Gangs

... a group of people that form an allegiance to the exclusion of others, for a common purpose of engaging in violent, antisocial, or criminal behavior" (www.geocities.com/rainforest/4207/gangs.html). Gangs have been a problem for years in the big cities of the U.S. In Los Angeles, they account for about half of the city's murders. From 1991 to 1993 drive-by ... important in the maturation process of children. Young people who successfully participate and complete their education have greater opportunities to develop into reasonable adults (Taylor, 1990). How Communities Battle Street Gangs...

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... the underlying reasons for female gang embers, examines how ethnicity and gender norms may influence female gang behavior, and discusses the long-term consequences of gang membership for females. Gangs are studied because they are of social concern. That concern stems from typically masculine acts of vandalism, violence, and other serious threats. It was often assumed that females did ... opt for safer, even if less helpful, means of support. RECAP: Female gang formation is related to deteriorating inner - city economic conditions. General economic conditions influence male and female ga...

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... protecting their assets and financial endeavors. [How10](Endeavors which include but are not limited to prostitution, drug dealing, heists, extortion, etc.) Brutality and violence is the main tool utilized by gangs to assert their dominance over a territory, and they will not think twice about ending a life if ending said life is deemed beneficial to the gang's continued success. The sheer ... of ending the monotony and becoming someone in place of nobodies is a huge draw for misled, impoverished youths. Breaking the 150 year history of social and organizational development of gangs into...

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... male (Bodinger-deUriarte, 1993). Gang members often display their membership through distinctive styles of dress, their "colors", and through specific activities use the same patterns of behavior. In addition, gangs almost universally show strong loyalty to their neighborhood, often marking out their territory with graffiti (Gaustad, 1991). In generally all the cases, this behavior is because of a loyalty to ... Violent Schools-Safe Schools, which found that school-aged children were at a higher risk of suffering from violence in school than anywhere else (cited in Gaustad, 1991). Becau...

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... family, schools, prisons, businesses, and even churches. The crimes related with gang activity include drug trafficking, rape, extortion, murder, robbery and car jacking. Gangs are no longer a poor man's ghetto problem but are now like a cancer spreading from street to street, a cancer all residents of L.A need to ... members I interviewed all told me that their family life was unstable and that they were unsupervised. Karl Hill and Battin Pearson's article on gangs " Childhood Risk Factors for Adolescent Gang Membership" supported the research that I gathered. Their article stated that...

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... corps, solidarity, morale, group awareness, and attachment to a local territory." This definition does seem valid, yet quite out of date. The picture of gangs that this paints for a person is that from old movies where orphans came together and did little mischievous things around their town. This definition does not ... went through a certain area of a neighborhood. A man named Dan Korem came up with his own definition in the year of 1994. Dan Korem studied suburban gangs and defined a gang as, "a group of youths who are banded together in a specific context and whose activities include...

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... the gang, but they do associate with gang members on a regular basis (What is a Gang). It is fairly easy to recognize a gang member. Gangs use special colors so that the members will feel a stronger bond to the gang. By wearing their style of clothing the member sees himself as part of ... let them dangle loosely from their back pockets. The rival to the Crips is the Bloods. The Bloods wear strictly red, white, and black. Also many gangs have certain tattoos to represent what gang they are in. Most of the time they are symbols, letters, or numbers. For example: a 187 tattoo represents ....

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... , but survived the shooting. This was also suspected to be gang related. Most crimes that involve gun violence are with those who are involved with gangs and gang activity, if someone from another gang even looks at a rival the wrong way it can lead to a shootout. Some other approaches to ... . The most powerful motorcycle gang in Canada is the Hells Angels; they are involved in many crimes that go on within the country. Aboriginal street gangs are not as highly organized as other criminal organizations in Canada, but are amongst the most violent. They make up a significant population wit...

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... destruction a long their way. These Indian "thugs"even had their own special symbols, hand signs, rituals, and slang to trademark themselves. A trait which gangs through out the rest of time would carry. While a good example ,Probably an example more close to home and date would be the ones started right here ... Gang" became a "playground" to many young street gangsters, and a main source of operations for the Mafia. From "The Five Points Gang" spawned many other gangs and operations. Originally recruited to "The Five Points Gang" was one of the most feared gang leaders of all time, "Sc...

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... violent act he committed. These data also do not explain why violent adolescent offenders commit acts of violence in some situations but not others. Most gangs are lead by one person or a small group of people: these are the ones that give the orders. The recruits, usually teens or ... life look glamorous. The money and material possessions may be tempting, especially to those children that have little of this at home. Deceit and Misrepresentation Gangs sometimes resort to deceitful tactics to recruit their members. Knowing that the word "gang" gives a bad image, they may try to convince ...

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