Monthly Archives: March 2023

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  1. Densley, James A. “How Gangs Work – Springer.” How Gangs Work, Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/9781137271518.pdf.

This document mainly explains the evolution of gangs throughout time and the most important factors that a gang contains …

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Article: “What Makes Gentrification ‘Gentrification’?

This paper emphasizes how thinking of gentrification as a supply and demand problem is useful but has fundamental problems. One of which is that gentrifiers don’t gentrify because they have to but because they can. …

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  1. Henning. (2022). Policing and Trauma: The Harms of Hyper-Surveillance and Over-Policing Youth of Color. Criminal Justice (1986), 37(1), 42–45.

The author discusses the concept of hyper-surveillance, which refers to the use of advanced technologies to monitor and control the …

Step Two – Evaluative Annotated Bibliography

Step Two – Evaluative Annotated Bibliography

1- Kegler SR, Simon TR, Zwald ML, Chen MS, Mercy JA, Jones CM, Mercado-Crespo MC, Blair JM, Stone DM, Ottley PG, Dills J. Vital Signs: Changes in Firearm Homicide and Suicide Rates – United States, 2019-2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly …

Research Articles

Research Articles

Ashanti Brown 3-27-2023

Research topic : Criminal Delinquency In Brooklyn

Research Question : Why is there so many youth in violate events ?

1) Criminological Theories

In this Article its explains all theories and factors leading why youth …

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1- Chronopoulos. (2020). “What’s Happened to the People?” Gentrification and Racial Segregation in Brooklyn. Journal of African American Studies (New Brunswick, N.J.), 24(4), 549–572.

In this article, Chronopoulus examines how predominantly black neighborhoods have been gentrified in recent …

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1.This scholarly article gives an overview of the changes of New York City’s demographics over the past 40 years from 1970-2010. This scholarly article goes over the history of the city’s policies, demographics, and socioeconomic status that led to gentrification, …

Welcome to Week 8!

Dear students,

We are at the mid-point of the Spring semester. Our studies are progressing well, and many of you are active in submitting assignments and participating in class discussions. If you have fallen behind in assignments, don’t worry. Pick …

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Title: The Lack of Subway stations in Bedford Stuyvesant.

Research: How is the lack if subway stations affecting the community of Bedford Stuyvesant? …

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  1. Schwartz, A. (2019). New York City’s Affordable Housing Plans and the Limits of Local Initiative. Cityscape, 21(3), 355-388.

In this article, Alex Schwartz examines the city’s effort to provide affordable housing to its citizens. He mentions that there …

Welcome to Week 7!

Dear students,

I have decided to switch around some topics, and this week we will be focusing on the geographical/spatial concentration of incarceration. We will look at some studies and maps to understand why there is such a concentration of …

School Problem In Brooklyn

School Problem In Brooklyn

Topic: School Problem In Brooklyn

Research question: What are the most pressing problems facing schools in Brooklyn, and how can they be addressed to improve the academic success and well-being of students?

Summary: I am interested in researching the problems …

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Topic: Gentrification in the Bronx

Research Question: How has gentrification impacted the Bronx? How has gentrification affected the people that reside there? How many people have been affected by the ongoing gentrification?…