Bennett, crimes committed by male's ages 14 to 17 will increase by 23 percent between 1995 and 2005 (Wittiuk 438). ... Growing numbers of young people, often from broken homes or so-called dysfunctional families, are committing murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and other violent acts. ... Arrests of 18-year-old to 20-year-old males for murder over the same period increased 119 percent. ... If the gang is looking to murder a member of a rival gang they can have a fifteen year old do it to "make his bones" (almost an initiation, to prove his loyalty to the gang) and even if he does get ca...

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"The delinquent is a rogue male" stated by Wooden and Blazak in their book on delinquency. ... Specifically, delinquent behavior involves a range of activities far broader than those committed by the "stereotypical" street gang. ... One national study of youth aged 15-21, for example, noted that only 5% reported involvement in a serious assault, and only 6% reported having participated in a gang fight. ... With the concept of female gangs, Engler mentions two factors he felt accounted for the lower number of girl gangs: First, the social patterns for the behavior of girls, powerfully backe...

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These children are doing adult time for their crimes along side more than 5,000 adult male felons. Their crimes include murder, rape, robbery and various other serious offenses. ... These felonies include, but are not limited to the following: murder, rape, drive-bys, sodomy, carjacking, and several other serious felonies (Implementation Guidelines For Proposition 21, 2000). ... -Gang Car Jacking. ... -Gang Extortion. ...

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Most street gangs have their own unique style of communication. 3. ... Deviant behavior may range from violating relatively trivial norms, such as spitting in public, to actions that run counter to deeply held beliefs and values, such as murder or rape. ... When we think of crime, we usually think of interpersonal violence such as rape, assault, murder, or property crimes, such as burglary, theft, and robbery. ... Some crime is committed by individuals and some crime is committed by gangs. ... Gangs can be associated with subcultures that are in opposition to the prevailing culture. ...

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These violent crimes include aggravated assault and sex offense, excluding rape and prostitution. ... It appears that over the past two decades women have had to assume male roles in the home and workplace. These adaptations of male roles and traits are due to a higher divorce rate, leaving many single mothers and also the rise of women in typically male positions in the workplace. As women adopt these male traits and roles, this increases the involvement in crime. Even on the streets it is evident that women are gaining status because of the increase in female gangs and gang members. ...

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When we look at three comparable cities we can see how their crime rates in robbery, rape and murder will compare. ... Population by Sex/Age Population by Sex/Age Population by Sex/Age Male- 223,183 Male- 208,968 Male- 201,063 Female- 236,604 Female- 211,035 Female- 207,895 Under 18- 111,058 Under 18- 81,410 Under 18- 102,671 Over 18- 348,729 Over 18- 338,593 Over 18- 306, 287 When looking at the statistics chart per 100,000 inhabitants then national average for robberies and murders are less than in these three comparable cities. Atlanta, Georgia had the highest number o...

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Male colleagues subject them to humiliating initiation rituals and grope their breasts and bottoms. Three soldiers gang rape a female soldier. ... In the book that I had read the author said, "Paraphilia's are primarily (but not exclusively) male disorders, many of which begin in childhood or adolescence and persist into adulthood. ... Males get sexually assaulted as well, although people's main focus is research of sexual harassment on women. ... The Navy also has a program to try and prevent sexual abuse and rape. ...

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