...Introduction Subcultures are social groups that differentiate from mainstream culture by the ways its way of life, values, norms, beliefs, symbols, style and activities violate the conventional mainstream culture. Biker gangs are an example of a subculture. Biker gangs are essentially clubs that commit organized crime. A specific example of a biker gang that will be examined more thoroughly throughout the paper is the Hells Angels. In this paper the Hells Angels will be closely examined through their beliefs, ideals, norms, symbols, activities, etc. They will also be connected to and distinguished from the mainstream culture of society today. The Hells Angels participation in the subculture will be examined and how it appears to influence and...
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...America’s Voice: Potential Benefit to the United States For the past several years many immigrants have come to the United States (U.S.) illegally at an alarming rate. Many immigrant parents have entered the U.S. illegally bringing extended family, and most importunately their children. The Dream Act which would be the perfect solution to the issues effecting the younger generations brought here. The passing of the Dream Act would boost our economy, reduce crime, and enhance military recruitment. We all know that the United States has been building up a larger debt over the last several years. Thus by allowing illegal immigrants to become bright and talented youth, we will make a new academic strength in the United States of higher educated people. The Dream Act would cut $1.4 billion in the U.S. deficit and increase government revenue by $ 2.3 billion dollars over the next ten years. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that passing the DREAM Act would allow “these young people to live up to their fullest potential and contribute to the economic growth of our country.” A lot of illegal immigrants want to go to college and can not because of their status. Illegal immigrants under the DREAM Act would have to pay out of state tuitions which draw in more money to stimulate the American economy. Additionally, giving the younger generation of illegal alien status an opportunity to enrich their education and pursue a good paying job would contribute to the economy. Illegal...
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... thus increasing problems inside the prisons and penitentiaries. Prisons hold a complete new world inside them. As the most dangerous people from all over the country or province/state are collected in a single space, the chances of different mishaps and unwanted happenings are increased a hundred fold. Therefore, the prison service or probation service should be capable of handling such situations. Furthermore, the prison service should competent enough to prevent any incidents from happening at all. Containing any undesirable situations, preventing jailbreaks, controlling prisoner riots, thwarting murder attempts and violent attacks, halting drug trafficking, preventing any sexual harassment or assaults and frustrating any prison gangs from causing any harms are the primary tasks of a prison service. Further duties include the training of convicts to become a better citizen of society, provide them with adult education (if required), providing proper healthcare without any discrimination of race,...
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...crime can be linked in many ways depending on the theory being used. With social disorganizations theory that criminal behavior starts in the community and a reflection of the people’s surroundings, areas with large cultural differences and poverty are perfect breeding grounds for organized crime. Areas that have a population of mostly poor residents are more likely to have criminal activity such as drugs, theft, and gangs. With crimes starting and spreading in these areas they turn into a way of life for the people living in them. With so many cultures living in such small areas the fight to stay alive becomes a violent multicultural one. Gangs and drugs are one of the oldest versions of organized crime that is still alive today and is directly reflected by social disorganization. According to the social disorganization theory, when the youth of these poor neighborhoods see nothing but poverty, drugs, and violence around them the chances of them not leading the same type of life is greatly reduced then that of a youth that lives in the wealthy suburbs. Drugs and gangs have gotten bigger over time and have turned into units of organized...
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...Mystery Schools in 1500 BC before it is a kind of organization that is allied to the Catholic Church. The development of modern fraternal is now stretched out especially on college campuses. It is divided into groups namely: social, service, professional and honorary. It is known in the society as organization that exerts a physical force so as to injure or abuse a person or a group of people associated or formally organized for a common purpose. However many people are still engaged to join fraternities because they think about the advantage that can give them benefits for their own sake, for short for them it is worth it. Our goal in this paper is to show why many people are being addicted in being a part of this kind of organization even if they know what are the negative issues involved here. To achieve this goal, we’ve arranged our paper into five categories; Theories about the topic where we have the motivation theories and how frat started in the Philippines, Current issue about the topic, Analysis about the issue, Conclusion where we involve all information that we gathered and References. Group 5-2 THEORIES ABOUT FRATERNITIES MOTIVATION Theories About Human Motivation. What is there about human being that continues to make membership in fraternal orders appealing? This is really a question about human motives. Why, indeed, do people join fraternal orders? For the sake argument only, let's propose that men are by nature inclined to socialize, that their intelligence compels...
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...preservation to prejudice. For instance, if someone encounters an individual wearing gang colors and gang related attire the perspective of that person might be that they are dangerous, involved in illegal activity, or an outcast from main stream society. In reality, this person may only be wearing matching colored sports team clothing to show support of their favorite team. Regardless of the reason for stereotyping, the fact remains that it “has a lasting negative impact on those who experience it.” (Kemick, 2011). This paper will prove that military service, level of education, and race can have negative impacts on those who experience it. People who serve in the military are often stereotyped by those who have not served in the military with certain characteristics. The characteristics range from being rigid, non-conformist, conservative, obsessive compulsive, controlling, aggressive, stern, domineering, and even having the propensity to use force to solve a problem. This belief is often held because of the stringent training that all military personnel must undergo and fictional military characters from books, comics, television, and movies. “Drawing broad and very general conclusions based on insufficient evidence can therefore lead to harmful results, not only for the victim of the stereotype but also for the person doing the stereotyping.”(Mosser, 2012). In my experience, being former military, I was sometimes placed in...
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...Social Process and Social Development Theory Paper Jason Mitchell CJA/314 February 16, 2013 Judy Marchand Social Process and Social Development Theory Paper Many people often wonder about the reasons that criminals commit such violent acts and if the crime could have been prevented by noticing warning signs of deviant behavior. The video chosen for this paper was Tent City Arizona. “The Tents Jail was begun in 1993 when Sheriff Joe Arpaio was able to obtain some surplus military tents. These tents were set up in an area adjacent to one of the existing Maricopa County Jails in Phoenix, Arizona. Sheriff Arpaio had previously decided that he would not release any inmates due to jail overcrowding, and housing sentenced inmates in the tents seemed a good solution.” (http://www.mcso.org/JailInformation/TentCity.aspx) Most inmates that have served time in Tent City has learned valuable lessons and do not return to jail. The inmates are required to work for their meals. When criminals are sentenced to be incarcerated in jail or prison, society expects them to pay for their crimes and not live a luxury lifestyle while serving out their time. In many institutions around the United States it may seem as if the inmates are living the dream. They have the taxpayers supporting them. The inmates have a roof over their heads, no bills to pay, cable television, and three meals a day to eat. So what...
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...Modern-Day Prison Gangs and How They Operate Angel Ruby March 21, 2013 American River College Modern-Day Prison Gangs and How They Operate There are several different prison gangs currently in power within the prisons today. There is the Mexican Mafia, La Neustra Familia, Black Guerrilla Family, and The Aryan Brotherhood. Though each gang has separate syndicates, these four gangs remain the most influential (A. Ruby, personal interview, March 19, 2013). How these gangs operate depends on the prison they occupy. While each of these gangs was initially created to survive in ethnically segregated situations that is not the case any longer. Currently the aspirations of these gangs have to do with protection, money, and reputation, they are very organized and efficient (A. Ruby personal interview, March 19, 2013). La Nuestra Familia was formed in the mid 1960’s to protect rural Mexican-American inmates from predator gangs, primarily from the urban Mexican-American inmates affiliated with the Mexican Mafia (Gangs OR Us Gang Identification, 1999). They represent northern California and are identified by their tattoos which are normally a dagger or sombrero with the letters “NF”. The NF use to operate through three categories (cat.1, cat.2, etc.). The higher the category you were in, the higher your rank within the gang. They later abolished that structure to try to institute equality inside the gang. They created a “mesa” which was an order of six members (A. Ruby, personal...
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...Bill Chang HSTAS 482 H. Nam Review Paper With Her Oil Lamp On, That Night Review With Her Oil Lamp On, That Night is a Korean novel written by Lim Chul-Woo during the times of War in Korea. This short story is written in such a way that readers can relate to the pain that the victims of the Korean War felt. Lim tells the story with such detail so that the readers feel like they are actually there observing. The story opens with a soldier in the company of rebels in the woods outside the town in which he grew up. The town was evacuated more than two months prior, but that night the soldier and his company saw a light. The soldier thought that it could be from his own house due to the fact that it was in the same area and it was the anniversary of the death of his father. He thought to himself that it is his own mother coming back to look for him and to pay her respects to her husband. The story then switches to the viewpoint of the mother of the soldier in the woods. She has taken the risk to return to her village even though it was forbidden for her to return. She was clinging to the hope that her son might return; clinging so much that when she evacuated her town, she did not even board up the windows and doors like much of the rest of the town. Many of the villagers even went as far as to burn down the homes that they were leaving behind. Lim continues the story in the mother’s point of view. She is in her home with meager portions of food for the tribute to her deceased...
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...members usually say, of people at a college or university usually characterized by Greek letters. For members, fraternity means brotherhood, unity, friendship, trust and acceptance. It means meeting new people, sharing interests and accepting others' as well. It helps in building confidence and character because they believe that a fraternity gives a certain kind of protection. It gives the feeling of security and importance. It is somewhat comparable to gangs as they are both organization of people. However, gangs usually lack purpose and acceptance to communities. Usually linked with violence because members tend to compete with each other. Unlike in fraternity, members have this humility to help each other out and protect each other from an outsider. B. Statement of the Problem More specifically, this research aims to know what fraternity is, its advantages, and disadvantages. C. Significance of the Study It is therefore, very important to know what fraternity really is before joining it. And this research paper was made to inform the readers about the advantages and disadvantages of joining fraternities. D. Definition of Terms For better understanding of the study, the following terms are defined, the terms refer to the following: * middle class students- the social class between the aristocracy or very wealthy and the lower working class: people in business and the professions, highly skilled...
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...The Drug Business Tawni Masters CJA 384 January 30, 2012 Sherryl Roten-West The Drug Business The illegal drug business in the United States is not a new business. This business has been around for quite some time. In this paper I will discuss the history of illegal drug business in the United States including the types of drugs that involved in the illegal drug business. I will also be discussing illegal drug syndicates and cartels a long with their structures and operational methods. Also I will be talking about some of the modern trends of organized drug trafficking. Finally I will answer, explain, and provide recommendations to the question, is there is a better solution to the ways in which we combat the drug business in the United States. The illegal drug business in the United States consists of all different types of activities from drug use to drug sales to producing and manufacturing to trafficking. Until the 1940’s most Italian Mafia leaders were strict with their rules telling their outfits that they were to avoid dealing drugs. A few leaders, notably Charles “Lucky” Luciano, broke that rule and used their organizations to push other gangs out of the drug trade and developed sophisticated networks for importing and selling illegal drugs in the United States (Mazzeno, 2011). During World War II illegal drugs were becoming less available in the U.S. because traffickers had a difficult time importing the drugs from overseas areas that were already in a conflict...
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...Sociological Perspectives Paper SOC/100 Sociological Perspectives Paper Introduction to video and clarification of the applied theoretical perspective. The video of School girl attacks identifies an attack on school girls in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Zahira, who is a 13-year-old, is interviewed by NBC told her story about the attack. Zahira, who always showed excitement about attending school, lost her joy after the attack on her and five other girls. The attack took place during the girls walk from school. Men on motorcycles drove by tossed acid in the girls faces. The Taliban’s are known to be the rivals to Afghanistan’s. “The Taliban’s felt girls were unholy if they attend school” (NBC News, 2011). At the time of the attack Zahira thought it was a prank incident. However, it cause the girls to not attend school for five days, left Zahira cousin Chauncy partially blind, mood changes has been altered, still a desire to learn, but fear has been instilled in the girls. Functionalists theoretical clarify the involvement to social stability in Afghanistan (NBC News, 2011). Specific components of the perspective used in the evaluation. Manifest functions of institutions are open, stated, and conscious functions. They involve the intended, recognized consequences of an aspect of society. The stated and conscious function is the school existence, which was to educate the girls. The conscious function was the girls going to school along with their desire to improve...
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...spiraling downward of the city. In this world, poverty is implicit. The people have only a few viable career options (work low level jobs for low wages, farm for self-sustenance, or join with a gang through which all economic and military power in the city is derived). The film shows how they would steal but also try selling fish in the streets as a way of making money. The film didn't show any real jobs or ways teenagers and/or adults could possibly make good money. Li’l Dice, representing all the most negative qualities that result from mistreatment, lack of education, poor environment and lack of support structure. He grew up to see only two motivations in life (money and power). As Rio de Janeiro expands and its need for thievery to survive dissipates, the criminal lifestyle stays intact and expands along with the city due to the criminal culture and way of life that’s already been established. Li’l Dice overthrows the drug trade in the city, and takes a new name: Li’l Ze. Rocket, the main character, has a life goal to become a photographer; instead of being able to achieve that dream by prescribed path such as attending a university and being folded into career, Rocket makes use of the cheap, kodak-style camera he’s able to get his hands on. He works as a delivery boy for a paper, and not until...
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...Values Reflection Paper Thomas Guerrero CJA 474 November 24, 2014 David Pettinari Values Reflection Paper Regardless of whether people work in the government or private sector, military or civilian, they will commonly ask, “what are my core values?” Most people are taught personal values from the early years of childhood, and throughout adolescence. In addition to parents, many public figures instill some values (such as respect) in the minds of young adults stronger than other values. Respect is one of my core values, and something that most kids from inner-city Chicago learn about. This paper focuses on core values. In this paper, I will reflect on my core values, describe the development and change of values, and explain the nature and importance of human values in the workplace. Core Values With the numerous amounts of social influences today, it may be hard for adolescents to decide which vales they believe to be most important. However, adolescents and adults are constantly faced with the question, what do you want to be or do in life? According to De Janasz, Dowd, & Schneider (2001), “Identifying your values will help you answer the question “What do I want to achieve with my life?” Once you determine your values and why they are important to you, you can then work on a plan for achieving your goals (p. 51).” Growing up in the tough neighborhoods of Chicago, it is easy to learn the values of right and wrong. It’s learned from award ceremonies...
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...Persuasive Research Paper Dominique Harris ENG/215 September 30, 2013 Bill Morgan Persuasive Research Paper Restrictions on Guns for the Sake of Life Volsky (2012), "I support the Second Amendment” (para. 2) Governor Rick Scott (R) stated December 2012 when questioned by anchor Soledad O’Brien about which reforms, if any, he would support. Gun control is one of the leading controversial issues society faces in America to date. The government is faced with the issue of limiting assault rifles with a trite and establishing tougher gun laws vs. the second amendment. President Obama said it best “the country’s background check system for gun buyers is so weak it makes the United States vulnerable to mass shootings” (Rucker, 2013, para. 2). That statement alone should end any controversy on the issue of gun control. Regulating individual’s right to bear arms certainly would bring a since of safety to our society. In order for that to happen, government will have to do more than just prohibited sales of guns. In everyone’s community someone knows an individual who owns gun e.g., for protection or hunting. To regulate the rights to bear arms authorities would have to confiscate everyone’s guns to make America safer. I personally would like that to happen because guns kill, accidentally and on purpose. Take a look at the bigger picture “every day in the U.S., an average of 289 people are shot. Eight-six of them die: 30 are murdered, 53 kill themselves, two die accidentally...
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