children banned together and MS-13 was born. They operate like a white collar crime gang regarding using business and smarts to make money. It offers employment to young gang members. The Gang has a hierarchy and there is an initiation (or hazing) into the gang which typically involves being “jumped” or beaten by other gang members before they can become a member. They also must shoot someone to earn the respect of the other gang members and to be given their stripes. The elders educate the younger members and they continue to expand because of their well organized structure. They go after young individuals as recruits so members grow up in this life and they tend to live it for life. They don’t know any other way of life so the cycle
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Division of labor permits people to specialize in one task, which in turn makes laborers/societies/organizations more efficient. Ultimately, being more efficient enables workers the time to improve their task so eventually organized communities of “specialists” come from division of labor. MS-13 was comprised of smaller groups of MS-13 gangs that operated independently from each other, but apparently this has changed over time. Law enforcement recently reported that gang members from across the US have joined forces, especially on the east coast. It was also reported that direction has come from El Salvador and California, so leaders are now no longer local to the gang. MS-13 recently became known in the east coast gang culture. Instead of operating independently from each other MS-13 is beginning to come together as they recognize power in numbers and organization of the gang. By doing this MS-13 has a much tighter organization, stronger structure, and instead of various groups being self supporting, there is one leader. The leader is in charge of member’s payment of the dues and they organize the criminal acts in which members engage. This makes MS-13 vary similar to what has been referred to as “traditional organized criminal families”, similar to the Italian Mafia. MS-13 has some role differentiation. When they are young they are to be courteous and respectful to their peers. …show more content…
In the beginning, they emphasized friendship and partying and the gang protected one another from the other Hispanic gangs that bullied them. They originated as a turf-oriented street gang; however they have grown into a powerful, brutal, transnational, criminal organization. In its beginnings, like many other LA gangs, it began to give its members a way to negotiate economic hardships, social isolation, and victimization of other gangs. MS-13 emerged as a way for Salvadorian immigrants to ban together against the 18th street gang. They have evolved from a single turf gang into a well networked organization that interacts on the basis of social networks, influence, and opportunity. The “cliques” allot influence on the basis of respect reinforced by social ties and bonds ultimately enforced through violence. As the unintended consequence of the deportation of criminal aliens, they were deported after serving their sentences for violent crimes. They return to El Salvador and recreated the only lifestyle they knew, which is that of LA Gangs. In the video gang members often had a shared membership and beginning such as being recruited young and being “jumped into” the gang, sharing a past coming from El Salvador, generally have the same shared family structure. Most choose the gang life because it provides
Division of labor permits people to specialize in one task, which in turn makes laborers/societies/organizations more efficient. Ultimately, being more efficient enables workers the time to improve their task so eventually organized communities of “specialists” come from division of labor. MS-13 was comprised of smaller groups of MS-13 gangs that operated independently from each other, but apparently this has changed over time. Law enforcement recently reported that gang members from across the US have joined forces, especially on the east coast. It was also reported that direction has come from El Salvador and California, so leaders are now no longer local to the gang. MS-13 recently became known in the east coast gang culture. Instead of operating independently from each other MS-13 is beginning to come together as they recognize power in numbers and organization of the gang. By doing this MS-13 has a much tighter organization, stronger structure, and instead of various groups being self supporting, there is one leader. The leader is in charge of member’s payment of the dues and they organize the criminal acts in which members engage. This makes MS-13 vary similar to what has been referred to as “traditional organized criminal families”, similar to the Italian Mafia. MS-13 has some role differentiation. When they are young they are to be courteous and respectful to their peers. …show more content…
In the beginning, they emphasized friendship and partying and the gang protected one another from the other Hispanic gangs that bullied them. They originated as a turf-oriented street gang; however they have grown into a powerful, brutal, transnational, criminal organization. In its beginnings, like many other LA gangs, it began to give its members a way to negotiate economic hardships, social isolation, and victimization of other gangs. MS-13 emerged as a way for Salvadorian immigrants to ban together against the 18th street gang. They have evolved from a single turf gang into a well networked organization that interacts on the basis of social networks, influence, and opportunity. The “cliques” allot influence on the basis of respect reinforced by social ties and bonds ultimately enforced through violence. As the unintended consequence of the deportation of criminal aliens, they were deported after serving their sentences for violent crimes. They return to El Salvador and recreated the only lifestyle they knew, which is that of LA Gangs. In the video gang members often had a shared membership and beginning such as being recruited young and being “jumped into” the gang, sharing a past coming from El Salvador, generally have the same shared family structure. Most choose the gang life because it provides