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The following posting discusses the similarities and differences of gangs and organized crime groups

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Hi my name is Ms. Hartman and I am happy to help you.

This is the classic comparison/contrast paper. With a paper such as this you have to decide upon the format you wish to use to compare and contrast the two groups. There is a wealth of information on the Internet regarding structure of such a paper, but I think the following website will be useful in both its quality and simplicity: http://www.eslbee.com/compcont.htm

Whichever format you decide to use is up to you. I like to take the number two approach in which I take a point within a paragraph and compare/contrast the two topic areas (Gangs and Organized Crime Groups) on a point by point by basis. However, if you would rather choose the first approach, it is pretty simple to do as well. Instead of talking about both topic areas; gangs and organized crime groups and the issue paragraph by paragraph, you talks about gangs and three areas of interest, then organized crime groups and the same three areas. I am going to show you through an outline how I approach writing ...

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