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Boys And Girls Los Angeles
1,899 wordsA year in the World of Female Gangsters: There is no way you can neatly squeeze in a single report what female gang life posses. What I am giving is highlights and statistics staffed with local information. There is no such thing as a typical gang each possess a history that reflects the community they grew up in. The research is in Los Angeles and smaller California communities San Antonio, Texas, and Chicago, Ill... Most research has been done in L. A. where female gangs have achieved a greate...
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African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,602 wordsby Alejandro A. Alonso, M. S. In Los Angeles and other urban areas in the United States, the formation of street gangs increased at a steady pace through 1996. The Bloods and the Crips, the most well-known gangs of Los Angeles, are predominately African American[ 1 ] and they have steadily increased in number since their beginnings in 1969. In addition, there are over 600 active Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles County with a growing Asian gang population numbering approximately 20, 000 members. Sur...
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Controlling Security Threat Groups
711 wordsWith the increase of street gangs, prisons see a rise in gang activity such as race related crime, drug trafficking, and inmate protection. "Today's street gangs are becoming tomorrow's prison gangs. Institutional managers report that the "drive-by shooting mentality" has moved into the prisons and jails as the young offenders have been convicted of various gang-related offenses. " (Carlson, Peter M. , Jan. 2001). Although there is a correlation between the two, researchers are clear of the diff...
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Juvenile Crime Street Gangs
245 wordsJuvenile Delinquency 5. 14 Mr. Raymond Kendall Secretary General INTERPOL Quai Charles de Gaulle 69006 Lyon, France Dear Mr. Kendall, There is growing concerns of juvenile crime problems in the United States. Gang membership as well as gang-related crime is mostly a juvenile problem. According to the experts predictions, due to the rise in juvenile crime the crime problem will get worse in the next few years. Therefore, it is very important to adopt an effective approach to combat crime level in...
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Marshall B Clinard Joining A Gang
1,546 wordsGANGS Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in todays cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long-range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we must find the wa...
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Female Gangs Gang Members
955 wordsGangs in one form or another have been around for hundreds of years. Pirates were probably some of the original bad gangs. The groups that traditionally come to mind when one thinks of modern day gangs are the Crips and the Bloods from California. The origins of the Crips and Bloods can be traced to the late 60 s, and the gang culture is so ingrained on the west coast that many families have three and even four generations of gangsters residing in the same residence. Depending on whose figures y...
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Marshall B Clinard One Up Mashup
1,502 wordsGANGS Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal within todays cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short termite answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we must find the way ...
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