El Salvador a Country Report 1.0 Introduction El Salvador or the Savior as the name can be translated is a very unexpectedly unique country. El Salvador is a country of many great geographical sites, a strange history, a blackened economic state, and an incredible agricultural base. The country has undergone many changes throughout its history. It was developed, owned, and operated by many different people and forms of government. This ?land of volcanoes? or ?the Savior? has been needed saving of its own for quite some time.…
There are around 33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and as well as prison gangs that have 1.4 million members active in the U.S. Most of the gangs like the Cartel are organized and use violence to control territory and make more of illegal money. This would include robbery, drug and weapons trafficking, fraud, extortion, and prostitution rings. What was reported in 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report, gang are responsible average 48 percent of violent crimes in most…
Nowadays, gangs have become part of a regular society. Some are small and some are big, but they are spreading everywhere. Recently, gangs in Canada have been becoming a part of a large network working together - all sharing the same goal - FAST MONEY! Mafia and gangster movies plus…
A gang usually functions through high levels of organization and within their specific cultures. The Mafia, for example, was mostly limited to Catholic Italians from Sicily.…
Manwaring, Max. Street Gangs: The New Urban Insurgency. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, 2005.…
Supporting my claim, Stanton E. Samenow states, “Gangs offer a hierarchy of leadership and a path to gain approval and achieve success.” This statement discusses how gangs offer a way to gain leadership. Dr. Samenow also states, “ In almost every instance of my interviewing a gang member, that person had siblings or neighbors living nearby who faced similar or even worse adversities and were confronted by the same temptations…
The word gang-everyone knows what it means or what it stands for. Of course by the time children get to the end of their elementary years they’ve heard of know gangs such as; the Cribs, Bloods, Latin Kings, Vatos Locos, but none of those names cause as much fear and terror as the gang called La Mara Salvatrucha aka MS-13. La Mara known for their psychotic methods of killing and running their turf, no other gang comes close to causing the same fear as La Mara Salvatrucha (ms-13gang.com). Forced to abandon their home land due to the civil war in El Salvador, the adventure to the U.S. was good at the start but soon the odds turned against them. Therefore for their protection they were forced to start was today is known as the most dangerous gang of the world La Mara Salvatrucha (National Geographic).…
In the United States there are six major prison gangs that are recognized nationally for their participation in organized crime and violence. They are as follows from largest to smallest in member size. There is the Neta, Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerilla Family, Mexican Mafia, La Nuestra Familia, and the Texas Syndicate. By definition a gang is a group of people working together or a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends; especially: a band of antisocial adolescents.…
In the United States today there are over 1.4 million gang members, these gang members come from poverty and join these gangs for protection from other gang members or to survive on the streets. A street gang is a group of members 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. Crime has to happen and street gangs today have taken control of crime with drug trafficking, prostitution, and violence amongst other gang members which has led street gangs to continue to thrive in today’s society.…
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. They were already skilled in the use of weapons and combat that came from their environment of war and violence. As a minority group, they were discriminated against within their own society. They banded together for support and protection from…
Now the streets are filled with cries of help and gunshots. Now gang members roam the streets and control most of the cities of El Salvador. Children are prevented from going to school if their school site is on a rival gang’s territory. Along with territory problems, many children are afraid of leaving their homes in fear of being abducted by gang members and forced to join. Salvadoran women are dyeing their hair black and dark brown in attempt to stay alive from gang violence. There have been rumors that only gang members’ girlfriends are allowed to wear the colors red and yellow and have blonde and red hair.…
Central America’s failing economic systems have left many of its citizens unemployed, leading many men, women, and children to become enticed by trafficked sex workers in a desperate attempt to provide for their families. Central America has now emerged as the largest market for trafficked individuals in the modern era. Central Americans once living on stable household incomes have experienced deep socioeconomic uncertainty and insecurity prompted by the excessive violence and corruption within local governments. Human trafficking has been able to succeed in regions like Central America because there is little opportunity for social nor economic advancement. In many impoverished Central American nations, dissipating job opportunities have left…
As mentioned before, the damaging results of drug cartels has been most devastating in Latin America. Latin American countries contain…
By doing this gangs are creating resistance identities. The resistance strategies that they are implementing may try to fulfill economic or political needs and may develop a distinctive identity through specific characteristics, symbols and rituals. Understanding the characteristics of gangs is significant in order to truly understand gangs. The depth and complexity of their alienation can only be completely understood by understanding their subculture identity. Understanding gangs means understanding them as social actors. This is critical in being able to create the proper policies and social movements (Hagedorn, 2005). Without a proper understanding of gangs the reduction of violence and inequalities will not be…
Gangs have become an epic problem in the United States. It is very essential important in attempting to solve this problem by fully understanding how we can prevent individuals from joining a gang. A gang is group of three of more people that share a common bond and that are loyal to one another, whether it’s for economic reason or violence. The National Gang Center estimates that 32.4% of all cities in the United States experienced gang problems in 2008 (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2010). There are three main reasons why I fell that gangs have impacted the criminal justice system in three phenomenal ways. One, gangs have affected many communities; two, gangs influence our…