Gangs A gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals or close friends with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming control over territory in a community‚ and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other forms of illegal behavior. When a new member joins the gang he or she must go through an initiation‚ the most common initiation is “jumping in” or getting beaten by all the gang members and/or committing acts of theft or violence
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2007 18th Street Gang The 18th Street Gang is one of the biggest gangs in Los Angeles County. There membership has been estimated to be around 20‚000. Most members in this gang are Mexican and Chicano but they are one of the few gangs that have broken racial boundaries. They allow almost any race to join the gang. (Delaney‚ 2006) Because of their openness to other races the gang membership grew rapidly. An estimated 60% of the gang is made up of illegal immigrants. ("18th Street Gang"‚ 2007)
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on Trends:Street GangsFormation of Street GangsThe influence and impact of street gangs in urban areas has been growing and it continues to grow. Estimates say that there could be hundreds of thousands possibly millions of people that are associated to some sort of a significant street gang. Many psychologists believe that due to poverty and lack of education many teens join gangs. Others believe music and the media encourages teens and adolescences to join gangs. While on the other hand sociologists
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The poem‚ street gangs‚ emphasises to us that unpredictable nature of street gang members. The members of the gang lash out at anyone‚ even the innocent‚ if given the chance‚ evident through this poem. They use others as mere ’scape goats’ to their dysfunctional mentality and overgrown egos. The belief that they are “superior” in comparison to other individuals‚ which is their justification to their actions and why they believe they have the right to exploit others for their own gains. The moral
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The ‘Crips’ are an L.A. based street gang that surfaced in 1969‚ this gang is said to be started by Stanley “Tookie” Williams and Raymond Washington‚ they chose the collective name of “Crip” because it appealed to the younger age of the members they were recruiting. This gang has been labeled as one of America’s most violent street gangs. Violence within this gang is used indiscriminately between rival gang members‚ to maintain order within the hierarchy of the gang‚ to initiate new members‚ and
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The Street Gang the Bloods Violence is a substantial problem that has attracted increased attention over the past decade. Many forms of violence are seen on a daily basis however; street gang violence has grown to become the most pervasive form. Street gangs refer to groups of individuals who share a common identity and‚ in current usage‚ engage in illegal activities in a particular area. According to data presented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)‚ there are at least 30‚000 street
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crimes in order to get money. In City of Gangs‚ it is explained that one of the problem in Regina is that aboriginal could have a job if they wanted‚ but many of these people don’t have the ability to achieve this goal since they don’t have a resume or they don’t know how to fill an application form (City of Gangs‚ 2009). Thus‚ the young people on reserves are experiencing this inability to achieve norms and standards of the dominant society‚ and are joining gangs in order to achieve their goal‚ through
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Street gangs have been a part of American history for years. According a report from the Immigration Customs Enforcement‚ MS-13 is the most violent and rapidly spreading gang in the United States. Their major areas of concentration are in 33 states which not limited to: California‚ Texas‚ New York‚ Maryland‚ and Nebraska to name a few. The origin of the MS-13 can be traced to Los Angeles in the 1980s. Salvadoran families have fled to L.A. to escape from the civil war that was happening in El Salvador
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Research on 18th Street Gang Gangs are coastally occurring in life they have no discrimination on race or gender causing any one to turn to the path of gang. Many gangs are usually created based on specific race making it easier for people to feel secure when it comes to join them. However as it is stated‚ “the 18th Street gang was the first Hispanic gang to break the racial membership barrier. Membership was originally open to Latinos. Although most members tend to be of Latino descent‚ membership
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Street Gangs: A Guide To Community Awareness INTRODUCTION This information is to help parents determine if their child is either at risk in becoming associated with or is involved in gang activity. Indicators of gang association outlined in this brochure may generally fit a variety of youths. If parents observe more than one indicator‚ they should talk to their child about their concerns. WHAT IS A GANG? A gang is a group of three or more people who associate together‚ have a common identity
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