Gangs in the United States

The 1920’s in American History was known as the Jazz Age. It was an influential period in which the United States experienced a major economic boom and changed many attributes of American life, including women’s roles, technology, entertainment, gang culture, African American roles, and politics. The decade preceding the 1920’s was politically charged as 4 amendments were passed, and many coalitions formed in the 1910’s. The decade proceeding the 1920’s was an economic downfall; inverse to the…

In the United States, gun violence is a substantial public health problem which disproportionately affects youth and minorities, particularly in disadvantaged urban areas. Numerous interventions from a large array of disciplines, have attempted to decrease youth violence. However, many of these interventions have been proven to be ineffective, which has led to the implementation of outreach workers, who engage high risk youth through the use of mentoring, referrals to social and health services,…

Did you know that the Los Zetas is a Mexican gang that is based in America? The gang name translates to “The Z’s”. The Los Zetas gang was founded in 1999, with 31 members from the Mexican Army’s elite airborne Special Forces Group. The members were originally working for the Gulf Cartel as an enforcer gang. Then, they came to form a new gang called the Los Zetas. Their founders and leaders were Osiel Cardenas Guillen and Arturo Guzmán Decena, and the new members began working as drug runners,…

The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most prominent street gang in the western hemisphere. While their origins start in the poor, refugee-laden areas of 1980s Los Angeles, the gang's reach now extends from the Central American nations like El Salvador, through Mexico, the United States, and into Canada. MS 13 was founded in the 1980’s in the barrios of Los Angeles. During this time there was a civil war going on between El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, so the refugees traveled…

According to a study done by the United Nations, Latin America is considered the most violent region in the world. It accounts for every 1 in 3 deaths worldwide. As a whole, Latin America's homicide rate is 23 deaths for every 100,000 people, nearly double the rate in Africa, which is sometimes mistakenly believed to be the most violent continent. Most of the time the crime, violence, and murder take place in Northern South America and Central America. I have a friend who emigrated here from El…

shotguns and rifles are one of the most bought firearms in america. In some states civilians are allowed to carry concealed firearms, “in Alaska 60% of citizens are allowed to carry concealed firearms on the street under state law.” (gun control in Alaska 21) The second amendment states every american has the right to bear arms, but the government…

The Creation and Impact of the Federal Bureau of Investigation In the early 1900s, Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, decided that there had to be a change to the justice system. Through long meetings with Charles Bonaparte, the United States Attorney General at the time as well as Roosevelt’s right hand man, the two men had come to the decision to create an organized system of investigators that could gather evidence to track down those committing federal…

Introduction One of the most influential forms of art in the United States came with the rise in the Hip-Hop genre in the early 1970s, where people preformed lyrical raps over beats. Also known as rap, hip-hop was introduced to Chicago in the early 1980s and was instantly successful, especially within the impoverished, inner city areas. The rise of hip-hop was also met with backlash, as it was a medium for gangs to express their violent and criminal lifestyles (Drake, 2012). To understand the…

The United States Humane Society estimates that more than 40,000 people across the country buy and sell fighting dogs and are involved in dogfighting activities. But authorities say those in dogfighting circles also are involved in a number of other crimes, including narcotics trafficking, illegal gambling and murder.[25] In August 2006, a suspected dog fighter in Texas bled to death after he was shot by intruders who apparently intended to torture him into revealing where he had hidden…

statistics, or homicides vs, all gun deaths in the case of gun violence, leading to stats on the same two countries but completely different results. For example, while America includes every homicide that it can confirm occurs in any of its reports, the United kingdom, "exclude any cases which do not result in conviction, or where the person is not prosecuted on grounds of self-defence or otherwise." For comparison, "In 2012, the US murder rate was 4.7 per 100,000, a total…