------------------------------------------------- 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
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Los Angeles’ inner city‚ it is very important to consider that they may be one of the few ways for the gang members to achieve the American Dream. In Los Angeles‚ the formation of street gangs has increased at a steady pace. The Bloods and the Crips‚ the most well-known gangs of Los Angeles‚ are predominately African American‚ and they have steadily increased in number since their beginnings in 1969. In addition‚ there are over 600 active Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles County with a growing Asian
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the Church. I was eleven years old and back home in my hometown of Detroit‚ Michigan when my salvation had taken a detour per say. In 1997‚ I got sucked into the life of fast money‚ drugs‚ and even gangs. I became a member of the street gang‚ The Crips. I was making a lot of money and had totally lost sight of everything I had worked so hard to establish within my life as a Christian. I literally had made a turn for worse in my life and was getting dangerous and worse by the minute. Fast forward
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each other most of the time but when the riots start the violence between the two gangs start to slow down. The decided to put their differences aside because they see a bigger problem going on that affects and harms everyone including them. So‚ the Crips and bloods calla truce between them while these riots were going and that not the only thing. Also‚ this was a big moment in time where police brutality was talked about in hip hop by artist such as Tupac‚ N.W.A‚ and KRS1 who involved their music highly
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the Crips. Raymond and Tookie created gangs to defend themselves against other gangs who were committing countless crimes in their neighborhoods. Crips originated in high school campuses across South Central Los Angeles. Freemont high-school was home for the “East-Side” Crips and the “West-Side Crips”. The gangs organized on the opposite side of the 110 Harbor Freeway. Addition to that a faction of the Crips was established in Compton authority of Los Angeles now known as the Compton Crips. Through
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American History X The setting takes place in Venice‚ a little beach town in the Southern California. Derek‚ the leader of the neighborhood skinhead gang gets arrested and put to jail for killing two members of a Crip gang that tried to steal his car. His little fourteen year old brother has seen everything and testified for Derek‚ for only that reason he did not get life sentence‚ and just three years in a prison. In jail Derek learns the truth behind “white power” gangs and what he believed
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listener that people often seek aid from a higher power during a time of need. The use of repetition magnifies the need for help. Another allusion is the reference “But we still got terrorists here livin’/In the USA‚ the big CIA/The Bloods and the Crips and the KKK.” This refers to gangs that are in the USA that are not benefiting their own country. The song’s structure includes internal‚ slant‚ and irregular end rhymes. The rhymes are used to make the poem more interesting for the listeners
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around their city area. Some would join just because of anger issues and would want to emphasize violence. Gangs are also formed because some of the people have the same race or ethnic group. The 2nd article that I read over gangs described how the “Crips” gang was formed. Onto that‚ it goes on to say how gangs would expand throughout jails. They would start up by claiming turf‚ and any kids who lived near would be persuaded to join for “protection”. Some gangs would also start as an offshoot from another
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Neitling/Per.4 Kody Scott grew up in South Central L.A. during the nineteen-sixties and seventies‚ soon after the creation of the Crips. Raised in poverty without a father‚ and a full family raised solely by his mother‚ Kody Scott led the stereotypical "ghetto" life‚ a poor and broken home. However he does not blame this on his own personal decision to join the Crips while only eleven year’s old. The allure of the respect and "glory" that "bangers" got‚ along with the unity of the "set"(name for
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correlation problems with poverty‚ and Schemas/Stereotypes. The main struggle with Tre was trying to juggle is being a smart‚ good boy in the hood. Certain characteristics and behaviors are expected from a black male raised in the hood of crips and bloods. The lens to have when
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