became targets of local gang violence (known Gangs‚ n.d.). As a result‚ a group of refugees created a new gang to protect themselves. This gang became known as Mara Salvatrucha. The name is believed to have been derived from combining the word "Mara‚" which is the Spanish word for "army ant‚" with the word "Salvatrucha‚" which is slang for Salvadorian (Wikipedia‚ n.d.) When Mara Salvatrucha initially formed‚ their goal was to protect themselves from other Los Angeles gangs. Many initial members of
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business and there war many gangs all vying for control of this illicit business. To name a few‚ there was Dion O’Banion who controlled Chicago’s Near North side‚ Klondike O’Donnell and his brothers who commanded the Northwest side‚ the “Terrible Genna brothers” who controlled the Near West Side‚ and Irish O’Donnell brother on the Southwest side (Lombardo 81). These gangs and others not listed were all grabbing for power in a seemingly cold war against each other. Gang violence would later become
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feel as if they belong to some sort of group or organization. I will try to intertwine Birahima and his acts of violence to gangs and their acts of violence. I will also analyze and contrast the reasons behind Birahima’s acts of violence and the reasons gang members commit their acts of violence. Due to the neighborhood I live in as well‚ I was considering interviewing gang members I will ask them to share in detail with me why the perform the acts of violence they do. I will analyze this theme using
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joined the naughty gangs at school. He had C+ on his conduct as he always forgot to hand in his homework and always been late for school. One day‚ he and his gangs were walking along the corridor. They found a purse lying on the ground. Wayne walked up to the purse and picked it up. He opened it and he found the purse containing five thousand dollar cash! His friends’ eyes all rolled up and opened wide. “Good job! Wayne! How should we spend with these five thousand dollars?” The gang said. “What a
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violence on the streets. With the combination of gang violence‚ unemployment‚ and the city’s disregard for the dire shambles that the complexes are in‚ a negative environment is created making it nearly impossible for the youth to survive‚ let alone succeed. By the time many of the children of the inner city have hit adolescence‚ they have witnessed and experienced many tragedies that even an adult would find disturbing. They have sold drugs‚ joined a gang‚ have seen their best friend shot‚ or even killed
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The Bloods and Crips are two of the most notorious groups (gangs) none to mankind. After reading about Kody Scott’s situation in becoming part of the Bloods I feel that this is part of his in-group and the Crips would be considered part of his out-group. Let’s use another example here. Take a look at the US Military. This can be considered as a group right? Yes‚ it can. You ask or are asked to
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cities a much safer place and equal for citizens. When criminals and gang members disrupt the structure that we live in by not following these set rules and laws‚ we end up in multiple issues. In the story “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding‚ it relates to gang(s) and criminals not being able to abide by the law in our society. To get a better understanding about why gangs do not follow the follow the law‚ we study what indeed gang members do‚ why members choose not to abide by the rules‚ and what
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Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang is known as a group of “outlaws”‚ bad boys making their own rules and doing what they want. This group has been around for a long time‚ starting trouble all over the United States and other countries. They have done everything from drug trafficking to assault; this gang is no one to mess with. During the 1960s around the time of the world wars this group of individuals was considered a militant group. Now they are considered a dangerous motorcycle gang to stay away from.
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parentless. Oliver has many obstacles he has to go through to survive. In the streets he meets a young boy who is part of the Fagin gang and teaches Oliver how to steal but Oliver runs away from the gang. He is taken into families who treat Oliver well but he is ripped away from them from the Fagin gang who steals Oliver and takes him back to the gang. In the end‚ the head gang member is hung and Oliver is adopted by a family and he lives a happy life on the countryside. In the story Oliver Twist‚ Charles
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YOUTH AND GANGSTERISM Gangs are an international phenomenon and it as impacted on many countries across the globe. The growth and development of gangs are linked to questions of security‚ housing‚ health‚ resources‚ jobs‚ poverty and above all‚ solidarity. Asalam-u-Alaikum to my teacher and fellow class mates‚ today my topic is youth and gangsterism. There are two types of gangs; street gangs and organised gangs. Street gangs are small-loosely gangs made up of youngsters‚ who encourage on
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