Sentences with phrase «for gang culture»

Edgar says: 1979 was a clearly a banner year for gang culture, as these two movies are the best of the genre.

Not exact matches

From a gang culture that has gone mainstream to the impact of drugs, from mental health issues to the exploitation of vulnerable children, there isn't one reason for the rise in violence and there's certainly not one solution.

With gang culture on the rise and 26 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital last year, we meet the Christians battling for peace

With gang culture on the rise and 26 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital last year, we meet the Christians battling for peace More

Eventually, Trippi believes that we'll laugh off minor gaffes like this, but at the moment, the Internet is encouraging a culture of authenticity at the same time that rival campaigns, the media, blogs, etc., will gang - tackle a candidate (or celebrity) for the slightest public or private mistake.

John spent sixteen years traveling across Upstate New York in his role as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecuting corrupt politicians, business frauds, drug traffickers, and gang members and making our community safer for every Central New York family regardless of race, creed, culture, or address.

«J'Ouvert is a celebration of Caribbean pride, culture and heritage,» it said before a reminder that last year «two people were killed during J'Ouvert» — a 21 - year - old man who was stabbed at Grand Army Plaza and 43 - year - old Carey Gabay, an attorney for the Cuomo administration who was shot in front of the Ebbets Field apartments on Bedford Avenue, a crime for which at least three gang members have been indicted.

Interviewed for Monday morning's Today programme, he emphasised the way he was working with his local Labour council to tackle gang culture in Waltham Forest, London.

The series juggles police brutality, systemic racism, black youth culture, gang violence, and black parenting with aplomb, and all topics feel entirely new to The CW but also necessary for the network, where it can be paired with an equally pulpy series like Riverdale.

The prize for most promising newcomer went to director Sally El Hosaini for her Sundance and Berlin award winner My Brother the Devil, which centres on two young boys of Egyptian descent who become embroiled in east London's gang culture.

The Mental Health and Safeguarding training (MAST) will give frontline professionals including teachers, police officers, council workers and health and social care workers unprecedented specialised training in understanding gang culture, identifying young people who are gang affiliated, providing them with support services, and knowing the right steps to take when they encounter a young person that may be an easy target for gang recruitment.

Contents of this guide run as follows: * Visual summary of plot * Storyboard resource for students to then recall the plot and key events from memory * Form and structure comprehension questions * Settings questions * Context (students explore key issues raised in the play such as youth stereotypes, gang culture, growing violence in the age of the internet etc) * Symbols and Motifs - lots of information about symbols and motifs in the play, followed by a revision activity * Key Quotes - Students explore key quotes through analysis of their meaning and significance, quotes are broken down chapter by chapter and provide thematic links etc. * Themes - Students make connections between themes, characters and events in the novel * Characterisation - Students have to complete a character profile for all the main characters using the study tasks provided * Key Terminology - Exploring some key terminology and vocabulary that will deepen their understanding of the play as well as impress examiners.

«The more we got into the Gypsy Rose and the Imperials, the more we saw them fighting the stereotypes, shaping the community to go against gang culture, working to be an outlet for something good in a tough area.

Lizzi Bougatsos (born Queens, New York, 1974) has exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, including solo exhibitions at The Breeder, Athens, Greece (2009); and James Fuentes, New York (2007, 2009), two - person exhibitions at Paramount Ranch with Ooga Booga / Sadie Laska (2015), Home Alone 2 with Rita Ackerman (2014), James Fuentes with Thornton Dial (2013), Home Alone with Rob Pruitt (2012) Reena Spaulings with Kim Gordon (2005), American Fine Arts Co. with Jess Holzworth (2000), group exhibitions at Andrea Rosen, New York (2012), Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow (2011), The 29th Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil (2011), The Whitney Biennial New York (2008) with Gang Gang Dance, The Astrup Fearnly Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo (2008), Museo d'arte Contemporanea di Roma, Milan (2007), Kunst - Werke, Berlin (2007), and P.S. 1 Institute of Contemporary Art, New York (1999).

Organised crime gangs, illegal and unethical practices in the claims industry, and a persistent compensation culture are all combining to create a costly problem for insurers that is to the ultimate detriment of policyholders.

For years, campaigners had been saying that the law had been acting as a dragnet indiscriminately and unfairly ensnaring young people, mainly from ethnic minority communities, as part of a misconceived clampdown on the menace of gang culture.

For example, the rites of cicatrization (the inducement of scars), genital mutilation, and teeth gouging practiced today in some primitive cultures are analogous to modern forms of extreme body modification, needle sharing, and gang initiation rituals that involve committing violent or criminal acts.