Gangs Gangs in South Central Los Angeles Gangs run the streets in South Central Los Angeles. They are respected‚ dangerous‚ and feared by all who are not involved in gang activity. Two major Los Angeles gangs are the “Bloodz” and the “Crips”. These two gangs are professionals at what they do such as murder‚ drug trafficking‚ and avoiding law enforcement. Protecting their territory and fellow gang members resulted in one hundred twenty eight homicides in South Central Los Angeles (Tamara). Gangs
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Gangs constitute one of the greatest threats to public safety. gangs contribute to 48% of crime in cities. Gangs should have stiffer penalties. Laws are too weak to scare off and oppose gangs and their members. Cities should sue and bid to make laws to stop the violence. Many kids and teens are joining gangs. Laws are weak in the face of rising gangs. Gangs have existed in the U.S. since the time of the American Revolution. It costs taxpayers five times more to incarcerate a child than to educate
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join gangs? Gangs‚ or most people define as a group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit‚ are still widely increasing in the United States today. Even though everyone can agree that any gang related activities and crimes are against the law‚ people still joins it regardless with various reasons: Desire for protection‚ to appear cool‚ and have a sense of family. People often join gangs to get a protection from others. Especially in ghetto‚ where most of the gangs originate
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“What a lot of people don’t realize about gangs‚ in my opinion is that gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection‚ not to go out and hit someone”- Micheal Caine. In other words‚ gangs are suppose to be like family‚ protect each and be there when they are in trouble. Although the Socials and Greasers are considered to be young teenage gangs sharing the same passion to be noticed for who they are from
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Running Head: SECURITY THREAT GROUPS/GANGS IN PRISONS Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons Nicole Sage Kaplan University CJ130-03 Nancy Thode January 18‚ 2011 Security Threat Groups/Gangs in Prisons In our prison systems today‚ many different gangs pose a threat to our correctional staff and other inmates. In the United States‚ gangs exist in forty of the fifty states. These gangs bring violence‚ drug trafficking and racial unrest to our correctional system. The Aryan Brotherhood
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Jennifer Lawson American History Project #2 Movie Critique Gangs of New York “Gangs of New York” is a historical crime film which takes place in New Yorkin the 1840s-1860s. The film was released in 2002. It was directed by Martin Scorsese‚ and written by Jay Cocks‚ Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan. It is loosely inspired by Herbert Asbury’s 1928 nonfiction book The Gangs of New York. The film was critically acclaimed with 10 Academy Award nominations‚ including Best Picture and
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Controlling gangs in prison is not and has never been an easy task. No strategy is possible to eliminate the vice totally. However‚ some strategies have proved to control prison gangs to a large extent. The main strategy is the one that was applied in the state of Texas in 1990s. In the strategy‚ confirmed gang members were isolated in separation wings and/or prison units‚ along with other intransigent inmates who balked at the institutional regime. Through intelligence-gathering and suppression
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In the Gangs of New York‚ there was a massive influx of immigrants to the U.S due to the persecution and danger in Europe. New York was the largest port city in the U.S. so they received most of them. This very large increase in immigrants made many American citizens fearful of losing their jobs. They began to discriminate in an attempt to force them out. Members of The Dead Rabbits gang fled their respective homelands to escape persecution and danger; in reality they were met with more opposition
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Gang Resistance Education and Training Program Alian Cruz CRJ 305: Crime Prevention Ann Meek 08 OCT‚ 2011 For my final paper I am going to talk about a program that in my eyes is a great way for our youth to receive different views and healthy choices when it comes to avoiding and confronting gangs or gang members. Gang Resistance Education and Training‚ abbreviated G.R.E.A.T.‚ and provides a school-based‚ police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning
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Los Angeles Gangs and the American Dream The inner city neighborhoods of Los Angeles are mostly lived in by African-Americans and Hispanics. Since 1970‚ street gangs have controlled these urban areas of Los Angeles‚ moving quickly to create illicit economies based on drug trafficking and other illegal activities. Sociologists like William Julius have labeled the denizens of the American ghetto as “the truly disadvantaged” due to the extremely limited opportunities available to them in neighborhoods
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