Crips

Life had changed dramatically, from not ever having been in any real trouble, to having multiple run-ins with the law, and an entire police force in the city of Spokane with my picture and vehicle info on their clipboards. I was running with a local crip gang and before I knew it, was in way over my head and didn’t know how to get out. The judicial system wasn’t offering advice, the adults in my life didn’t know how to help, and no community resources were widely available to assist. I did…

The film introduced Doughboy as an affiliated member of the street gang known as the “Crips”, who has an encounter with another male, Ferris, a member of another street gang known as the “Bloods”. Being that gangs involve several individuals from the same neighborhoods and economic background, causing bonds to form. According to a study by…

The school-to-prison pipeline is the idea that schools funnel students of color into the prison system. This theory is narrow-minded and ignores how the government benefits from the surveillance of African Americans. With the imagery of a pipe, this complex issue is reduced to the single-minded idea that schools force people of color, most notably African Americans, into prison. It does not discuss how society has evolved to force African Americans into certain paths. The way society has evolved…

scholarship. Academically, he is not the strongest, and lives at his mother’s house with his girlfriend and infant son. Chris, who is wheelchair bound from a gunshot wound, and Darrin, who is constantly in and out of jail, are now a part of the Crenshaw Crip gang. We come to conclude here, from the circumstances each friend grew up in, that the choices they had been making when they were merely 10 years old, affected the kind of person they became as they are entering…

turned into a major war zone. There were shootings everywhere you turned, from storefronts to schoolyards, no place or person was safe. Riots broke out and windows were being smashed. All of this from two of the most notorious gangs, the Bloods and the Crips. Tapia (2012), states that “The predominant image of youth gangs is consistent with a California study of adult gang members conducted by Skolnick and colleagues (1988) a decade…

All over the world there are several gangs. Many of these gangs are more dangerous than others, but one thing that con-nects them is the number of crimes committed. Most of these gangs are involved with major drugs and weapons. Due to the amount of drug trafficking and gang violence there is a more rapid increase in the involvement of authorities, and cause the disturbance throughout the world. Around the world many people ask “What’s a gang?” or “How do you get in a gang?” A gang is a group of…

Gang Violence Speech Gang Violence Specific Purpose – To inform my audience about gang violence. I will explain the origin of gangs; the reasons people join gangs, what influences them, and the consequences of joining a gang. Intro: Guns, Knives, Street fights, riots, people fighting all around, leading to injuries and sometimes deaths. These are all factors and items used in gang violence. I’m sure everyone here has heard of gang violence or maybe even had experiences with gang violence.…

Sheriff Outreach Section The third division I was assigned to was the Sheriff Outreach Section, which provides the youth of Bibb County with beneficial information about various topics, such as drugs and peer pressure. This educational program is known as CHAMPS, which is an acronym that represents “Choosing Healthy Activities and Methods Promoting Safety.” The program was taught at Riley Elementary School. The subject of the lesson was “peer pressure.” Initially, I shadowed the deputy that…

Residences in Belize City are concern with the spike of violence seen escalating recently. Our older population who have lived most if not all there live in this once peaceful jewel often express there observation of how the gangs are turning this city into one of the most violent country in the Central America and the world. “ Belize is officially the sixth most dangerous country in the world with an average of just over 39 homicides per 100,000 residences (Belize 2012 Crime and Safety Report…

injunctions, gang members have no means of discussing problems and hashing out differences. Having a space to communicate can turn the bloodiest conflict to one characterized by peace. For example, at the peak of the gang rivalry between the Bloods and the Crips in 1992, through the creation of spaces to speak, ex and current gang members agreed on a peace treaty modeled after the 1949 ceasefire agreement between Egypt and Israel (Katz…