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Title: Street Gangs in America


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Street Gangs in America
2
What is a gang?
  • A gang is a group of three or more
  • people who, through the organization,
  • formation, and establishment of an
  • assemblage, share a common identity

3
Why do people join gangs?
  • Four primary reasons
  • Poverty
  • Peer Pressure
  • Boredom
  • Despair

4
Why do people join gangs?
  • Poverty
  • Many gangs exist mainly as a moneymaking
    enterprise.
  • Stealing and dealing drugs
  • Gang members can make relatively large amounts of
    money.
  • People who are faced with a lack of money may
    turn to crime if they can't earn enough with a
    legitimate job.
  • This partly explains why gangs exist in poor,
    rundown areas of cities.
  • However, not everyone who is poor joins a gang,
    and not every gang member is poor.

5
Why do people join gangs?
  • Peer pressure
  • Gang members tend to be young
  • Gangs intentionally recruit teenagers
  • Young people are very susceptible to peer
    pressure.
  • Live in a gang-dominated area
  • Go to a school with a strong gang presence
  • Many of their friends are joining gangs
  • Peer pressure is a driving force behind gang
    membership in affluent areas.

6
Why do people join gangs?
  • Boredom
  • Nothing else to occupy their time
  • Youths sometimes turn to mischief to entertain
    themselves.
  • Gangs are already in the neighborhood provide an
    outlet.
  • Might form their own gangs.
  • Many youths and even gang experts use boredom as
    an excuse.

7
Why do people join gangs?
  • Despair
  • If poverty is a condition, despair is a state of
    mind.
  • People who have always lived in poverty with
    parents who lived in poverty often see no chance
    of ever getting a decent job, leaving their poor
    neighborhood or getting an education.
  • They are surrounded by drugs and gangs, and their
    parents may be addicts or non-responsive.
  • A neighborhood gang can seem like the only real
    family they'll ever have.
  • Joining a gang gives them a sense of belonging
    and being a part of something important that they
    can't get otherwise.
  • In some cases, parents approve of their children
    joining gangs, and may have been a member of the
    same gang in the past.

8
Gangs
  • Sur 13
  • Bloods
  • Crips
  • Gangster Disciples
  • MS-13

9
Sur 13
  • Sureños (Southerns)
  • Members of the original Mexican Mafia (La Eme)
  • Took the name of Sureños to separate themselves
    from those in northern California (Norteños)

10
Sur 13
  • Main sources of income are
  • Retail-level distribution of cocaine, heroin,
    marijuana, and methamphetamine
  • In prison systems and in the community
  • Extortion of drug distributors on the streets
  • Also involved in other criminal activities
  • Assault, carjacking, home invasion, homicide, and
    robbery

11
Bloods
  • Formed to compete against the influence of the
    Crips
  • Colors are red
  • Originally a faction of the Crips known as the
    Pirus Street Gang
  • Broke off during an internal gang conflict and
    joined with other small groups
  • Bloods membership is between 5,000 to 20,000
  • Active in 123 cities and in 33 states.

12
Bloods
  • Sources of income
  • Street-level distribution of cocaine and
    marijuana.
  • Transportation and distribution of
    methamphetamine, heroin, and to a lesser extent,
    PCP (phencyclidine).
  • Other criminal activities
  • assault, auto theft, burglary, carjacking,
    drive-by shooting, extortion, homicide,
    identification fraud and robbery.

13
Crips
  • Started in 1969 in Los Angeles
  • One of the largest and most violent street gangs
    in the United States
  • Estimated between 30,000 to 35,000 individuals
  • Colors are blue

14
Crips
  • Crips gangs operate in 221 cities and in 41
    states.
  • Main source of income for Crips gangs
  • Street-level distribution of powdered cocaine,
    crack cocaine, marijuana and PCP (phencyclidine).
  • Other criminal activities include
  • Assault, auto theft, burglary and homicide.

15
Gangster Disciples
  • Formed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1960s.
  • Estimated between 25,000 to 50,000 members
  • Majority of whom are African-American males
  • Active in 110 cities and in 31 states.

16
Gangster Disciples
  • Main source of income
  • Street-level distribution of cocaine, marijuana
    and heroin.
  • Other types of criminal activity include
  • Assault, auto theft, fraud, homicide and money
    laundering.
  • Symbols of gangster disciples include
  • Six point star, representing
  • Life, Love, Loyalty, Wisdom, Knowledge,
    Understanding
  • Pitch fork

17
Mara SalvatruchaMS-13
  • Originated in Los Angeles
  • Spread to Central America, Mexico and other parts
    of the United States
  • One of the largest Hispanic criminal street gangs
    in the U.S.
  • Estimated to have between 30,000 to 50,000
    members and associate members worldwide
  • Between 8,000 to 10,000 members residing in the
    U.S.

18
Mara SalvatruchaMS-13
  • Involved in the smuggling of illicit drugs into
    the U.S
  • Primarily powdered cocaine and marijuana.
  • Also involved in the transportation and
    distribution of drugs throughout the U.S.
  • Other criminal activities include
  • Alien smuggling, Assault, Drive-by shooting,
    Homicide, Identification theft, Prostitution,
    Robbery and Weapons trafficking.

19
Vice Lords
  • Second largest and one of the oldest gangs in
    Chicago
  • Estimated between 30,000 to 35, 000 members
  • Mostly African American males
  • Operate in 74 cities and in 28 states
  • Primarily in the Great Lakes region of the U.S.

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Vice Lords
  • The main source of income is
  • The street-level distribution of cocaine, heroin
    and marijuana.
  • Other criminal activities include
  • Assault, Burglary, Homicide, Identity theft and
    Money laundering.
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