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- 141: Why Gun Control is Needed
- ... military type tactics. Could our framers imagine 10-13 year-olds in control of these firearms then turning around and shooting other kids, teachers, and their families? Did they imagine gangs wandering around unhampered by law enforcement and military? Now, let's talk about facts. There are 1,000s of cases of domestic violence reported each year, be it rape, mugging ...
- 142: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... worse.” But if you think about it, that isn't really true. If marijuana was legalized, that would mean that people could get it at the store, and not from gangs and other criminals. The loss of the drug trade would cut down on their activity in general, because many of their criminal activities are indirectly related to the drug trade ...
- 143: Teen Violence and Its Causes
- ... in a child's life. Sue MacDonald of the Cincinnati Enquirer writes, "Unattached children will likely become loners or seek the nurturing aspects and values of another group, such as gangs (MacDonald 1A)." She goes on to quote that the capacity to care for is really tied into how you were cared for. That falls back on the fact that children ...
- 144: Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, and Different Punishments
- ... of the poverty and sickness in the streets, crime was the only way to survive. Most of the crimes that took place in London were crimes that involved stealing. Pickpocket gangs and street gamblers were a regular sight when walking down a major London street. Prostitution was also a big money maker on the streets, done by both girls and boys ...
- 145: Juvenile Delinquency
- ... of other youngsters on those who commit delinquencies. For example, they point out that most youngsters who engage in delinquent behavior do so with other juveniles and often in organized gangs. Studies indicate that the causes of delinquency also extend to a whole society. For example, delinquency rates tend to be high among the low-income groups in societies where most ...
- 146: Gun Control
- ... Guns have become closely linked to drugs and murder in the public mind. Drug dealing and high tech weaponry have escalated the warfare in cities between long established loosely knit gangs. Predominantly guns of crime are used by gang members. Many police officers are killed every year due to drug and gang related incidents involving guns. For example in 1988 on ...
- 147: Methamphetamine: Built for Speed?
- ... military. Hitler was supposedly injected with methamphetamine. Speed rose to popularity in California, home of many of the largest meth labs in the country, riding on the back of biker gangs. Bikers have been historically blamed for introducing the drug into the psychedelic '60s, subsequently bringing down a whole Summer of Love with violence and angst. Since then, speed has been ...
- 148: Legalization of Drugs
- ... minded individuals, but also because participants in the market have no resort to legal institutions to resolve their disputes. According to the Lindsmith Center "During Prohibition, violent struggles between bootlegging gangs and hijackings of booze-laden trucks and sea vessels were frequent and notorious occurrences. Today's equivalents are the booby traps that surround some marijuana fields, the pirates of the ...
- 149: Abortion: Complicated Issue With Moral, Political, Ethical, Religious and Economic Factors
- ... or its father. And when a child is unloved or neglected it is known that that child is more likely to get addicted to drugs, turn to crime , or join gangs. Doing all these things in the long run ends up costing the public more. We would pay for it living in jail or its rehabilitation or losing people to murder ...
- 150: Dyslexia
- ... Most dyslexics don’t fit in with people so they either try to fit in wherever they can, or try to stay by themselves. Some dyslexics have even joined youth gangs, to try to fit in. Most of the outcasts at schools have some kind of a learning disability. When they do not want to deal with society they stay by ...
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