Selena Gomez does not know about the plan, because her friends knew that she would not be able to do it. ... Alien agrees to her leaving but says that her friends cannot go with her. ... In the film, her friends tell her about the restaurant robbery and she is appalled by what her friends are telling her and how they are describing what had happened. ... In the beginning of the film, Selena Gomez' church friends label her grade school friends as evil, satanic, and claim that they are no good. ... This film is a little exaggerated but it does have great examples of juvenile delinquency....

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• Grade Level: High School

Control theories make a little more sense to me. Reckless" containment theory says there are predispositions that make people commit crimes. He uses the terms pushes and pulls. Pushes can come from troubled psyches, or stressful circumstances outside the individual, whereas pulls can be from family,...

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The money and material possessions may be tempting, especially to those children that have little of this at home. ... They may target children that seem to come from a bad home environment with little parental supervision. ... Gangs have been known to use threats, including threatening to harm the youth themselves, their friends or family. ... Some signs that a child may be involved in a gang or in gang activities are; they may have new friends or stop hanging out with their old friends or they may not let you meet any of their friends, they may start spending a lot of time away fro...

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• Grade Level: High School

The ones that work the best for me and not against me are my support group of friends and family, my determination and dedication to a goal, and my unwillingness to surrender or give in when the times are hard. ... In the social world I believe that my lack of height and little extra weight will also hinder my chances of a productive life. ... I will be married with a little boy with another baby on the way. ...

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Recruiters use lies to convince the youth it really isn't a gang but a club of close friends. ... If you try to leave then the people you called your family and friends will either beat you until your almost dead, or they will just kill you. ... Although this accomplishes little, it is a big factor in gang enrollment. ...

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They need to watch for bad behavior, gang lingo, tattoos, violence, and lots of money, weapons, or changes in friends. ... The mom has to work lots of overtime to provide for them which leads to stress, lack of communication, highly irritable, tired, little interaction, and no supervision for the child. ...

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Then I had opportunities to follow a few friends to their homes. ... This quote illustrate that growing up with no or little guidance can lead youths to choose the gang life to seek what they need such as security, power, and mentor. ...

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This was of course before the industrial revolution when goods began to be mass-produced, creating the opportunity to steal more, and also to sell more: "The growth of mass-produced and mass-owned consumer goods, of which there is little chance of being traced or recognized by the owner, paved the way for "receivers" who on a large scale buy stolen property to resell it, often at a distance or after a time has elapsed, for a handsome profit."... According to The Fence, there was little chance of being caught when dealing in mass-produced goods, so the benefits of committing a crime outweighed...

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Family members, friends, and peers all influence these times of transition for the juvenile. ... We might learn to have a little more trust in their communities also where the adults would n't look at the kids as delinquents if they seen them talking to the police and other peers. ...

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New beginnings to Death: Bonnie and Clyde were introduced and became friends; she was introduced first to his criminal lifestyle after officials questioned him about stolen merchandise. ... Alder, Mueller, and Laufer explain the "general theory" as one assumes that offenders have little control over their own behavior and desires. ...

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Family members, friends, and peers all influence these times of transition for the juvenile. ... We might learn to have a little more trust in their communities also where the adults would n't look at the kids as delinquents if they seen them talking to the police and other peers. ...

• Word Count: 1841
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School