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    Crips And Gang Violence

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    Since the late 1960’s‚ the “Crips” have been synonymous with gang violence and crime. Despite being started as an organization utilized to defend itself and its’ neighborhood from other violent gangs‚ the “Crips” have evolved into a fierce organization that draws its’ standing from murder‚ drugs and a bountiful number of active members. It is a prime example of how an organization could allegedly start as something positive for a community and eventually devolve into one of the most feared criminal

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    Street Gang Crips

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    The ‘Crips’ are an L.A. based street gang that surfaced in 1969‚ this gang is said to be started by Stanley “Tookie” Williams and Raymond Washington‚ they chose the collective name of “Crip” because it appealed to the younger age of the members they were recruiting. This gang has been labeled as one of America’s most violent street gangs. Violence within this gang is used indiscriminately between rival gang members‚ to maintain order within the hierarchy of the gang‚ to initiate new members‚ and

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    Gangs: Bloods vs. Crips

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    disorganization theory believes that most of the gangs or delinquent groups all resided in areas that either had persistent poverty and unemployment or high minority residence. Basically this theory didn’t think it was necessary to blame the crime rate on aspects outside of the person’s control‚ such as ethnicity‚ culture‚ or traits they inherited rather than developed on their own. While the differential opportunity theory focused more on gangs and crime rate having more to do with opportunity

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    The Crips History

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    The Crips are a mostly an black gang. They were founded in Los Angeles‚ California in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. What use to be an alliance between two autonomous gangs is now a loosely connected network of individual sets‚ often engaged in open warfare with each other. Its members usually wear blue clothing‚ a practice that has waned somewhat due to police crackdowns. The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States

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    Bloods and Crips

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    The Bloods and the Crips The United States has had problems with gangs dated back as early as the 1800s. In today’s society when people hear about gangs the first two gangs that they think of are the Bloods and the Crips. Both of these gangs originated about forty years ago but are still going strong today. Although‚ at first these gangs were formed as a sort of territorial war the activities of the gang members has grown increasingly more dangerous. The Bloods and the Crips are mortal enemies

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    Bloods Vs Crips

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    A gang is said to be a group of three or more people who engage in criminal activities and identify themselves with a common name or sign(National Criminal Justice Reference Service). Many people join gangs for a number of reasons anything from protection or just a sense of brother or sister hood. People join for identity of recognition which means without the gang that person might feel worthless and impossible‚ for protection‚ fellowship and brotherhood that they many not receive at home‚ intimidation

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    Walkers Crips

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    The product that I have selected to study is ranked 9th on the list of the most popular goods sold on the Irish food and drinks market (the journal). Walkers crisps have been selling since 1948 when English man Henry Walker started selling crisps from his butcher shop because of the WW2 meat pro war rationing left his employees with nothing to do and his business starting to become bankrupt. In 1970 the walker’s family business was bought by Nabisco. At this time it was the secondary brand leader

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    Haylie Galvan Bloods & Crips California is home to several street gangs that identifies themselves with two of the most iconic African American street gangs in America. One group is the Grape Street Crips‚ which is located in the Watts part of Los Angeles. This group was originated within a little housing project that consisted majority of African Americans. This gang is considered to be one of the biggest Crip groups in the local area. There crimes include drug trafficking‚ murder‚ and theft. They

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    Gang

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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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    Crips and Bloods Made in America Crips and Bloods Made in America To start with‚ a vast number of neighborhoods suffer from gradual increase of criminal activities. Black teenagers still build their own street-based gangs that provoke crime. Nevertheless‚ there are number of social theories that can explain such behavior. The documentary filmed by Stacy Paraeta‚ named “Crips and Bloods: made in America” reveal some vital facts about the reasons of criminal behavior in black neighborhoods

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