We must try and understand how the gang members think, how they react to certain situations, and what makes them do what they do. ... Initiations such as: beat in, "26 penny pick up," "the wall," and also" the line."... The initiations can be as simple as learning a set of rules then reciting it or as difficult as getting beaten badly while trying to pick up 26 pennies scattered out on the ground. The 26 penny pick up is when 26 pennies are tossed on the ground, then he or she will be beaten until all the pennies are picked up. There is also a 6 penny pick up for the young thugs...

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• Grade Level: High School

From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. ... I will relate to why violence appears to be associated with masculinity, by analysing these concepts, therefore creating a sustained argument in how these concepts pursue the idea that violence is associated with masculinity. ... The inequality in gender patterns between males and females is not a new concept; men have always been associated extensively with violence compared to women. ... Evolutionary e...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is this ability to choose, and the mutual respect of other people's right to choose based in their own beliefs which makes picking and finding one single, moral, and ethical law to govern any situation a difficult task. ... She claims that becoming pregnant is like waking up one morning and realizing you have been hooked up to a dying violinist who needs to make use of your organs to survive for a certain amount of time. ... Thompson seems to feel that women become pregnant without ever making any conscious decision of their own. ... How can we hold that man responsible for taking t...

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• Grade Level: High School