Gangs

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Gangs

• Presented By
• Jared Lehman
• Rachel Linhart
• Evan Larsen
• Jennifer Melecha
• Adam Maslowski

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Presentation Summary

• Intro
• Why Teens Resort to Gangs
• Impact on Society
• Gang Identification
• Initiation
• Conclusion

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Why Teens Resort to Gangs

• Young people are looking for a sense of community
  and belonging.
• Feel the need for power and recognition.
• Looking for excitement and activity.
• Sense of self-worth and status.
• The need for physical safety and protection.
• Family tradition.

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Impact on Society

• Effects on the family members
• Effects on the individual
• Effects on the public

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Gang Identification

• Hand jesters
• Right or left rule
• Sports logos
• People and the Folk

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Gang Initiations

• Beat-ins
• Staged fights
• Committing a crime
• Commission of criminal acts
• Blessed in
• Sexed in

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Controversial Questions???

• Do you really feel safe in your home community?
• How have gangs effected your life?
• How would you deal with a group of people wearing
  gang colors walking toward you?

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Conclusion

• Overall, gang participation is caused by a number
  of factors which effect society as a whole.

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Terms

• Blood, Crips, GD, LK, Skinheads, Aryan Nation,
  Mickey Cobras, TMC, Simon City, Royals, Folk, Two
  Sixers, Tap Boys, Mexican Mafia, Insane Popes,
  Bloods, Vice Lords These are all gangs that are
  found around the U.S.A.
• Gang A group of persons working to unlawful or
  antisocial ends.

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Websites

• http//www.faculty.smsu.edu/m/mkc096f/nogangs/
• http//americanpatrol.com/CRIME/NEWMEXICO/gangrape
  coolparty041199.htm
• http//www.gangstyle.com/pages/reality/marki.htm.
  
• http//www.gwcinc.com/article3/htm.
• http//www.policyalternatives.ca/manitoba/gangs-su
  mmary.html
• http//www.openthegate.org/GE_initiate.html.
• http//www.gangsorus.com/ganghistory.html.
• http//www.ci.chi.il.us/CommunityPolicing/District
  Home/District08/Gangs.htm
• http//www.gangsorus.com/clothes1.html
• http//www.lff.org/demo/access/gangs.html
• http//www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/prison.html