Gangs

basketball game at school she is being rushed to a nearby hospital where later she would be pronounced dead. According to the MCSO they shooter was aiming towards a vehicle that the victim was in due to another person inside of the vehicle yelling gang slang out the window towards the shooter. It was later discovered this tragic incident was caused by rival “party crews”, ( Hendley, 2015) from being in high school once I recall party crews were about partying not shooting up each other.…

in the walls at night can make a simple mistake like put a skull or something that has to do with death, and because of that a gang can see that drawing and assume that a rival gang came and drew a death wish to the gang. This is why a lot of the neighborhood people are against drawing or painting on the walls close to their homes, because they just never know when gang members could get mad and try to attack whoever they see and that does not benefit anyone that lives in those neighborhoods. In…

Gang violence is not part of the Latino culture, however it is something that is very prevalent in these communities. In Alfonso Gonzales’ book “Reform Without Jusitce”, describes the issues of state violence against migrants in the United States. In the book he discusses how laws are being implemented to crack down transnational gangs like the “maras”. Operation Community Shield was a law that was created to send back criminals to their countries. These laws are not only affecting gang…

unit’s operations greatly. As SAGE officers heavily patrolled “the bottoms” they would look for evidence against the gang members, such as loitering, which would make them in violation of a civil court injunction. Therefore, the deputy district attorney could then request a restraining order for the police department and the police department would then be able to take these gang members into custody, instead of waiting for criminal activity to occur. The second part of this collaboration is…

Adolescence is a developmental period characterised by suboptimal decisions in which a consistent pattern of increased incidence of risky behaviours such as gang activity, violence, and substance abuse tends to take place during this period. As such, the issue of youth deviance has received considerable media, political and police attention in Australia in recent years. Deviance is a complex social issue, and the study of deviance has developed many varied theories and perspectives. Therefore,…

What is the Role of Women in gang culture? Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen written by Reymundo Sanchez is a biographical account of a female gang member’s life and her experiences. Sonia Rodriguez was heavily involved in gang activities at a young age, she was held in an environment that made it easier to become entangled in that life. Her parents and her family in general were dysfunctional to say the least, and her community was equally as vile to her upbringing. This all ultimately…

Hill Gang. He advanced in reputation with the gang quickly. Bulger was a cold, merciless cunning mobster who carried out many murders and placed hits on others. Howie winter stated “Bulger could teach the Devil tricks. In 1979 Whitey bulger had gained infamy and was a preeminent figure in organized crime in Boston. The same year Howie Winter was arrested along with many of the higher ups of the gang for fixing horse races. Bulger and his partner Stephen Flemmi assumed leadership of the gang. For…

The focus on drugs in America has been a topic that several social scientists have dedicated their time in researching. More importantly, the topic of drug use amongst teenagers seems to remain a hot subject. According to Robbins, Stagman, & Smith (2012), at risks for youth consists of living in a household without English speakers, living in a large family, having parents who both lack a high school degree, families who have changed residences on or more times in the last 12 months, coming from…

to everything for what the gang is saying and he is always obeying them as if he is a servant, this is showing to us that he has a lower status that is why he is following the gangs orders by doing certain things which he does not want to do, but the people in the gang have a much higher status because Adam is always following their orders, this was when they were challenging him and saying “see how far he will go”, this is revealing to us that the members of his gang are testing him to see how…

there is a stigma stereotype which suggests that only males can run and be a part of a gang. It can be argued that girls can take on the typical role of male gang members. Written in the Centre for Social Justice the children’s commissioner uses the term ‘Gangster Girl’ to describe a girl who takes on the male personas within gangs (2014). Therefore showing that females are just as much able to run their own gang on the same or similar level to males. Back in 2013, ‘The Independent’ published an…