Prison gang

Gang Prevention in America Gang, what is it? Even though, there is no universal definition for what a gang is in the United States, the federal government has defined a gang to be members of a collective group who identify themselves, and create an atmosphere of fear or intimidate by using a common name, and utilizing hand signs or graffiti to identify themselves as a gang (National Institute of Justice, 2015). America has always had different types of gangs that have established themselves…

To what extent are gang members impacted by deterrability than other juvenile offenders? Part II: Topic In the United States, there is no universally accepted definition of gangs, and remains to be ambiguous with the flexible interchangeability of the term in academic, legal and media contexts. Based on the California definition provided by the Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act (1989) a criminal street gang is defined by ___. Average estimates on the number of gangs are 27,000…

violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs with about 1.4 million members are criminally active in the U.S. today” (They Poison Our Streets with Drugs.) Numerous people have lost their lives to this lifestyle not only theirs but their close loved ones also. There are multiple types of gang violence but the one that starts them all is “street gangs, […] criminal organizations that formed on the street and operate in neighborhoods throughout the United States” (National Gang Report,…

easiest targets to join a gang? The youth. With children and teens in gangs, it affects them the most, their families, and their communities. The youth join gangs because it makes them look cool, they have an older sibling is in a gang, one or both parents are in a gang, they are pressured, unity, and brotherhood. One major reason why children and teens join gangs is the neighborhood they live in and their surroundings (Chaskin 7). The majority of children and teens in gangs are typically from…

moving parts, and it can be complex. One of the things that nearly everyone thinks of when they hear the term “criminal justice” is jail or prison. The purpose and types of jails, the advantages and disadvantages of private prisons, and the identification of the challenges of prison life are the subjects that will be covered in this essay. Are jails and prisons really necessary? Are they to be considered inhuman? Is it really better for a person to be isolated from the rest of the world? These…

The Black Guerilla Family became more structured as it grew from inside the prison, using their reputation to their advantage and developed a defined hierarchy. The high ranking leaders of the Black Guerilla Family extended its power and control outside the prison walls as it pulled in members from other gangs. The BGF began to recruit people on the outside to “serve as BGF couriers” and in fact had so much power that if those recruited chose to opt out or decline, they would have to “pay a…

and summarizes the threat of prison gangs within prison and after the release of confinement. The author also explains the basic history of gang development and gang differences. In this chapter, the role of intelligence in coping with prison gangs is explained. Security threat group is any organization or group of three or more individuals that operate within correctional facilities throughout the United States. According to the author, there is no way to escape gangs, since they are…

Consequences for Correctional Staff Not only do prison gangs demand more resources, but also create problems for correctional staff. According to Roberts (2014) gangs have become a tremendous threat, because “their existence inevitably brings more violence to inmates and to staff and they engage in a whole range of criminal activity” (p.113). In a “prison gang survey” correctional staff were asked; “Do you believe that the gang members have significantly affected your correctional environment?”…

United States holds 25% of all prisoners on Earth. One in every 110 American adults is in prison and one in every 35 American adults is in some form of prison system program, including prison, jail, parole, and probation. Since 1978 the prison population has increased by 408%. As of 2014, there are 2,217,000 prisoners in the United States (source: ACLU). Of those, 60% of those imprisoned in federal or state prisons are black adult males while they only make up 30% of the U.S. population.…

assumption that prisons are filled with violent thugs who cannot act irrationally. He demonstrates how criminals who break the rules and have been sentenced to long-term or life sentence are capable of creating rules, explicit and implicit, to establish an informal governance system that would serve them. Precisely, Skarbek attempts to explain “state-making” and systems of governance based on prison gangs in California. He argues that the Mexican Mafia gang, a Mexican-American criminal prison…