Enforced Against Gang Crimes? Should stiffer penalties be enforced against gang crimes? Yes‚ Gangs are groups of three or more people who band together for protection and socialization gain. By joining‚ members take on the common identity of the gang. Street gangs have existed in the U.S. since the time of the American Revolution. The presence of street gangs in the U.S. has since increased exponentially‚ affecting as many as 3‚550 jurisdictions in 2007. The growing presence of street gangs in the U.S
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during the summer of 1972 by the gangs Pirus‚ Lueders Park Hustlers‚ Brims‚ Denver Lanes‚ and Bishops. They have some where between 30‚000-35‚000 members most members are African-Americans. Bloods" was a term that African-American fighting men called each other in the Vietnam War. The Pirus later changed their name to Bloods. Starting in late 1971‚ the Avalon Garden Crips‚ Inglewood Crips and various other Crip sets joined forces. They began to expand to non-Crip gang territories such as those controlled
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Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today ’s cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon‚ but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface‚ gangs are a direct result of human beings ’ personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we
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I’ve never resided nor visited California. Therefore‚ I wouldn’t understand the high crime rate nor the gang activities that exist. I’ve only seen movies that reflect different gang images. Movies such as Colors‚ Fresh‚ Boyz N Tha Hood‚ Menace II Society‚ and Original Gangstaz explain the life of crips‚ bloods‚ and other gangs. When children view these movies‚ they think they are cool. Their minds are too young and immature to witness such graphic images. These images include distribution of drugs
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Albert Medina Mrs. Hill English 101 22 March 2014 The Location Standing around waiting under the blazing hot sun my group of friends Brad a tall meathead‚ Jake a tall snake‚ Brandon a average white boy and there is me a small light skinned Mexican. Waiting patiently in line‚ one by one thousand of fans are trying to go in to this big salmon and aqua green color building. Before we can go in we have to pass-by security first‚ taking off my hat and everything out of my pockets. This gigantic
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-If you are going to be late or miss a quiz‚ let me know please via email ASAP Grades -Quiz Gangs can be the surrogate family for younger kids - Seattle Study=Risk Factors Introduction to Gangs -We will focus on street gangs behaviors -OUR WORKING DEFINITION No standard definition for gangs that is used to define a gang nationally Themes of our Quarter -Tree or more definitions -Association (group Identifier) with each other -Involved in criminal behavior -Note any type of
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Classification of Gangs Introduction The problem of classifying gangs has interested both sociologists and law enforcement. For the purpose of law enforcement‚ a gang is generally defined as an organized group among the members of which there is well-designed communication. This paper evaluates classification schemes from current research for gangs. The objective is to discover the issues and problems in creating classifications for gangs including a definition which delineates what constitutes a gang and differentiates
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Gangs Data on Gangs How do you know who is a gang member? - What is a gang? group of members that have a common deviant values group of members that engage in delinquency for self gains though‚ difficult to defining what is a gang because peer groups in general are central to youthful activities people hang out in groups common feature to see adolescent to engage in groups hence‚ a gang comprise primarily young males‚ engage in behaviour from outright criminality to graffiti. Females
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This assignment is about gangs which are now a growing problem in the UK as it is reflected in media coverage and governmental responses to gangs‚ crime and violence. Gangs as defined by Eurogang network is said to be any durable street oriented youth group whose involvement are in illegal activity as part of their group identity. The other definition used in the article” Dying to belong” was that a gang can be defined as a relatively durable‚ predominantly street-based group of young people
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Our community is not the only community currently having gang problems. Many small towns and rural areas are experiencing gang problems for the first time. In small communities‚ citizens jump to the mistaken conclusion that gangs are present. This occurs because small groups of delinquents are common‚ even in the smallest rural communities. Juveniles enjoy hanging out together‚ and the reality is that juvenile delinquency is often committed in groups. The visibility of these groups‚ hanging out in
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