Gangs History

History of Gangs
Gangs are composed of young individuals who are from distinct groups who commit organized criminal acts. Gangs in America by the mid-19th, is when threat to city and their communities first arose. Being huge threats and concern on city leaders, such as mayors, police officers and the city council. Gangs are more likely to be found in “disorganized communities.” (organized gangs, 2016). Many members of gangs are formed from minority population, poor, or some might call “not well off” who have questionable value. In the 1990s there was a transformed logic of insistence to do something about youth gangs being created, because many new minority populations arrived in urban areas. Their children formed gangs that both imitated
They were first known to be called the “Baby Avenues” by South Central Los Angeles Students. Raymond Washington and Stanley Tookie Williams started calling their gang the “cribs,” it is believed that they had somehow evolved into the Crips. Raymond and Tookie created gangs to defend themselves against other gangs who were committing countless crimes in their neighborhoods. Crips originated in high school campuses across South Central Los Angeles. Freemont high-school was home for the “East-Side” Crips and the “West-Side Crips”. The gangs organized on the opposite side of the 110 Harbor Freeway. Addition to that a faction of the Crips was established in Compton authority of Los Angeles now known as the Compton Crips. Through over a decade the Crip gang has grown and spread throughout the country. They took over many cities of California. More branches of Crips were born known as the, “Main Street Crips,” “5 Deuce Crips,” and the “Rolling 20 Crips. All these branches label into the gang set of the Crip
They started to claim areas of territory. Nearly Forty thousand gang affiliates related to Crips and the Bloods made their way throughout Los Angeles area. They started claiming their areas in the 1980’s. Gang members ranged I ages from as young as twelve to as old as thirty-two. During initiation, In order to be a part of the gang they have to take part in specific orders and acts. Many being “taking out” (killing) a member from a rival gang. If not that, the Bloods or the Crips were expected to be “jumped in”. Being jumped in, is when members of the gang beat you to teach you to never break or betray them. Many women who wanted to be a part of the gang, had to go through initiation as well (Gang culture 2014.) It was known to roll a dice and whichever number the dice landed on was the amount of gang members she would have to sleep with. Starting with the leader of the