Gang

rise in the rap industry. Men like N.W.A. generally wore baggy jeans and long white or black oversized t-shirts, some times with ball caps. You can usually tell what gang someone is associated with by the color of shirt and pants they are wearing. Drug trafficking was spreading out of the streets of Los Angeles which was making gangs become richer, better organized and more strapped. Money was everything men lived for and they did anything to get it, but that does not mean they were smart with…

difference in the organized crime within their gang varies. The Mongols with handle their own with their own punishment, but does not always mean death of that member of the gang. The Hells Angels has a way of handling their own if they do wrong. They are all about repercussion even on their own. When it comes to relationships with the law, no matter the gang, there are usually law enforcement officers that are in with the gangs. They are able to give the gangs information dealing with any…

The formal motorcycle gang structure starts with the president, who is the leader of the motorcycle gangs (MG). Then you have a Vice President (VP) who sits in when the President is not present. A secretary deals with all the paperwork as well as organizing meetings while the Treasurer is responsible for handling the money and the assets of the MG. Whereas the Sergeant at Arms maintains the role of security and is also charged with policing up members. The Road Captain “is in charge of logistics…

A gang is a collective group of individuals who mark off sections of a neighborhood as the territory they control. In this territory, they work together as a well oiled machine to make money by means of illegal activities. These can be activities such as gun distribution, drug sales/distribution, or even pimping and prostitution. And in order to keep control of their businesses and turf, gangs injure or even kill other gangs members to show power and keep control. A gang member usually becomes…

Chicago is home to two major things: big pizza and big traffic. When Capone was active in it though, it was known for a third thing, big amounts of gang crime! Capone is one of the recognized figures of gangland history. Throughout the early 1900s, he managed to run an entire crime syndicate and never got caught doing it. This was because Capone knew how to operate without getting his hands dirty, which can be found in how he operated himself, how he operated using the legal system, how he…

How, if at all, did your perception of gangs change after watching the video and completing the reading? The video nor the book really changed my perception of gangs. Since I can remember I have been either watching shows like gangland or taking classes on this exact topic or something very similar. I have always been aware that gangs are in place so that groups of men can control different sections of impoverished neighborhoods as well as sell drugs or commit other illegal acts and make loads…

topic of gang culture as well as the issues, stereotypes and various perspectives or attitudes relating to gang culture. The first stimulus I was given was a collection of images of stereotypical gang members and scenarios relating to gang culture. At the start of the first session, I worked with Rhiannon to create a model of a stereotypical gang member as a reaction to the stimulus. Rhiannon acted as the ‘sculptor’ and I as the ‘dummy’ in order to create a visual emulation of an archetypal gang…

Gangs and Methods Article One Researchers are still debating the best possible technique in which to measure gang membership. However, a growing consensus of the self-nominated technique seems to provide a justifiable measurement of gang involvement and violent offending, including policy and program recommendations. The purpose of this paper is to examine if certain risk factors in multiple domains in connection to criminological theories of gang membership and are they similar to or differ…

dealing with the gang issues we have been experiencing. Many states have created laws to have stronger punishments to gang related crimes. Police departments have been joining forces with the federal law enforcement to create task forces to reduce these crimes. I believe that we need to keep these improvements and use a hardline approach. Law enforcement agencies have already made efforts to reduce the crime rate. They have made youth service programs, gang details, and created gang units. The…

Introduction Gangs have been around many, many years. Modern-day gangs have become more violent and its members are getting younger. At-risk youth who lack good role models or parental supervision tend to join gangs for acceptance. Unfortunately, the growth of gangs is become harder to control and, therefore, communities, police departments, school, and educators have looked to strategies in gang prevention with programs like G.R.E.A.T or Boys and Girls Club of America. Youth today are…