Most gangs are lead by one person or a small group of people: these are the ones that give the orders. The recruits, usually teens or young adults are the ones that carry out the crimes. ... They may offer to give them money, clothes, jewelry or love that they feel that aren't getting elsewhere. ... Self Recruitment For whatever reasons, many teens go looking for a gang and ask to join. ... Many teens have joined gangs out of desperation. ...

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For example in 1988 on February 26 rookie New York City police officer Edward Byre was sitting alone in his police car guarding the house of a drug trial witness in South Jamaica, Queens where he was shot four times in the head and killed. ...

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With news outlets consistently focusing on minority offenders, they give the strong narrative that mainly minorities commit crimes (Wolfers 2014). We even hear a lot of talking heads having discussions on the high rates of black-on-black and black-on-white crime. ... From teens to young adults, more and more media attention is being put on young offenders ("Juvenile delinquency" 2014). ... The sociological answers give us qualitative data that we use to infer various patterns around our culture. ... The common thought is that playing violent video games gives people, especially yout...

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After that Pirone slugged Grant in the head because he saw Grant put his hands on another officer. ... The teens refused to turn the music down and he ended up shooting at the car and murdering one of the teenagers, Jordan Davis. ... Plea bargaining is accomplished by giving the reality of the judicial process, and how the existing practice can be modified through public policies. ... Prosecutors and judges make sure that plea bargaining, relative to trial does not give least to the public interest in punishment. Prosecutors and judges prefer to give defendants higher sentencing to lower s...

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