...The Sureňos Trecè Gang Global Crime and Criminal Justice Abstract Gang killings are results of drug wars have been refuted by the authorities since blotters report that these homicides are conflicts over territory, status and revenge. Gang wars are not only “inner city” problems but all over as well. Almost every city around the world claims to be gang capitals, like New York or London. Other major cities in the US have also been known to be havens for gang wars such as Houston and Chicago. Youth join gangs, and these young members are not heavily into committing crimes or using drugs but they just want to belong to a specific group for personal purposes and a feeling of belonging. Majority of gangs are not tightly organized. Most of the members have different degrees of loyalty to their gangs. Their cohesiveness increases when they are challenged by other groups. In the LA area, for example, gang violence has lessened in the last fifteen years but has been on the rise again in the last few years. Most law enforcement officials agree that gangs are a community problem that must be dealt with in a variety of approaches implemented by police, schools, community-based organizations, public health professionals and others in an interactive and cooperative approach to gang prevention and intervention. Historical Background Sureños is a union of hundreds of individual Mexican American street gangs that started in the southern part of California. These people are found in...
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...Mara Salvatrucha gang originated in Los Angeles, in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants in the neighborhood between Pico and Wilshire also know as the city's Pico-Union neighborhood. They immigrated to the United States Due to a 12-year civil war in El Salvador, which resulted in over 100,000 deaths and over a million refugees(www.ms13gang.com). The Salvadorian refugees and immigrants predominantly settled in southern California and Washington, D.C. Some of the refugees and immigrants had ties with La Mara, a violent street gang from El Salvador. Others had been members the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMNL) during the El Salvadorian civil war(Rimmer, 2009). FMNL was made up of Salvadorian peasants who were trained as guerilla fighters. Many were adept at using guerilla tactics and working with explosives, firearms, and booby traps. Salvadorians were not accepted into the Los Angeles Hispanic community, and were frequently targeted by local Hispanic and African American gangs notably the 18th street gang. Due to this suffering, in the late 1980s, some refugee members of La Mara and FMNL formed what is now known as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS) street gang. Like many other street gangs, MS initially formed for protection, but quickly developed a reputation for being organized and extremely violent criminal enterprise. The gang’s rivals took note. One, known as the Mexican Mafia, or “la eme” for short, and is one of the most storied of California’s gangs, decided to integrate...
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...According to the National Gang Center, the change is gangs from 2002-2007: +12% in larger cities, +33% in suburban counties, +27% smaller cities and +24% in rural counties (National Youth Gang Center, 2009). The gang problem in the United States of America has been getting worse since the first gang was formed by Irish immigrants in the early 1800s. For low income and areas with high population, gang involvement with youths has also been getting worse. Regarding gang-related homicides, it is for difficult data collection industries to gather correct information because after a murder is committed it must be determined whether the murder is gang-related or not. But despite that, reports of gang-related murders are concentrated mostly in the large cities in the United States of America. Including San Jose, where there are long standing and persistent gang problems, which mean there are a larger number of documented gang members. There are literally thousands of anti-gang advocacy groups because there are so many concerned parents. These groups support politicians who are working to try to create legislation to reduce the gang problem in the United States of America. There are a number of theories on how to combat the gang problem, but a strategy which rarely fails is to take small steps in progress and continue to move forward.. There will never be a perfect solution that solves every aspect of a problem. But one policy that covers a wide range of issues involving gangs is the United States...
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...that have a common name or common identifying sign or symbol, form an allegiance for a common purpose and engage in unlawful or criminal activity (Hess 2010). In the United States there are large number of Filipino gang membership around the Southern California region (SoCal) and generally the entire West Coast region. Due to their Hispanic culture they are more assimilated with other Latino gangs. There are thousands of Filipino gang members which mostly center around the California region, Chicago, New York, and Miami. They represent a diverse array of backgrounds and affiliations with some being with the Bloods, Crips, Sureños, Norteños, Peoples, and Folks. A number of gangs in the Philippines are known to be active around the nation, the majority being centered in Manila with locations in and around the general Metro Manila region. One of the most infamous areas in the City is Tondo, Manila. Tondo is known to be the "Hub" of Gangs in the region, with the majority of street gangs being located in this district. Apart from a very large number of local street gangs, there are a number of organized gangs among the Philippines (Yahoo Phil.). In general, there are gangs located in the Philippines that deal in organized crime and follow a general hierarchy. These gangs can be linked to certain families or...
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...Gangs in The Military Analysis 3/6/2014 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fears that access to weapons and combat training “could ultimately result in more organized, sophisticated, and deadly gangs, as well as an increase in deadly assaults on law enforcement officers (Eyler, 2009). Gang-related activity in the US Armed Forces is increasing. The extent of gang presence in the armed services is difficult to determine since many enlisted gang members conceal their gang affiliation and military authorities may not recognize gang affiliation or may be inclined not to report such incidences. Although gang members constitute only a fraction of military personnel nationwide, their presence can compromise installation security and force protection both internally and externally (Intelligence Center, 2007). The spread of gang culture throughout the military forces disrupts good order and discipline, threatens base security, and undermines the professionalism that the armed services offer (Eyler, 2009). Members of nearly every major street gang, including the Bloods, Crips, Black Disciples, Gangster Disciples, Hells Angels, Latin Kings, The 18th Street Gang, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Mexican Mafia, Nortenos, Surenos, Vice Lords, and various white supremacist groups, have been documented on military installations both domestically and internationally (Intelligence Center, 2007). Military-trained gang members (MTGMs) present an emerging threat to law enforcement officers patrolling...
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...Gangs The word “Gang” at one point in time was only used to describe a group of people, now days the word “Gang” is associated with negative groups who commit crime and violence. According to the FBI over 20,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs and prisoner gangs currently exist throughout the United States, with over one million members (Federal Bureau of, 2009). Gangs are made up of all types and kinds of human beings from men, to woman, and even children. A good amount of the crime in several communities around the U.S. is victimized by the gang related activity. Gang activity is higher in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Arizona and New York, with more than half of all homicides thought to be gang related homicides (Muhlhausen, 2007). Overall organized crime is anywhere and everywhere; this is a very difficult area for law enforcement to keep control over, a non ending battle against something that will always gain new members. These new members join for many reasons and come from many backgrounds, mainly from distress and un-oriented families. The word “Gang” at one point in time was only used to describe a group of people, now days the word “Gang” is associated with negative groups who commit crime and violence. A street gang is “an association of individuals who have a gang name and recognizable symbols, a geographic territory, a regular meeting pattern, and an organized, continuous course of criminality” (Kenneth J. Peak, 2009). When you walk out of...
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...Abstract…………………………………………………………………………….1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………...2-3 Criminal Activity……………………………………………………………………3 Types of gangs…………………………………………………………………….4 Street gangs……………………………………………………………..…4 Prison gangs……………………………………………………………….5 Motorcycle gangs………………………………………………………….6 3 most feared gangs in the United States………………………………………6 Mara Salvatrucha………………………………………………………….6 Crips………………………………………………………………………...7 Bloods………………………………………………………………………7 Female involvement in gangs……………………………………………………8 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………8-9 Abstract 1 The word “ Gang” at one point in time was only used to describe a group of people, now days the word “Gang” is associated with negative groups who commit crime and violence. According to the FBI over 20,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs and prisoner gangs currently exist throughout the United States, with over one million members (Federal Bureau of, 2009). Gangs are made up of all types and kinds of human beings from men, to woman, and even children. A good amount of the crime in several communities around the U.S. is victimized by the gang related activity. Gang activity is higher in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Arizona and New York, with more than half of all homicides thought to be gang related homicides (Muhlhausen, 2007). Overall organized crime is anywhere and every where, this is a very difficult area...
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...Page 1 Professor Allen Phelps English 1.3 28 March 2013 Latino street gangs located everywhere, killing innocent African Americans. These men and woman feed off of fear from the hate of other racial groups that feel they are trespassing on their territories. Drugs play a big part to the Latino economy, these gang members have killed multiple police officers. Gang members are being arrested every single day in America for the distribution of Cocaine, Marijuana, Crystal Meth, and Heroin. Somebody needs to get these brutal criminals off of the streets, these gang members are causing death to the innocent people of America. We’re just sitting around watching the death rate add up. The murder rate against African Americans is 8,000 to 9,000 deaths a year. Does anybody see this as a problem? The crime rate, along with murder rate, is outrageous. As a country, we should see this as a huge issue. Seems to be that our priorities are set on something other than what’s important. Such as, new gun legislation. Latino’s are not only drug trafficking in California. This is happening all over the US, where men and women are being punished for innocent acts. This happening in each and every single one of the States. Page 2 They’re are radical gangs all across the board. What’re they responsible for? They’re poisoning the people of America, with extreme drugs, such as Cocaine and Heroin. These gangs have so much power because the carry what they want. The distribution of...
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...Tina Huang CRJ 112 Professor Gutierrez July 6, 2016 Shakur Summary The book “Monster” by Sanyika Shakur also known as Kody Scott, is an autobiography of an L.A. Gang member. It is a story that narrates how he joined a gang, specifically the Eight Tray Gangster Crips and why it seemed appealing to him at the young age of eleven. Some notable themes found in the book include power and violence. In the long thirteen years as a notorious gang member, he lived life by killing friends and shooting enemies (ex. other Crips/Bloods), selling drugs, committing robberies, and frequently experiencing police brutality. As it became a known routine and comfortable cycle, as the years went by, he realized that gang life was not what he wanted...
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...Gang violence has always been a real issue, and in the late 1990s, it was at its peak with gang related war; in especially in Southern California particularly Los Angeles. Los Angeles has been a major problem with gangs since the early part of the 20th century. Los Angeles is informally known as the "Gang Capital of the Nation". In Los Angeles, law enforcement officials are aware of more than 1300 street gangs with over 150,000 members. In the City of Los Angeles alone, there are over 400 separate gangs and an estimated 39,000-gang member. The most common gangs that are in the Los Angeles area are the Bloods and the Crips. Both are recognized but the “colors” that they wear. Bloods wear bandanas, or other articles of the clothes that have a red color, Crips wear blue. Though they are known by their distinct colors, these two gangs are rival enemies. Also, they can be recognized by the different tattoos an individual has, there are certain marking each gang member will have. Every year young children are joining these gangs in hopes to fit or belong somewhere. But, getting into these gangs isn’t easy there are initiations. The most common initiation would be "Blood in - Blood out.” This is particularly initiation the “Blood-in” refers to assaulting or murdering someone. “Blood-out” refers to the death of the member whether by his/her own death or at the hands of a gang member. Violence is not the only thing that is gangs are known graffiti, or "tagging." is one way the gangs...
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...Security Threat Gangs In Prison Name Tutor Course College Date There has been a major concern of gangs in correctional facilities. This phenomenon has been common in prisons since 1960s, and continues to be a major problem over the years in correctional structures. In the year 1920, the number of prison gang was over 1300 in Chicago city and many other cities liked Los Angeles had started witnessing prison gangs. To critically understand this problem, it is important to explore the history and type of prison gangs that exist. In most prisons there is frequent unruly behavior and violence because of the prison environment. The kind of lifestyle among inmates makes a society of its own. The modern gangs have distinct colors of clothing’s particularly for identification. They come from all race, black, Asian, Hispanic and Caucasian. The Aryan brotherhood gang originated in 1967, California’s San Quentin state prison was the hub of this gang. The gang was set up to protect white inmates from other dangerous gangs of the African and Hispanic origin. Initially, the gang was known as the “bluebird” or “Nazi gang” and most of its members were from the white supremacy, Irish and Germany origin. The group received money from drug traffic to sustain its source of operations in the prisons. The condition that required an inmate to join the AB group was to murder one person that was targeted by the group (Parenti, 2000). On the other hand, members of the gang who were freed...
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...formed in the late 1950’s within the California Department of corrections, and is now known as one of the most powerful prison gangs in the United States. The Mexican Mafia is well known for their Drug Trafficking, and for their ruthless style of murder. The Mexican Mafia often uses the number thirteen as gang identification, as it represents the thirteenth letter in the alphabet, the letter M. Most of the Mexican Mafia is located in California and Texas. In San Antonio, the Mexican Mafia is responsible for Ten percent of homicide rate (Dufresne, D. 2010. Top Ten Prison Gangs. Retrieved from http://listverse.com). The Mexican Mafia is a gang that is only made up of roughly around one hundred members. Although the gang is small, they are well known for being powerful, and each member holding a significant responsibility with in the gang. Rene Enriquez; a well known Mexican Mafia crew leader, has said that, “ there are three parts of the gang, the Members, the Cabanaras, and the Surenos”.(Montgomery, M. (2012). Gangster Reveals Mexican Mafia Secrets. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/templates). The Members are from the the state prisons, and are a very small group, but are known to be very powerful. They are from the western state prisons and the citizens of the United States. The Cabanaras are known to be “the soldiers” or “the backbone” of the gang. Enriquez says “ they are the doers, and they effectuate most of the Mexican Mafia in society and in prisons”.(Walker, R. 2012...
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...Prison Gangs Prison Gangs According to (Wikipedia) a prison gang is a term used to identify any type of gang activity in prisons and correctional facilities. The difference between prison gangs and street gangs has become unclear because gang members are in and out of the prison system according to the (Street Gangs and Interventions: Innovative Problem Solving with Network Analysis, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005). Prison gangs offer more than just simple protection for the members in prison; many prison gangs are responsible for drug, tobacco and other contraband handling. Prison gangs often seek to intimidate other inmates and bribe or intimidate prison staff. Prison gangs are a large influence of organized crime. Prison gangs are also known for laundering money from outside gangs while in prison. The forming of a prison gang is prohibited however; prison gangs are on a rise and without regard of the law prohibiting them. Many of the gang members are already in prison serving very long sentences; when another member is sentence they link up and look out for one another. There are multiple prison gangs in America such as the Aryan Brotherhood, the Nazi Low-riders, La Eme, those are just a few. (American Prison Gangs by Sharon White) According to this article prison gangs are in the Federal prison system and 32 state jurisdictions. There are 29 able to be identified and the prison guards know the member by names. Prison officials have identified 114...
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...gangsssssssssss History Gangs have been in existence since the dawn of man. It has never been unusual to see small bands of men protect each other through committing crimes that sometimes involve violence. Gangs in the United States have existed since the 1800s. In the Western regions, gangs of people used to rob trains of passenger's money. They would also steal cattle from unsuspecting cowboys. Other cultural gangs formed on the East Coast as immigrants poured into large, urban cities. The movie "Gangs of New York" was a historically based film that outlined those gangs. The Capone gang and other mobsters began terrorizing neighborhoods in the early 1900s. Today, many American gangs are formed not only in cities but in suburban neighborhoods as well with the common purpose of dealing drugs. Function A gang usually functions through high levels of organization and within their specific cultures. The Mafia, for example, was mostly limited to Catholic Italians from Sicily. The New York gangs of the mid-1800s were drawn from their immigrant and non-immigrant statuses such as Irishmen and those who considered themselves "natives" of America. Organization is typically made up of one head per "family" that evenly divides territory among other gangs within the culture. The head usually has one other member seen as the number-two man. Underneath those two are several captains that are in charge of any moneymaking operations that the head man authorizes to take place. Sponsored...
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...Compare and Contrast Essay Liberty University Character/Plot/Structure Outline I. Introduction to the Conflict/Plot/Structure II. Destructors a. Conflict of Trever vs himself b. How did the conflict unfold and the characters affected. c. How are the conflicts concluded? d. The effects of the reader III. The Rocking-Horse Winner e. Conflict of Paul vs his mother f. How did the conflict unfold and the characters affected. g. How are the conflicts resolved? Does the protagonist succeed in achieving their goals? h. The effects of the reader IV. Conclusion The conflict of The Destructors by Graham Greene and that of The Rocking-Horse Winner had some similarities and differences in regards to the conflict, plot, and structure. Both display a very invigorating tale and a mystery regarding the conclusion of each story. These shorts stories were both about children who did not have an understanding and were naïve to the ways of the world. Each displayed a very disturbing outcome and some more than others. The conflict lead to a surprising turn of events displayed itself as the stories were depicted. The Destructors by Graham title clearly described and assisted the reader in the series of events to come. One is lead to assume that in some way or form destruction will take place. The conflict that leads to the destruction is the internal turmoil going on with (T) Trevor. He was upset about his...
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