The extent of gangs/drugs A proliferation in gangs will also mean a growth in drug and violence in our community’s and threatening society in general. There are more than 731,000 active gang members in the United States, most of which are active with drug distribution. Gangs will and have shown themselves notorious and without regard to society and family. Street gangs employ violence to control drug activities and even targeting local businesses with extortion. Violence ensures that members adhere to the gang’s code of conduct.
It was like an open drug market. Although, the police patrolled the neighborhood and even made some arrests, gang members continued to do drug transactions openly on the street corners. Five years ago a Neighborhood Association was established, and with the help from the Mayor’s Office and Baltimore City Police Department, we were able take back one block at a time. Currently, the neighborhood again is repeating the same unsafe conditions that plagued our community ten years ago. Just last week a thirteen-year-old boy sustained a gunshot wound to his left leg.
Los Angeles’ neighborhood demography is constantly changing due to a gradual change in gang culture overtime from the 1940s through 1965 and the 1970s through the present. Black Gang Culture The first major period of black gangs in Los Angeles began in the mid 1940s and ended in 1965. During the mid 1940s, new African-American gangs began to form in East Los Angeles and in the Central Ave area near Jefferson High School. A few gangs that made a name for themselves during this period were 28th Street, Boozies, Goodlows, and Purple Hearts. These groups referred to themselves as clubs.
Zodiac boasted of killing up to forty victims, however, police The Zodiac Killer The late 1960’s and early 1970’s represented a great deal of things to a great deal of people. To the San Francisco Bay area, as well as the rest of ... estimated he may have killed over 50. Due to the nature of Zodiac’s letters and from witnesses police have a good idea of what Zodiac is like even though he remains at large. Given what is known about serial killers in general, and Zodiac in particular, authorities estimate he was born between 1938 and 1943, making him in his mid-twenties to early thirties at the time of his first murder in 1966. The estimation is also supported by witness statements.
Some of the immigranst that came west were thousands of people such as farmers, ranchers, store keepers that were law abiding citizens but also it brought gamblers, horse thieves and other bad characters. As a result, the creation of the first police department was due to the murder of Jack Whalin in 1853 who was the second City Marshal. This incident forced the city’s first chief Dr. A.W. Hope to organize “Los Angeles Rangers” who were volunteers to help the Sheriff and Marshall. The Rangers were identified by a white ribbon that said both in English and spanish “City Police Authorized by the Council of Los Angeles” (unknown, 2011).
The Crips originated in Los Angeles, California in the 1960’s and the Bloods were formed in reaction to the Crips.1 Both gangs have loosely structured sets. Sets are subgroups and are usually organized by the neighborhoods also known as “Hoods”.1 Crips are associated with the color blue and Bloods are associated with the color red. The Crips and Bloods that we are most familiar with today emerged in the early 1980’s to sell drugs such as Marijuana “weed” and more commonly Cocaine. Inner gang feuds are much more prominent than the Crips versus Bloods rivalry. After the murder of Raymond Washington, the true founder of the Crips; the united front of the Crip gang ended and war erupted from within.
With the two criminals being from different areas of the world and born in different eras, it has a large effect on the style of their corrupt actions. Born in 1899, Al Capone was around many gang members as a young kid. He grew up in a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. He dropped out of school and then began interacting with serious criminals involved in the mafia lifestyle. Al Capone got arrested in 1918 for disorderly conduct.
We will explore if juvenile gangs are an inevitable symptom of poverty or if they occur on their own. (Goldstein, 1994) Table of Contents Introduction 4 Trends 4 Applications 6 Predictions 6 Conclusions 7 References 9 Introduction What are gangs? Many experts have tried to define exactly what gangs are, from disgruntled childhood play groups to self-defined juvenile criminal enterprises. Until the mid-1970s, gangs were created from groups of associated children gathering together to protect their neighborhood, which has become less so with the juvenile gangs. This led Miller (1974) to create a definition of gang that listed the following as defining at tributes: (a) structured organization, (b) identifiable leadership, (c) territorial identification, (d) continuous association, (e) specific purpose, and (f) illegal behavior.
It was originally founded by 13 inmates who were active Latino street gang members from different neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area. The gang's nickname became "La Erne," signifying the Spanish word for the letter M. Gang members banded together in prison to protect themselves from other gang members, inmates and prison staff. It was this perceived need for protection from another group that acted as a catalyst for the gang's formation. Today, Mexican Mafia members come from all parts
Social Nightmares in Today´s World In Central America, there is a major problem in society known as Gangs and in some countries the circumstances are worse than others. According to John Hagedorn, researcher of the Criminal Justice Department, "A street gang is a cohesive group, with most members between ages of 11 and 21, that has a recognizable geographical territory, leadership, a purpose, and various levels of organized continuous course of criminal activities" (2). Most of the time, each of the groups is recognized by graffiti’s symbols and hand sighs that are unique and different from each other. Gangs are involved in simple criminal activities such as vandalism and robbery. Also, they might do severe criminal activities such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and murders.