Masai Mara

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…

When it comes to Latin American gangs that operate in multiple countries, many people may think of gangs such as the MS-13 or the Latin Kings. However, there is another gang that is just as violent and large as the ones that I have mentioned above, and they are known as the 18th Street Gang, or Barrio 18. As for colors, they wear blue, and as for symbols, they use the number 18, or they occasionally spell the number out using Roman numerals. We see traces of the gang originating as far back as…

Another factor that overlaps with peer involvement is the community they live in as a risk. The presence of “high crime in the neighborhood is linked to youths’ violence, as is the availability of guns, drugs, and gangs” (Peterson and Morgan, 2014, p. 131). Living in an area of high crime, adolescents are more likely to come across gangs who have the accessibility to drugs and weapons. Related to gang membership, there is an overlap with: experiencing negative life events (such as serious…

a) Degradation ceremony/ pg. 200: a term coined by Harold Garfinkel to refer to a ritual whose goal is to remake someone’s self by stripping away that individual’s self- identity and stamping a new identity in its place. Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is a gang organization that commits its members to identify with the gangs collective mentality and dogma. To achieve gang conformity, MS-13 uses many rites of passage to prove that a prospective member is able to serve in the gang. These degradation…

Gangs: Attractors of Juvenile Delinquency or the Cause for it? “Since the mid-20th century, gang violence in this country has become widespread” with 8% of youth being involved in them between the ages of 12 and 17 (Howell, 2010 p. 2). A question that has risen is if gangs attract delinquents or if they make juveniles delinquent. The main concern is if these youths had previous delinquency issues, or if they joined for friendship and a sense of community that turned violent. I believe it…

to the homeland security. The Mara Salvatrucha is the most notorious gang in America to date. The gang is commonly referred to as MS-13. It is believed that MS-13 is comprised of over 70,000 members who are distributed in every state in Northern and Latin America. The gang has cultivated a legacy that has involved various criminal activities that are not limited but include drug trafficking, murder, laundering, and extortion. 2012 the Obama administration declared Mara Salvatrucha as an…

The Prevention of Gang Violence In Chicago In the last 20 years Chicago has been ridden with gangs, crimes, homicide, fatal shootings, and devastation due to the loss of innocent lives. Our streets are no longer safe to walk in, children can not experience the comfort of playing in their own back yards, or walking to school. Police enforcement are turning their back to certain areas of the city because ¨they are far too dangerous.¨ The Wall Street Journal, an international newspaper based in…

A youth gang is a self-formed group of people having the same characteristic. The individuals all have the same gang name and symbols, structure and leadership, an area or region where they commit crimes, regular meetings, and the action to carry out illegal activities. There are certain factors that encourage youth gang involvement. These are peer pressure, family and living conditions, lack of school and school achievement, and the community. “INDIVIDUAL FACTORS: Youth who are delinquent and…

Los Angeles County is the most dangerous place in California because of the gang culture that moves around it (Bartholomew, 2015). Cholo, ese, vato are all words that hispanic gang members use to refer to one another. Here in California, Hispanic gangs began to form during the early 1920s or as also referred to the Roaring Twenties. These groups started to form and get together in their neighborhoods or as known as the barrios. These individuals who got together in these groups all had similar…

According to Alder, Laufer, and Mueller (2013), in 2008, there were 20,000 active gangs across the nation. However, while gangs come in many forms, the local street gangs account for the largest number of gangs nationwide who commit a variety of crimes and violence (p. 138). Gangs are considered subcultures within the dominant culture who have their own shared beliefs and values passed down to other group members. Oftentimes, gangs are involved in the distribution of drugs and expand their…