Prison gang

Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone rose in the 1930s to become one of the most notorious mob bosses in history. His actions not only affected the Chicago area, but had a major impact on the gangster himself. Prohibition, Gambling Dens, Whorehouses, and Gang Murders all made him the popular mob boss that everyone knows about today. Capone was born on January 17th, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York to an Italian immigrant Family.(Biography.com) Al was an excellent student in school, showing hope that he might…

think gang relations can really do. I choose this topic to show you all how gangs will affect you and the people around you. Love for the streets is where they think it’s at but when you stop to think about it, where does the streets really get you. Ya they encourage you but what they are encouraging you to do never gets you where you should be. Statistics show that most gang involvement ends you up in prison or dead. There is a story I would like to talk about; I have a friend he joined a gang…

In order to find out if the above methods to help stop gang violence will actually work we will be conducting an experimental type of research. They will need to be put in action in the form of conducting research to see how effective the proposed methods above would be. First we would need to gather a sample size of children that would be the most at risk to join a gang. In order for our data to be accurate we would need to have a large sample size. We would gather about 100-200 at risk…

article “Shuttling Between Nations, Latino Gangs Confound the Law”, written by Ginger Thompson, was very informational to me. The counterculture in the article is gang members. Gang members are the counterculture because they are not the most powerful, influential, or widespread on the earth. Gang members are not respected and often times treated terrible. Gang members are not listened to and are supposed to obey the laws of the dominant culture. In some cases gang members might be the dominant…

The school-to-prison pipeline is the idea that schools funnel students of color into the prison system. This theory is narrow-minded and ignores how the government benefits from the surveillance of African Americans. With the imagery of a pipe, this complex issue is reduced to the single-minded idea that schools force people of color, most notably African Americans, into prison. It does not discuss how society has evolved to force African Americans into certain paths. The way society has evolved…

Aboriginal gangs are a phenomenon sweeping across Canadian communities, most notably in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Aboriginal gangs have arisen due to a multitude of reasons, such as welfare, high rates of socio-economic disadvantage, Intergenerational dysfunction in families, and discrimination. It is important to note, Aboriginal Canadians are those who have been approved under the Treaty Indian status, been registered under the Indian Act of Canada, or those who have membership in…

one will argue that gangs have become one of our nation’s fastest growing problems within recent history. There is also no doubt that gang membership is increasing by large amounts. According to statistics, females are joining gangs or even worse, forming their own gangs at alarming rates. More important than understanding that females do in fact join gangs is the effort to understand why young women join gangs on continue to closely associated with gangs. Most young girls in gangs live in…

Today gangs are not a rare thing to spot, the colors they are wearing, the tattoos they may have and the community they reside in allow gang members to be easily recognizable. Even though gang activity has been decreasing compared to the 1990s American crack epidemic when there was an influx of crack cocaine use in major cities across America, which resulted in an increase in crime, violence and a backlash on tough on crime policies. Violence is still prevalent among inner city neighborhoods due…

New York was home to over 28 different gang factions throughout the Bronx alone in the early 70’s and while race varied within the gangs, the main mission for protection was universal. “Gangs structured the chaos. For immigrant latchkey kids, foster children outside the system, girls running away from abusive environments, and thousands of others, gangs provided shelter, comfort, and protection.” Gangs also policed communities neglected by the law. A Savage Skull leader…

The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most prominent street gang in the western hemisphere. While their origins start in the poor, refugee-laden areas of 1980s Los Angeles, the gang's reach now extends from the Central American nations like El Salvador, through Mexico, the United States, and into Canada. MS 13 was founded in the 1980’s in the barrios of Los Angeles. During this time there was a civil war going on between El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, so the refugees traveled…