Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is the most dangerous place in California because of the gang culture that moves around it (Bartholomew, 2015). Cholo, ese, vato are all words that hispanic gang members use to refer to one another. Here in California, Hispanic gangs began to form during the early 1920s or as also referred to the Roaring Twenties. These groups started to form and get together in their neighborhoods or as known as the barrios. These individuals who got together in these groups all had similar…

If you are planning a move to Southern California, you may want to consider Arcadia, CA. While Arcadia is eclipsed in population by several Los Angeles County cities including Los Angeles and Pasadena, Arcadia has a variety of entertainment opportunities for residents and visitors alike to enjoy. Santa Anita Park If you like horse racing, Santa Anita Park is a place you will not want to miss. Whether you want to bet on the races or you just want to experience a race, Santa Anita Park is a great…

The state California is seen as a glamorous and liberal in the eyes of many Americans and many see that state as very progressive in comparison to the other states. The truth is that California has a long list of struggles and complications that lies on its surface and that the state as a whole is often misrepresented by the media. The state is very diverse demographically and the cities and towns can range from rural suburbia to booming metropolises. Major cities like Los Angeles and San…

beginning, California has been a place associated with uniqueness and great diversity. It has been said that within the confines of California can be found much of the best and worst of all forty-nine other states combined. Large scale migration has greatly contributed to the phenomenon, as has the diverse climate of the state. Consequently, it is safe to say that California has something to offer to every single person. What makes California so different from the rest of the states?…

This may reduce costs and frequency of hospitalizations or the involvement of law enforcement for crimes related to mental illness, substance abuse and homelessness. Summary of Community Characteristics The San Fernando Valley is located within Los Angeles County, and geographically, it is 345 square miles surrounded by several mountain ranges. According to the 2010 Census, the San Fernando Valley serves a population of 1,771,545 people. Although the San Fernando Valley is comprised of diverse…

crimes such as homicide, drug trafficking and others rates are considerably more than other cities of California. Although the violent crimes have been decreasing since 2000. Most of the gangsters are very active in the poorest parts of central and East of Salinas because of limited resources. We have a different statistics about Salinas’s gangs. According to the Monterey County report, the Monterey County had more than 1600 registered gangster in 2003. However, the police and other security…

September the twenty fourth on ,1939 in Los Angeles California. He was the oldest of three boys, he was raised in a reasonable stable family. Kearney lived a trauma free life. Throughout his early age he was a thin sickly child who was often a target for bullies at school. As a teenager he became unsociable and fantasized about killing people. He was born in East Los Angeles yet though he still lived in texas for some time. Kearney moved back to California after a short marriage that led to a…

California California has lots of beaches and fun boardwalks to walk down. It is a great place to vacation or live. It is a tourist destination making it very packed full of people in most cities. According to Don DeLillo “California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of lifestyle. This alone warrants their doom.” This quote pretty much sums up California. Some even consider California a lifestyle, because of the adventure you’ll find, and the dreams you deem impossible…

other juvenile offenders? Part II: Topic In the United States, there is no universally accepted definition of gangs, and remains to be ambiguous with the flexible interchangeability of the term in academic, legal and media contexts. Based on the California definition provided by the Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act (1989) a criminal street gang is defined by ___. Average estimates on the number of gangs are 27,000 with a high concentration in larger urban cities (National Gang…

Street Gangs: The Great Migration Gangs have increasingly become a serious problem over the past few decades. A report from the FBI’s 2011 National Gang threat assessment states that there are 1.4 million active gang members comprising of more than 33,000 gangs in the United States (MacBradaign, 2013). Many believe that the first street gangs started with the formation of the Crips and the Bloods between 1971-1972, but the first active street gangs in western civilization were reported by Pike…