Essays about: "gang culture."

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1. 1. The everyday life of gangster rap

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Teodora Saveska; [2023]
   Keywords : Rap; Gangster rap; young people; social bond theory; labeling theory; social identity theory; social capital; cultural capital; economical capital; subculture; crime; violence; weapons; drugs; sex; we them.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Rap music has been controversial ever since the music genre took off. Themes such as violence, drugs and aggression have been themes portrayed in the genre since a long time ago. READ MORE

3. 2. Is peacebuilding a phase? – Analyzing the peacebuilding in El Salvador 30 years after the civil war

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Gabriella Olsson; [2022]
   Keywords : peacebuilding; El Salvador; civil society; perpetual peacebuilding; Paffenholz; quality peace; post-conflict; social violence; gang violence; quality peace; liberal peacebuilding; linearity; culture of peace;

   Abstract : Even if the messiness of peacebuilding has been recognized for some time, peacebuilding has still been viewed as quite linear, meaning there’s a transition from war to peace and that peacebuilding is a phase. Recently, other voices have been raised claiming we need a paradigm shift and to stop seeing peacebuilding as linear and instead see it as a never-ending constantly adapting practice. READ MORE

4. 3. Gang entry and exit - A study of previous gang members in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Alexandra Westerlund; [2021]
   Keywords : defector; experience; gang; narrative criminology; street culture; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Serious violence that is connected to gangs has escalated drastically in Sweden in the past years. I argue that understanding the values and attractions of joining a criminal gang are crucial in order to prevent further recruitment. In order to successfully reintegrate previous gang members, increased knowledge of the exit-process is needed. READ MORE

5. 4. Diagnostics of Intermittent Errors

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad materialvetenskap

   Author : Niklas Lindborg; [2021]
   Keywords : Intermittent errors; diagnostics; knowledge gap; fault isolation; Intermittenta fel; diagnostik; kunskapslucka; felisolering;

   Abstract : Intermittent faults/errors are infamous for being among the most challenging errors to diagnose. It is estimated that more than 80% of the total number of errors in real systems are intermittent errors. Previous research on intermittent errors suggests that they are the prelude to permanent faults. READ MORE

6. 5. Melbourne’s ‘African gang crisis’: A content analysis comparing two Melbourne media outlets

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Smyth Lisa; [2019]
   Keywords : African gang crisis; Sudanese-Australians; Sudanese refugees; media content analysis; media framing theory; multiculturalism;

   Abstract : In this paper I argue that in a mediatized Australia, where media are increasingly constructing society and culture as a whole, racializing frames used by Melbourne newspapers The Age and Herald Sun during a two-month period in 2018 contribute to the continued ‘othering’ of the ‘highly visible’ Sudanese-Australian and Sudanese refugee communities, and the erosion of the policy, and lived reality, of multiculturalism in Australia. Building upon the existing extensive body of research about the representation of refugee groups in Australian media, I use media framing theory to inform my analysis. READ MORE