evaluate its explanation’. In Hong Kong‚ female gangsters occupy a very small proportion of gang population‚ only 6% in 2001. However‚ the number of girl gangsters has an increasing trend that rises to 15% in 2005. Girls are also involved in gang activities more actively than before. There are three main parts in this paper. The first part focuses on the definitions of ‘functionalist point of view’ and ‘female juvenile gangs’. Features of girl gangsters like backgrounds‚ motives of joining gangs and
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culture. Meanwhile his co-workers‚ Michael and Samir (and various others) are set to be terminated. Luckily‚ Peter’s loyalty remains with his co-workers‚ giving way to class consciousness. This is when the use of gangster rap begins to reach its influential height in the film. 90s West Coast gangster rap has its roots in a specific counterculture; one that is far removed from mainstream American ideology. It is essentially the polar opposite of the film’s suit-and-tie bureaucratic office setting. The main
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extreme hardship came a group of people who for many different reasons chose to make their own rules and live outside the law. These gangsters’ exploits seemed to have been focused in Middle America from as far as Minnesota and Wisconsin to Texas and Louisiana. The Midwestern crime wave‚ which captivated a disenchanted public‚ involved brazen but personable gangsters who shot and robbed their way across country. Crime has been no stranger to American history‚ from the very beginning there has been
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turn to bootlegging‚ especially the gangsters. The well-known Al “Scarface” Capone was the leader of a gang in Chicago and known as an enemy to the American government. Shootouts and assassinations were not uncommon during this period‚ and in fact‚ cases of such criminal activity on the North Side were on the rise. Known as the most infamous gangster killing of the 1920’s‚ The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre‚ was the beginning of the end of Al Capone and gangsters’ bootlegging operations. Prohibition
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their liquor instead of that of rival gangs‚ they used violence. Gangsters’ main methods of gaining control were by instilling fear into local business; once people feared them they were able to exploit them. “By the 1920s‚ Americans had consumed over twenty-five million gallons of illegal liquor‚ and bootlegging became a one billion dollars business” As the bootlegging business blossomed‚ street gangs became established gangsters. With their new found wealth they were able to pay off law enforcement
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realm of media cater for numerous factors such as audience expectation and commercial viability. Richard Jameson encapsulates the familiarity that accompanies media genre when he states that “name one of the classic bedrock genres – western‚ comedy … gangster‚ science fiction – and even the most casual movie goer will come up with a mental image‚ partly visual‚ partly conceptual”. Although genre can be used in this style of compartmentalization and preconception as a template for directors‚ on a deeper
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films considered as “Gangster classics of yesteryear”. These films and countless others displayed the glitz and glamour of the gangsters of that era. Whether they be fast talking con men or business savvy mobsters‚ these films gave a glimpse inside the lives of the common gangster‚ or Hollywood’s interpretation that is. Although the films were made with great care and consideration‚ they often lacked the raw and gritty realism that the real life persons (that older gangster films were based on) had
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a developing nation such as Malaysia and we have heard a lot about it occurring in schools. It has been reported that in developed countries‚ school children are increasingly involved in gangs.(Gangsterism 2006) Gangsters are a threat to society and you can be considered a gangster if you are involved in any of these activities such as extort money from others‚ receive payment for threatening others or to beat someone up‚ ransom people for money‚ be a part of organised crime‚ force anyone to
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Mobsters. Most people do not know who Johnny Torrio is‚ but gangsters would not be the same without him. Born in Italy‚ then traveled to New York‚ but his life as a big time gangster started in Chicago. Johnny Torrio lived a rough life. His dad died when he was two years old‚ and his mother brought him to New York. His mother remarried a man who owned a grocery store that was secretly a illegal liquor store‚ which influenced him to becoming a gangster. Later‚ after he went to Chicago‚ he took over the crime
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discuss a topic which has gone unaddressed for far too long: suburban kids that firmly believe they are gangsters. I have been permitted to choose my own words and discuss my own opinions regarding this topic‚ so here we go. These guys probably have no clue what gangsters do‚ or how they live. In their minds‚ being a gangster is seen as cool‚ or “swaggy”‚ but the reality of being a gangster has probably never struck them. These kids have nice homes‚ and someone to give them meals three
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