1st place Sox romp M's, Yanks and O's win...and how good is David Ortiz?

[mrwallace2ku]

You're going to have make it worth his while. I'm thinking moderator status for me, Pickles, and Zig.

Typical "backroom" politics negotiating.

 

[HammerDown]

I'm just hanging around to claim post #1000.

 

[Down38st8]

Where's Ox

he hasn't cheerleaded JDs asskicking in hours

Even he's too ashamed to offer support...

 

[Kate Upton]

JD the gang researcher must be looking at this like a catholic looking at the dead sea scrolls...

"nope...doesn't exists...it's all bullshit!!!"

Do you even know what it says you stupid fuck?

It's not bullshit. It's almost universally difficult for somebody Hernandez's age to just "leave" a gang...

Which you know, is what I said 4 hours ago.

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

"criticizing the patriots today, is 20/20 hindsight"

Again..this was the guy heading the organization that you were deep throating 2 days ago...

Ryan Dempster sucks...

Brock Holt too....

jeter pulled in 8th for quad tightness........MRI tomorrow

didnt holt already cost one game on saturday?

id rather middlebrooks blow games, thank you

 

[HammerDown]

You're going to have make it worth his while. I'm thinking moderator status for me, Pickles, and Zig.

And Cowboy doesn't get back in, right?

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

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A considerable amount of gang research over the past 30 years has identified factors leading to gang membership, including specific "pushes" and "pulls" that influence an individual’s decision to join a gang. Individuals may be pushed into gangs because of negative outside factors, barriers, and conditions in their social environment such as poverty, family problems, and lack of success in school. At the same time, they may also be pulled into gangs because the gang offers a perceived benefit (Decker and Van Winkle, 1996) such as safety/protection, love and support, excitement, financial opportunities, and a sense of belonging.
Until recently, very few studies have examined the factors that may contribute to an individual’s decision to leave the gang (desistence). Longitudinal studies in cities with emerging gang problems conclude that turnover of membership in gangs is constant, and most gang members report staying in the gang for one year or less (Hill et al., 2001; Peterson et al., 2004; Thornberry et al., 2003; Thornberry et al., 2004). Research with former gang members indicates that marginal and short-term gang members generally are able to leave the gang without serious consequences (Decker and Lauritsen, 2002; Decker and Van Winkle, 1996). However, field studies conducted on a smaller scale in Los Angeles and Chicago in entrenched gang areas (Horowitz, 1983; Moore, 1991) found that gang members remained in gangs for a longer period of time and that the decision to leave a gang is more complicated. The ability and willingness of individuals to leave gangs appears to be related to factors such as the longevity of an individual’s participation in the gang, and how established and severe the level of gang activity is in the community.

Why Gang Members Disengage: Pushes Plus Pulls
Desistence research has similarly identified a set of factors that may push or pull individuals out of gang participation. Interviews with former gang members in Fresno and Los Angeles, California, and St. Louis, Missouri, found that both internal (pulls) and external (pushes) factors, or a combination of pushes/pulls, provided the impetus and opportunity to leave the gang (Pyrooz and Decker, 2011). Push factors "make persistence in that social environment unappealing, they are viewed as ‘pushing’ the individual away from the gang" (Decker and Pyrooz, 2011, p. 12). Pull factors, alternatively, are "circumstances or situations that attract individuals to alternative routes…toward new activities and pathways" (Decker and Pyrooz, 2011, p. 12).
Most desistence studies note that the effects of these pushes and pulls are cumulative. Former gang members in Los Angeles noted that maturity, increased family commitments, and peer victimization created a snowballing effect which, in combination, led to the decision to disengage from the gang (Vigil, 1998). Research with gang members in St. Louis found that exposure to gang-related violence involving the gang member, his close friends, and/or family members led the individual to renounce ties to the gang (Decker and Lauritsen, 2002). Decker and Lauritsen note: "Familial ties and victimization experiences were cited far more often than institutional affiliations as reasons to terminate the ties to the gang." (2002, p. 58)
Increased family responsibilities and, in particular, the birth of a child, also may provide an incentive for a major lifestyle change for gang members: "For many young men, fatherhood acts as a significant turning point, facilitating a shift away from gang involvement, crime and drug sales; a decline in substance abuse; and engagement with education and legitimate employment" (Moloney, et. al., 2009, p. 306).

 

[fordman84]

I'm just hanging around to claim post #1000.

and I'm hanging around to let him claim 1000, then delete one before that and make him look silly for claiming 1000 on 999.

:ss:

 

[fordman84]

And Cowboy doesn't get back in, right?

They don't care about the second tier posters.

 

[Kate Upton]

"criticizing the patriots today, is 20/20 hindsight"

Again..this was the guy heading the organization that you were deep throating 2 days ago...

Ryan Dempster sucks...

Brock Holt too....

Ah, so he also mentioned that the Patriots had no idea of his gang membership?

Which is the entire point.

 

[cerealboi]

And Cowboy doesn't get back in, right?

He can come back too, but he has to have a cubs avatar.

 

[fordman84]

If we are on 969, how many does the other site daily thread have?



Too soon?

 

[HammerDown]

Over/under on today's post count.

1,100

 

[black francis]

more patriot trash

probably a fucking gang banger

Alfonzo Dennard of the New England Patriots was arrested Thursday in Nebraska and accused of driving drunk in the state where he once starred as a defensive back

 

[HammerDown]

If we are on 969, how many does the other site daily thread have?



Too soon?

Way.

 

[fordman84]

Over/under on today's post count.

1,100

I'll take the over by a long shot. I'll get the over myself if I have to

 

[Kate Upton]

Any given gang member is now Pablo Escobar. Hmmmm. Not sure you'll get credit on the SAT for that one.

But he was rich right?

Your position is that "why would a rich gang member commit murder?"

"Pablo had no shot at the pro bowl"

 

[fordman84]

Way.

sorry ghost

 

[cerealboi]

more patriot trash

probably a fucking gang banger

Alfonzo Dennard of the New England Patriots was arrested Thursday in Nebraska and accused of driving drunk in the state where he once starred as a defensive back

No murder? What a light weight.

 

[HammerDown]

more patriot trash

probably a fucking gang banger

Alfonzo Dennard of the New England Patriots was arrested Thursday in Nebraska and accused of driving drunk in the state where he once starred as a defensive back

His Majesty Robert Kraft will not tolerate drunkenness in his organization!