Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs In the late 1940s outlaw motorcycle gangs were formed. These groups made up of veterans from World War 2‚ which overtime as the numbers grew they became organized and sophisticated. In the beginning there was about 800 motorcycle gangs‚ which eventually emerged together into four powerful groups. These groups were called the Hell’s Angles‚ the Outlaws‚ the Pagans and the Bandidos. The Pagans were the only group that didn’t expand their organization over seas. Outlaw
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Youth gangs : Self identify as a group: they do this by creating a name‚ initiation rituals‚ tattoos‚ gang signs Are recognized by society as a gang- people acknowledge the existence of the gang whether it be law enforcement or the community Participate in illegal activity- this could include things such as prostitution‚ drug dealing‚ stealing‚ murder A Select Territory Have a collective goal- often times the goal is financial gain or intimidation At risk youth in latin America The youth that are
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Youth gangs in North American society are nothing new. When we turn on the news we often hear stories of misguided youth contributing to yet another gang related crime. Even though it is known that youth crimes are overrepresented in the media today‚ the subject of youth gang activity is quite a predicament to our society. Over the last few years‚ there has been a moral panic created by constant exposure to the media which portrays a great amount of youth crimes and violence. In Canada there
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Smuggling and the hawkhurst gang 1. From source A we learn that: people smuggled because poor people did not want to pay and “duty tax” on their goods. Also it was believed that there was ‘nothing in the crime of smuggling’. This source is second hand information and it could be false‚ also it has apart missing which could be useful. 2. When studying this source you should be careful because‚ firstly it is from a crime and punishment book and therefore not completely about smuggling and therefore
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Gangs have always been a challenge to a states government. In Rio de Janeiro slums have always been dangerous because of the amount of the amount of gang members going around with guns‚ knives and many other weapons. There are many ways to understand these gangs; many believe that they do it for respect while others believe they do it because they have no other choice. In the movie “City of God” we can see the lives of many gang members that live in the slums. With many different sociologist perspectives
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his cabinet included his attorney general Harry Daugherty‚ his secretary of the navy Edwin Denby‚ and his secretary of the interior Albert Fall. These three men along with Charles Forbes‚ Thomas Miller and Jess Smith were coined ‘The Ohio Gang’. ‘The Ohio Gang’ was a group of men either in Harding’s cabinet or they directly knew Harding. Although some of the members are not from Ohio‚ they were coined this name due to their relation to Harding. In fact a majority of the members were not from Ohio
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Gangs A gang is a group of recurrently associating individuals or close friends with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming control over territory in a community‚ and engaging either individually or collectively in violent or other forms of illegal behavior. When a new member joins the gang he or she must go through an initiation‚ the most common initiation is “jumping in” or getting beaten by all the gang members and/or committing acts of theft or violence
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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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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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Bring the right scantron form! -If you are going to be late or miss a quiz‚ let me know please via email ASAP Grades -Quiz Gangs can be the surrogate family for younger kids - Seattle Study=Risk Factors Introduction to Gangs -We will focus on street gangs behaviors -OUR WORKING DEFINITION No standard definition for gangs that is used to define a gang nationally Themes of our Quarter -Tree or more definitions -Association (group Identifier) with each other -Involved in criminal
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