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Meredith Brunkow Joanna Esker Stephanie Popovich What is a Gang A gang is an organization of two or more individuals who form an alliance for a common purpose The gang identifies with and claims territory in the community and engages individually or collectively in violence and other crimina ID: 226135

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GANGS

Meredith Brunkow

Joanna Esker

Stephanie Popovich Slide2

What is a Gang?

A gang is an organization of two or more individuals who form an alliance for a common purpose. The gang identifies with and claims territory in the community and engages individually or collectively in violence and other criminal activity. Slide3

Hidden America: Children caught in Chicago Gang War

http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxjkBI_EwUQ

Slide4

History of Gangs

The exact origin and date of when street gangs are unknown.

Immigration starts migration of gangs.

The history of street gangs in the United States estimated to begin on the East Coast around 1783.Slide5

History

New York: Street gangs on the East Coast developed in three phases .

Chicago: Chicago emerged between the Civil War and the end of the 19th century.

Gangs flourished in Chicago in the early part of the 1900s.Slide6

History

Gangs grow in the West.

The existence of the Mexican population in the United States dates back to the 16th century.

Often were treated as second-class citizens and were told to go back to their home, Mexico.Slide7

Why do teens join gangs?

Safety

Friendship

Tradition

Recognition

Peer pressureSlide8

10 Most Dangerous Gangs in the World

Mara

Salvatrucha

(United States)

Latin Kings (United States)

Aryan Brotherhood (United States)

Los Zetas (Mexico)

18

th

Street Gang (United States)

Bloods (United States)

Yakuza (Japan)

Wah

Ching

(United States)

Crips (United States)

Cosa

Nostra (United States) Slide9

Latin Kings

Best organized Latin gang in the world

Formed in Chicago in the 1940s

18,000 members in Chicago alone

Mexican-dominated gang

Illegal money making, contract killing

Colors = Black & Gold

Symbol = CrownSlide10

Latin King Statistics

Average age of first firing a pistol – 11.0

Average age of seeing someone killed by gang violence – 11.5

Average age of joining the gang – 12.3

Average age expected to quit the gang – 25.1

Average age of expected death – 57.8Slide11

Bloods

Founded in 1972 in Los Angeles

African-American males

Between 15,000 and 20,000 members

Known for red clothing and bandanas

Street-level distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana

Auto theft, drive-by-shooting, extortion, homicide, identification fraud, and robbery

Symbol = 5-pointed starSlide12

Crips

Founded in Los Angeles in 1969

One of the biggest crime groups in the world

Bloods’ biggest rival

African-American gang

30,000-35,000 members

Blue clothes & blue bandanas

Symbol: Six-point star and six-point crown

Murders, robberies, drug dealingsSlide13

Bloods vs. Crips

Two of the most violent gangs in U.S. history

Crips formed in response to the Bloods

South Central, Los Angeles

Territory war

“Vicious and never-ending”

Battles were common on the streets, county jails, & prisonsSlide14

Criminology Theories

Social Disorganization Theory

Differential Association Theory

Labeling Theory Slide15

Race and Ethnicity

Risk Factors—cut across racial and ethnic lines, including the negative consequences.

Media representation

Difficulties of assimilating

Juvenile Delinquent vs. Youth at RiskSlide16

46 percent Hispanic/Latino, 35 percent African-American gang members, 11 percent white gang members, and 7 percent other race/ethnicity gang members. Slide17

Community Involvement

Cease Fire/Cure Violence —Violence Interrupters

Chicago Area Project [CAP]

Al ReyesSlide18

Sources

http://

www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page15.htm

http://www.themost10.com/10-most-dangerous-gangs-in-the-world

/

http://

cryptome.org/gangs/bloods.pdf

http://www.gapgangs.com/resources/Gangs+Crips+$

26+Bloods.pdf

Porter P, Matter R. Review of 'Gangs of America: The rise of corporate power and the disabling of democracy'. The Academy Of Management Review [serial online]. October 2004;29(4):689-691. Available from:

PsycINFO

, Ipswich, MA. Accessed November 11,

2013 Slide19

Sources

Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership.

http://

www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/preventgangmembership/gangs-book_ch10-508.pdf

Gangs 101: Understanding the Culture of Youth Violence.

http://gangs.umd.edu/Downloads/Prevention/Gangs%20101%20-%

20Understanding%20the%20Culture%20of%20Youth%20Violence.pdf

Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Gang Prevention.

https://

www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/231116.pdf