Colton (" C-Loc" ) Simpson was a Crip. Beginning at the impossibly tender age of ten in the mid-1970s‚ Simpson’ s world was defined in terms of war. By the time he quit the first gang member allowed to do so he’ d risen through the ranks to become Stabilizer and later‚ General. Simpson was the son of Dick Simpson‚ a ballplayer for the California Angels‚ but even before he became a gangbanger‚ his childhood was tough. Raised by his grandmother at the edge of Los Angeles’ s South Central‚ Simpson
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------------------------------------------------- Gangs in the Prison System By Jinja Jones ------------------------------------------------- Gangs in the Prison System By Jinja Jones INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Lambert Fooks March 4‚ 2013 INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Lambert Fooks March 4‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. What are Gangs? When did gangs come into existence? 2. How do gangs finance/support their groups? 3. Different types of Gangs in the Prison system
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between individual action and group pressures. Gangs and symbolic interaction go hand and hand. A gang basically is a loosely organized group of people who interact together with one another. The group or gang has a name‚ usually a leader or leaders‚ and may have developed identifying signs-- colors‚ clothing‚ tattoos‚ jewelry‚ or hand signals. The gang often claims a territory or an area and will fight rival gangs for control of the territory. Gangs take prevalence over race‚ background‚ neighborhood
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argue that gang activity and youth involvement has grown exponentially through the years‚ it has been an ongoing epidemic for decades. Methods‚ levels of violence‚ rules‚ and motivations may have changed over the years‚ but the basic infrastructure has remained the same. The earliest accounts of youth involvement in gangs first appeared in Europe or Mexico‚ while the earliest record of youth gangs appearing in the United States are recorded as early as 1783. In the early 1800’s youth gangs appeared
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Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized‚ stealthy and deadly‚ they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America’s streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together‚ their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure‚ a constitution‚ bylaws‚ mission statement‚ or some identifiable
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Lesley Peña Mr. Valente English 6 H Period 1 16 April 2013 Gang Prevention “They Poison our streets with drugs‚ violence‚ and all manner of crime.” (FBI 1) There are currently about 1.4 million criminals today that are gang members in the U.S. Whether it’s a motorcycle gang‚ prison gang‚ or a street gang; they are all organized to create violence by assisting in illegal acts such as taking control in neighborhoods‚ amplifying their illegal money-making activities‚ which include robbery‚ drug
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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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Critically evaluate this statement in relation to the emergence of gang cultures and communities. How should the British education system respond to these rapid societal changes? In the past 10 years the British education system has began to suffer under the reign of ever growing ‘gang culture’ (CITE). The streets of the UK have been subjected to increased gun culture‚ knife crimes and gang related violence. We have also seen the age of gang ‘members’ lowering and the impact it has on our schools increasing
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opinion on youth gangs is the same as I view planting a seed. If you plant a seed in bad soil most likely you’ll grow a defected or bad plant. I say that to say this “if a child is raised in an unstructured household most of the time that child will take his home training outside the home. Then we also have our young kids joining gangs that come from good homes‚ but can’t escape their negative environments once they walk outside their front door. Also some of the youths get involved in gangs looking for
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the picture about the media perception of gangs in our society. According to the author the term gang is usually associated with crime and violence by the media which has made not only youth male‚ but also working class individuals victims of media stereotyping. He is trying to point out the fact that the media is actually painting a bad picture and only covers the bad side of the gangs. He is also trying to attack the press and convince the reader that gangs are not all that bad and they are necessary
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