Sentences with phrase «of gang culture»

Adolescents exhibiting conduct disorder behavior as a part of gang culture or to meet basic survival needs (e.g., stealing food) are often less psychologically disturbed than those with early childhood histories of behavior disorders.

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.

It's the same psychology of gang culture.

However, although some of these artists have alluded to their Christian backgrounds, much of their music falls in line with the glorification of gang culture and unbiblical content with which hiphop and rap is frequently associated.

Not exact matches

The article, written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, gave a detailed account of an alleged 2012 gang rape that a woman identified as «Jackie» said had endured at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house as a first - year student, and accused the university of tolerating a culture that ignored sexual violence against women.

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Are you talking about the clashes between immigrant cultures (like the 5 Point gang wars) or the revivalist activities of the «second awakening?»

The culture of death we see clearly in the gang violence on our streets and in the perpetual war that has ravaged homes in Iraq is just as real, though often harder to see, in the self - centeredness of our shopping malls and the loneliness of our workspaces.

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.

If you thought you could avoid gang culture by moving out of a big city, think again.

Without my dad I've no doubt that I would have ended up walking down the path of criminal activity and gang culture that many of my friends did.

Peter Whittle pointed out in the September Standpoint magazine that «If faced with a group of gang members playing music unbearably loud in the car next to them at traffic lights I personally know of nobody - nobody, from Daily Telegraph reader toGuardian reader - who would risk asking them to turn it down... but it's not just the gang culture.»

He does not need me to wade into a culture war or gang up on a minority or sow seeds of discord and fear.

So if I am going into a gang neighborhood as a missionary, I had better understand that cultures idea of the concept, respect.

You see it in obvious things: the loss of the sense of chivalry, of male strength placed at the service of the family and the community, and the rise of a massive gang - culture.

A street gang called the Sons of Satan tried to recruit him, the sort of culture that embraces angry young men.

It can be particularly prevalent in schools, where bullying thrives because of a variety of factors, such as immaturity and gang culture.

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.

But the well - cultured Yorubas, must not allow themselves to be used by the likes of Ayodele Fayose, Atiku Abubakar, Wike, Fani kayode and the gang!

Speaking at Hay literary festival on Monday, Lady Warsi — the Conservative peer and first Muslim in a British cabinet — said government policy was currently too focused on ideology as the sole cause of radicalisation, and not on other factors, including upbringing and drug and gang culture.

It's part of a knife and gang culture that requires cultural solutions as well as state solutions.

• A ministerial group will prepare a programme of action on gang culture.

The coalition's response focused heavily on a crackdown on the gang culture problem experienced in many of England's inner cities.

A new report from education watchdog Ofsted has revealed that a fifth of England's secondary schools are concerned about «gang culture».

The culture of violence has become contagious, he said, where gangs make people feel insecure, increasing the pressure on young people to join a gang.

«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.

Instead, the prime minister's parliamentary statement gave us some irrelevant commentary, a pointless inquiry on gang culture and a re-heat of existing plans.

Afterward, one of the gang members, Flynn (Derek Magyar — Boy Culture) runs them off the road, and takes their back to the leader, Hoag's (Lee Tergensen — Monster) house.

Urban culture and the Hip Hop lifestyle is the focus of Crime Life: Gang Wars.

Dheepan won the Palme D'Or at Cannes last year and addresses two of the burning social issues of the day: illegal immigration and gang culture in French suburbs.

Zoolander and the gang have mostly ossified into pullstring See»n Says, though to encore the greatest hits of a fifteen - year - old movie whose footprint on popular culture has long since dissipated is to masturbate, really, and the celebrity cameos — about the same number as the previous film's, but much more elaborately integrated this time around — feel no less onanistic.

It hasn't so much been redeemed with time as recognized as quintessential Huston: a motley gang of eccentrics and specialists, a quest in search of a certain grail, a culture of betrayal where human life as a disposable commodity, and a perfectly Hustonian twist that makes all their sacrifices meaningless.

In this week's episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, Anita and the gang travel the world with the delectable cuisine of Netflix's new food documentary series Ugly Delicious, which explores the collisions of food, culture, and history.

The movie consistently seems to be taking shots at both gang culture and pre-established ideas by society of what it means to be a manly human being.

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

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.

12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley's exploration of the decade - long lead - up to the LA riots takes an unflinching look at the city's gang culture, drug use and the shocking police tactics that built to a disastrous and tragic crescendo.

The Oasis trust runs 44 schools across the UK and is looking at offering peace studies as a stand alone subject as part of a wider programme aimed at ensuring pupils are not influenced by religious extremism and gang culture.

Worse, there is the huge problem of young people whose lives are influenced mainly by gangs, street culture, hip hop, and the worst of movies and television.

It is also interesting to ask students what is needed to break this cycle of young people entering youth gang culture / knife crimes.

In Los Angeles, in the gang - plagued neighborhood of Watts, teachers and principals are already deepening a culture of restorative practices they believe is key to improving academics by changing the atmosphere in school.

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.

Experts say the drop in London's numbers are the result of fosterers priced out of the capital, councils not being able to fund children's homes in the region, and moves to protect children from gang culture.

The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill Directed by Walter Hill and released in 1979, this movie is a fever - dream interpretation of New York City's gang culture.

In Bikin» and Brotherhood, Spurgeon offers a glimpse into the sinister and misunderstood world of American biker - gang culture.

Like the adult book market, YA fiction has countless varieties and popularity waxes and wanes — coming of age in a distinct time and / or culture (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill A Mockingbird); drugs and gangs (Go Ask Alice, Rumblefish, The Outsiders), vampires and paranormal (the Twilight series), dystopian (the Hunger Games and Divergent series), contemporary (The Fault in Our Stars, Eleanor & Park).

Trafficking in local puppy sales brings in cash income and as breeders are being regulated elsewhere, high volume producers of so - called, «bully breeds,» now line the I - 35 corridor, advertising gang culture and making thinly veiled references to dog fighting on their websites.

Saints Row's focus on gang culture wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but now, with Saint's Row the Third, Volition are clearly out to change thinks.

Where GTA: San Andreas was about exploring gang culture, GTA V will be about capturing «contemporary culture of LA»