Mara Region

For sometime, the reasons for gang creation have been studied in an effort to reduce overall gang violence. “At recent count, there are an estimated 850,000 gang members in the United States in more than 30,000 gangs. With so many of today's youth adhering to the life in a gang, what is pushing them to pursue an early life of criminality. In reference to the Rational Choice view on youths joining a gang, “Members of the underclass turn to gangs as a way of obtaining desired goods and services,…

Recruitment Determining demographic characteristics of gangs is a crucial step in developing an understanding the ways through which gangs throughout the country are recruiting new members. Such focus on the recruitment processes of gangs is a step toward the realization of the real possibility to control the influence of gangs on societies youth. As explained by Thrasher, the archetypal age of juvenile gang affiliates and members is generally between eleven and seventeen, an age distribution,…

Criminologists have studied a vast variety of topics, including gangs and gang membership. There could be any number of reasons why girls will join a gang, I will be attempting to narrow down some core reasons for the purpose of joining a gang. Not only will this paper will be focusing on why girls accept the gang lifestyle but also what measures can be taken in order to prevent gang membership from occurring at all. The majority of the research today about gangs and their membership has focused…

neighborhoods and violence has shaken the entire nation. The uprising of such a violent gang known as the Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, has left many unanswered questions and many crimes unsolved. The origins of the notorious gang are not certain but there are a few theories as to how MS-13 came to be. According to Geoffrey Ramsey in his article Tracing the Roots of El Salvador’s Mara Salvatrucha, there is some speculation that the gang originated from a street in Los Angeles, street…

194) In Chapter 8 of the textbook, Sociology A Down-To-Earth Approach, the question “What is Deviance?” is asked. In my opinion, the answer would be the gang followed in this documentary video. Their name, MS-13, in Salvadorian Spanish, stands for Mara, meaning “group” or “clique” and Salvatrucha is commonly known to mean “street smart”. (Wikimedia Foundation) The majority of the acts that the MS-13 gang commits are deviant, because of the reaction to those acts. As the textbook states, “It is…

1.) Subculture/pg. 47-48: The values and related behaviors of a group that distinguish its members from the larger culture; a world within a world. The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is a gang formed by El Salvadorian immigrants in Los Angeles. The Gang grows in vast proportions and is gaining structure that distinguishes it from an average street gang. The group has intricate workings and mechanics that not only set it apart but allow it to function with notable force and precision. There are…

It is evident, that prison gangs are tied to the street gang. And there are also some examples about the gang operated from the prisons (Gang Disciples), which explain the strong influence of the prison gangs on their little brother street gangs. What I found interesting that once incarcerated the member of the gang doesn 't stop or suspends his activity, in contrary of what I was used to thinking before, their gang career continues during the detention and even might be more prominent than…

I can list all the fact in the world based on why tattoos in the workplace are and are not accepted in the workplace, but that’s not what intrigued me into writing about tattoos. I find tattoos self portraying because not only does oneself reveal based on the art made in our bodies, but the significance it has on us and the image itself. Many people may not care or know but we all have a right to express ourselves which includes showing your tattoos. Although tattoos in the workplace are not…

Gangs Nowadays, the significant problem of the gang increases dramatically in all societies Moreover, everyday a young child becomes a gang member for a better life. It is believed that there are 31,000 gangs in the USA, with members over of 850,000. More specifically, there are many causes for gang formation which have not only social impact but also psychological on individual members. On the one hand, there are several causes which assist in the formation of a gang group. The first…

It is outrages to see how many young children are falling into the path of gangs. By watching these three vice videos you get to see the similarities and the differences among the gangs that are outside the United States. However the appealing factors that cause the young youth to join a gang have not really changed. Brotherhood, money, and the life cycle of being raised into the gang can be seen similar across the cultural gang path as well as the aspect of poverty can be seen as the leading…