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211: The Outsiders: ... S.E. Hinton The Outsiders, an exciting tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs. The author wrote the story when she was just 16 years old, in the 1950s. The book was successful, and it was sold, and still being sold, in many copies ...

212: SEX...as It Is(kind Of Long But Worth The Read): ... male audience); by definition, fantasy is escapism, a denial of reality! However, this is a very common attitude, esp. among the most violent members of society like drug and biker gangs. Also, hardcore pornography, whose audience is overwhelmingly male, wallows in sexual sadism and violence against women. Just like pro-wrestling (all fake) and Hollywood action movies pander to male power ...

213: Deviance Is Socially Defined: ... the acts deviance. It is a labeling process put on the person. An example of deviant behavior would be the teen youth wearing baggy attire. Baggy attire is related to gangs, which in turn makes a person view teens that wear baggy attire to be a troublemaker. As a result it puts a stigma on the teen, which causes the teen ...

214: Deviance In Society: ... the acts deviance. It is a labeling process put on the person. An example of deviant behavior would be the teen youth wearing baggy attire. Baggy attire is related to gangs, which in turn makes a person view teens that wear baggy attire to be a troublemaker. As a result it puts a stigma on the teen, which causes the teen ...

215: The Study Of Criminology: ... characteristics. All these details help determine how certain conditions produce criminal behavior in an individual. Some case studies are conducted on certain groups of criminals, such as rapists or juvenile gangs. A criminologist may use the results of a case history to work out a theory about the development of criminal behavior. Most criminologists have university training in criminal justice, sociology ...

216: The Development Of The Prison: ... independence. After 1789, convicts were sent to Australia. The first convicts were sent to work as servants. If they misbehaved, the government took them back and put them in chain gangs to break stones and build roads. Eventually purpose built penal colonies were established, such as the one at Port Arthur, Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania), founded in 1833. At the ...

217: Teaching Kids: ... children aren't raised with a clear picture of morally right and wrong. When children can't identify the dangers and wrong in such problems, often they are drawn to gangs and drugs as easy answers. This ignorance of morals and values which these children confront is somewhat responsible for these modern problems. Often there is a misconception that these problems ...

218: Sportsmanship: ... sport in my mind wouldincrease the violence that is happening away from the playing field. It is a known fact that sports doeskeep kids off the street and away from gangs which is why you see so many athletic and boxing clubs beingrun out of the inner city. It is allowing the youth to take that hostility out on a willing ...

219: Socialization: ... school, and peers would be less likely to commit delinquent acts" (Vold, et al., 1998:207). In other words, individuals who are bonded to other groups such as delinquent peers, gangs, or those who are bonded to no one are more likely to be involved in criminal behavior. I suppose that one could say that an individual who is bonded to ...

220: School Uniforms: ... schools have used in conjunction with uniforms to address specific problems in their community include aggressive truancy reduction initiatives, drug prevention efforts, student-athlete drug testing, community efforts to limit gangs, a zero tolerance policy for weapons, character education classes, and conflict resolution programs. Working with parents, teachers, students, and principals can make a uniform policy part of a strong overall ...

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