Prison gang

Gang Activity and Drug Operations There are very many kinds of gangs that are located in rural, suburban and urban areas. They are also described as locally, nationally and transnationally occupied. These categories are based on their degree of organization, whether loosely or highly organized groups, their longevity and location (Weisel, D et el…2002). One of the gang organizations are the troublesome youth gangs that comprise of the adolescents who involve themselves in some forms of criminal…

The MS-13 gang, well known as Mara Salvatrucha 13, is one of the most organized and violently dangerous gangs in the United States. The gang was established in the 1980, in the predominately Spanish speaking parts of Los Angeles, initially starting off with refugees who were in nature calm and in control. However, some Mexican immigrants began their power guiding and controlling these individuals into an underworld organization, which quickly began to harden the individuals. Once this occurred…

by drug gangs or by dependent drug users. They do certain things in order to support their habits. Street crimes relating to drugs can occur in any part of the U.S’ wealthy or poor. The book mentioned that “Cities with high unemployment, especially youth unemployment, leave many seeking alternative way to use their talents and ambitions” (Textbook, 128) This can refer to possibly dealing drugs, joining gangs, or etc and then creating street crimes. The cause of the youth joining gangs or any…

Purple Gang, the The Purple Gang was a loosely-bound Jewish criminal gang in prohibition-era Detroit, MI. It began as a group of children of Eastern European immigrants from Detroit’s lower east side who were taken under the wing by mobsters. As the children grew up, they progressed from petty crimes to armed robbery and extortion. After The Damon Act of 1916 prohibited the sale of alcohol in Michigan, the burgeoning Purple Gang focused on hijacking shipments of bootlegged Canadian whisky; when…

Street gangs have existed in American history for around one hundred and forty five years. However, until the 1980’s, they were purely social organizations formed by member of typically inner city youths and young adults. However, the recent rise in the drug trade and the availability of crack-cocaine has led to the “corporatization” of street gangs. I will be analyzing two articles, the first ““An Economic Analysis of A Drug-Selling Gang’s Finances” by Steven D. Levitt and Sudhir Alladi…

In the early Great Depression years, powerful members of gangs, such as Al Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and more much became infamous for their mischievous robberies, income tax evasion, auto theft, etc. In addition, organized crime has extremely increased. More than 12,000 murders were happening every year in America by 1926 (American Gangster). People also became more violent as they were fighting over alcohol. While other people in the public started to become more engaged in all…

connection to gangs problems? Salvadorans had lack of education and they were not legal residents in the USA, so they choose the easy life involving themselves in gangs as self-protection. Salvadorans began to commit crimes and the USA did not accept their behaviors, so during the 90s the USA deported a lot of salvadorans back to El Salvador and it was how gangs took root in El Salvador. El Salvador has been facing gangs problems since 1990, but what are the factors that contribute to gang…

In Sanyika Shakur’s memoir, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member, the audience follows the events that transform Monster Kody Scott into Sanyika Shakur. While writing his memoir from prison, the book starts in 1975 with his graduation from elementary school and initiation into the Crips. His initiation included a brutal beating from fellow Crips members, which immediately followed his first gang shooting against the Bloods. At the age of thirteen, Kody Scott earned the nickname…

The Winter Hill Gang was an infamous Irish-American gang that ran Boston. It was at its worse when James “Whitey” Bulger was in charge in the 1970’s. James got away with almost everything he did because he had a deal with the FBI. We’ll get into that later though, let’s start with how the gang was formed. The Winter Hill Gang was developed in the 1960’s and the founders were James J. “Buddie” McLean and Howard “Howie” Winter. James McLean was born in 1930 and Howie was born in 1929. They met at…

On the other hand, the prison boxer can be playing around, evading like a mischievous monkey. Living in jail can be a hell, from the guards to the inmates and you cannot trust anybody. The Black Gods taught, “Your best weapon is your Mind” They taught the youths at a very young…