Organized Crime Group Analysis
Organized Crime Group Analysis
Team A
CJA 384
Organized Crime Group Analysis In this paper it was asked of us as a team to give an in-depth historical analysis of an organized crime group. With this class being about organized crime one would think to write about mobsters, but we decided to think outside the box. Even though when thinking of organized crime the first thought is The Italian Mafia and groups of that sort, one has to remember that organized crime comes in many different forms of organizations. From this class we were able to understand more on organized crime and who can be classified as an organized crime organization. Organizations that one would never really think of as having ties to organized crime may have some involvement. By having knowledge of how organized crime began we have a better understanding of where it is today. So as a team we decided to research the organization The Aryan Brotherhood. Originally named the Diamond Tooth Gang in 1967, a group of men gathered in the prison yard of San Quentin, to form their own racially motivated prison gang. These men mostly consisted of neo-Nazi, white supremist, long haired biker types. They formed an alliance to protect themselves and strike against the group of black militants known as the Black Guerilla Family (Grann., 2004). Prior to the 1960’s prisons were segregated. After the desegregation of the prisons, inmates sought safety and security from the violence inflicted by racial prejudice from the other inmates of various races. Although these prisoners may have come from a variety of gangs outside the prison walls, they banded together while incarcerated. The original members of the Aryan Brotherhood were members of the Bluebird gang. They underwent several name changes over the years. The original name Diamond Tooth Gang was chosen because they had a piece of glass embedded into their front teeth. Eventually, adopting the name the Aryan Brotherhood and also
Team A
CJA 384
Organized Crime Group Analysis In this paper it was asked of us as a team to give an in-depth historical analysis of an organized crime group. With this class being about organized crime one would think to write about mobsters, but we decided to think outside the box. Even though when thinking of organized crime the first thought is The Italian Mafia and groups of that sort, one has to remember that organized crime comes in many different forms of organizations. From this class we were able to understand more on organized crime and who can be classified as an organized crime organization. Organizations that one would never really think of as having ties to organized crime may have some involvement. By having knowledge of how organized crime began we have a better understanding of where it is today. So as a team we decided to research the organization The Aryan Brotherhood. Originally named the Diamond Tooth Gang in 1967, a group of men gathered in the prison yard of San Quentin, to form their own racially motivated prison gang. These men mostly consisted of neo-Nazi, white supremist, long haired biker types. They formed an alliance to protect themselves and strike against the group of black militants known as the Black Guerilla Family (Grann., 2004). Prior to the 1960’s prisons were segregated. After the desegregation of the prisons, inmates sought safety and security from the violence inflicted by racial prejudice from the other inmates of various races. Although these prisoners may have come from a variety of gangs outside the prison walls, they banded together while incarcerated. The original members of the Aryan Brotherhood were members of the Bluebird gang. They underwent several name changes over the years. The original name Diamond Tooth Gang was chosen because they had a piece of glass embedded into their front teeth. Eventually, adopting the name the Aryan Brotherhood and also