Career Criminals of the 1980s.

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f you had to take a side, which side would you take? Watch the video about the Bethlehem Steel Factory in Bethelehem, Pennsylvania. Then watch the video about Gangs and Ronald Reagan's 1982 speech on the need to step up the punishments for "repeat offenders."  Read the article on Deindustrialization in Chicago and other cities in the US. Then tell us the following:

fWhy does Reagan support increased incarceration of street thugs rather than going after the major business owners like Bethelehem Steel? Why is it considered a crime to be in a gang but not considered a crime to close Bethlehem Steel? what is the RELATIONSHIP between deindustrialization and rises in small-scale crime in urban America? Answer these questions using specific pieces of evidence in the resources provided this week, Week 15 module

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTGiHOZZFU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh5giWUeD6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAh-JavFAuI