is one of the oldest and most powerful organizations in the world. Since 200 years before Christ, it has been controlling everything from business to the individual, yet it masquerades as an organization for the people. For the past few decades agencies have been trying to battle t...

The Original law of the Illinois juvenile court defined a delinquent as: a child under the age of sixteen years who has violated any laws of the state, or any city or village ordinance. Under the common law, children between the ages of 7 and 16 years of could be dealt with as delinquent. Today in 3...

The Wonderful War On DrugsIn recent years the so-called "war on drugs" has taken over the streets and back alleys of suburban America. It has caused a problem that mirrors the prohibition days of the 1920's and early 30's. Politicians trying to play "tough guy," are only contributing to more viole...

The twenties are known to have been a decade of vast crime and racketeering, this is a directly due to the prohibition of alcohol. The passing of the of the 18th Amendment was supposed to mark the beginning of the "new era." In this time period there would no longer be legal sales of alcoholic bev...

The twenties are known to have been a decade of vast crime and racketeering, this is a directly due to the prohibition of alcohol. The passing of the of the 18th Amendment was supposed to mark the beginning of the "new era." In this time period there would no longer be legal sales of alcoholic bev...

Prohibition:The Failed ExperimentProhibition came about from the push to abolish the use of alcoholic beverages through an amendment to the Constitution, which became a major crusade in the United States during the second decade of the twentieth century. "By the 1820s people in the United States wer...

Organized crime was not so organized up until the 1920s. When the 1920s arrived, the American lifestyle changed dramatically. People started investing money in home appliances and automobiles, women's skirts became higher and drinking became very popular. Also, organized crime came to a rise in the ...

The frequent use of alienation as a centering theme is due to the fact that it is common to all humans. Alienation is a feeling of not belonging. This feeling can be physical, mental, religious, spiritual, psychological, political, social, or economic and often it tends to be a combination of more ...

WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US ABOUT PRESENT DAY DRUG LEGISLATION AND POLICY?The legalisation of certain drugs is an issue that Australia has tried to find a solution to for many years. Throughout history certain drugs have become legal, while others remain illegal. In the United States, 1880's ¥cocai...