In response, Federal officials, in cooperation with local law enforcement, established the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force (LA Task Force), and launched its largest crackdown ever on LA gangs. ... In Michigan, the Safe Streets-Violent Crime task force was established in response to the "Home Invaders," a gang responsible for over one hundred home invasion robberies. ... In Rhode Island, A Federal and State task force conducted an investigation into the "Latin Kings" gang, resulting in an eighteen-count indictment against eleven Latin Kings (U.S. ... These offenses include, but are not limi...

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His work has a great influence on the contemporary thinking about the nature of crime and punishment. ... The principal explanation of this concept is that drives and pulls (force in general) toward deviance must somehow be contained that is checked or controlled if deviance is to be averted, while self concept refers to an image of one's place in society in general. ...

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The link between drug use and crime is not a new one and numerous studies show that drugs use directly relates to crime in multiple ways. First of all, and most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, her...

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