Jodi Miller found there to be three prevalent reasons for being involved in a street gang: neighborhood exposure to gangs, family problems, and if a family member is in a gang. Through her research she found that 90 percent of her subjects had at least two of those traits. ... She relentlessly asked him, "Why can't you be like your brother?" ... He was continually in the shadow of his brother Ricky. ... Through the exposure of his brother, Ricky became another gang death statistic. ...

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The two brothers butchered the young man in the prime of his life. ... At least then she could have avoided the embarrassment of being returned to her family on her wedding night when her future husband found out that she was not a virgin. ... She looked for it in the shadows, she found it at first sight among the many, many easily confused names from this world and the other, and she nailed it to the wall with her well aimed dart, like a butterfly with no will whose sentence has always been written." ... She had multiple opportunities to tell Santiago that the Vicario brothers were waiti...

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His older brother, Adam Nolan, oftentimes found himself incarcerated for drug possession and theft (Tavernise). ... He had to see his brother in and out of rehab and jail. ... Lane's grandparents, who had custody of him and his brother, described Lane as extremely remorseful and unable to stop crying. ...

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In the context of the book no other event was more prominent than Winston's Affair with Julia, this event really showed Winston's rebellious side, and made him less and less careful about the watchful eye of big brother because he knew he was to be caught in the long run eventually, so he made sure he enjoyed his time left. I believe Winston's affair with Julia was his way of rebelling against big brother, which is a stupid thing to do because he was always going to get caught. ... He knew it could have been a trap, as he was suspicious of O"Brien in the first place, however he...

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His older brother, Adam Nolan, oftentimes found himself incarcerated for drug possession and theft (Tavernise). ... He had to see his brother in and out of rehab and jail. ... Lane's grandparents, who had custody of him and his brother, described Lane as extremely remorseful and unable to stop crying. ...

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His older brother, Adam Nolan, oftentimes found himself incarcerated for drug possession and theft (Tavernise). ... He had to see his brother in and out of rehab and jail. ... Lane's grandparents, who had custody of him and his brother, described Lane as extremely remorseful and unable to stop crying. ...

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One of Thomas's older brothers, Samuel Ketchum, left his wife and kids to become a cowboy along with Thomas. ... In 1892, Black Jack, his brother, Sam, and several other outlaws learned that an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was on route to Deming, New Mexico with a large payroll. ... The $20,000 dollars was never found. Black Jack's final attempt to rob the Santa Fe Railroad train by himself ended in defeat, the conductor had shot his arm, and Black Jack staggered off into the night when they found Black Jack he was at a watering hole it was there that he surrendered peaceful...

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Taking into account the goal and premise of community-based partnerships, such as Big Brother Big Sisters, which target at risk youth as well as the general population, the programs reduce the likely hood of violent behavior, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, incarceration, and dropping out of school. ... When comparing children who received program services from Big Brother Big Sisters and those waiting but had not been matched with a mentor, researchers found that children who had been matched with a mentor and had the benefit of receiving program services were 46% less likely to initiate dru...

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After the incident of the shooting Rodriguez also found out that all three of her older sons were part of gangs. She states '"My 16-year-old threw away his cholo clothes right when he heard about his brother. ... It is not surprising that the thirteen year old brother joined the gang, after all his older brothers all belonged in gangs. ... He told his brother 'You know if they kill you, your friends will go to your Rosary and they'll go to your funeral. ... Kary continued to apply strict household rules to Jamie and he found gang life more attractive so he ran away f...

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He rode with a group of outlaws called the James-Younger Gang, which included his brother Frank and two cousins, Cole and Jim Younger. ... Robert James, was a Baptist minister who helped found William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri. ... He has two step-brothers, two step-sisters, and two natural brothers ("Biography of Jesse James"). ... In 1866, Jesse became one of the leaders of a band of outlaws with the Younger brothers and Jim Reed, where his partnership in crime and trail of robberies and murders moved through most of the central states (Belle). ...

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In my opinion I think that police officers do this to say they've found the killer. ... Crowe just happened to be the brother of a girl that was murdered so therefore he had to be the one who kill her, right? ...

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Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two- Bit, who are also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. ... The physical description of Ponyboy can be found in the first page of the book, page 9: Quote "I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-grey eyes. ... In some parts I found the book hard to relate to because of the different time it was written in "the 1950s. ... The things that Ponyboy and his brother did, I would never dream of doing. ...

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Introduction In an effort to improve the quality of services for the Safe in My Brother's Arms community outreach program, there will be an evaluation that measures the effectiveness of the programs in the agency. ... The founders researched the crime rate in the Orange County area and found that a large portion of our youth population has been, are, or will be involved in criminal activities during their teen years. ... The founders also interviewed criminal offenders and found that a primary reason for teen delinquency was the surplus of idle time that teenagers have. ... The pre...

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No single individual can claim the definite honor of founding this civilization, but Jonas Hanway, an eccentric London philanthropist and Sir John Fielding, blind magistrate, both contributed substantially of their services in getting the infant Society started and in smooth working order (Simonsen, 1991, p. 10). ... Public asylums for the children of convicts and other destitute or neglected children, such as that founded by the Philanthropic Society in London were proposed in 1786. ...

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In a civilized society like United States such a barbaric attitude would not only be against the principles for which the country was founded, but will also send a bad message to rest of the world who look up to the United States as an embodiment of law and order. ... I will never forget the event of about fifteen years ago when a drunk driver hit my brother and confined him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Whipping a thieve who stole someone's else possessions or a drunk driver who permanently crippled an innocent man- like in the case of my brother is like slapping a kid on the...

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The two men went through a psychological evaluation during the trial and what the doctor found shed some light into what was going on in their heads. ... The doctor found that Dick "shows fairly typical characteristics of what would psychiatrically be called a severe character disorder. ...

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I have found several statistics regarding child offenders. ... In fact most children who are exposed to such factors have the ability to transcend them and live non-criminal lives. 7A United States study on adolescent sexual offenders found that over 60% had been physically abused, almost half had been sexually assaulted and 70% had been subject to neglect, while over half the sample had experienced a combination of these forms of abuse as children. ...

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Larry and his newly found gang would hang around their neighborhood, which were the slums, at the corner of Green St. and 68th on the South Side of Chicago. ... Earl porter's brother by the name of Mike Mayor was found dead after a multi million dollar drug deal had turned for the worst. ... The gang found it really easy to go to these new cities and start setting up new cliques....

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But a lot is said about him and his brother, Buck. ... In a car that they stole, officers found a prescription bottle filled by Clyde's aunt and they left fingerprints. ... Clyde was found helplessly hanging through the steering wheel. ... They started picking casing from trees, the ground and anywhere they found them. ...

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If Ned is to be taken at his word, he is the wronged party, unknowingly accepting a stolen horse and subsequently being jailed for it: "Wright who was a stranger to me was in a hurry to get back to Mansfield and I gave him another mare and he told me if I found his mare to keep her until he brought mine back". ... The inference in "The Jerilderie Letter" is that Ned Kelly acted with his brother Dan, his stepfather George King or alone, not backed up by a gang. ...

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Cain was not put to death for slaying his brother Abel. ... The proper translation of the Hebrew word is found in the New King James Version, which read, "You shall not murder."" ... But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, Racal!' ...

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While researching Bonnie and Clyde I found it ironic that only certain cities and states were visited and struck with their fury, yet the only time something happened to them about the murders was the fatal attack by Louisiana and Texas Police that took their lives. ... Clyde never finished school higher than the fifth grade, and tried to go back after the family moved to West Texas but felt it would be better to start selling stolen turkeys with his brother Buck. ... Before Clyde met Bonnie he had started his criminal career with his brother Buck. ...

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Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two-Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. ... I found the movie hard to relate to in some parts because of the different time it took place in "the 1950s. ... The things that Ponyboy and his brother did, I would never dream of doing. ...

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In 1672 Alice Thomas was found guilty of entertaining males in her home. ... On their first appearance in Massachusetts (July, 1656), where two male and six female Quakers arrived from Rhode Island and Barbados, they found that the reproach entailed on their sect by the insane extravagance of some of its members in England had preceded their arrival, and that they were regarded with the utmost terror and dislike by the great bulk of the people. ... No such indications having been found, they were sent back to the places whence they came, by the same vessels that had brought them, and prohibi...

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The need for fulfillment in young girls" lives are growing because all-female gangs, found mostly in large urban areas, spread to smaller towns. ... Melissa lived in a home where two of her three brothers did drugs, which one of the two died of a crack cocaine overdose (Atkin). ...

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