A Gangster Research Paper

“Gangs have morphed from social organizations into full-fledged criminal enterprises” (Thomas, 2009, para 5). Gangs are highly sophisticated and more dangerous then ever. The number one reason to join a gang is money; and 95 percent of gangs profit comes from drug dealing

In the beginning of The Gangster We Are All Looking For, Lê introduces the importance of water by sharing that the Vietnamese “word for water and the word for a nation, a country, and a homeland are one and the same: nu’ó’c” (Lê Location 53). The text continues with the use of water to represent the elements of life that both separate from and reconnect the young narrator to a sense of freedom, peace, and belonging associated with a nation and a home. Firstly, water is the medium that transports the narrator, her father, and four other men, among other Vietnamese “boat people,” from Vietnam to America. The narrator recalls the anguished voices coming from people on the shore calling for help that her father heard the fearful night he left

In his “Gangsters– Real and Unreal”, Nelson George discusses the rise of drug use and the manifestation of criminal activity originating from drugs, prostitution, and dominance relating from the influence of gangsta rap lyrics. George observes the rise of cocaine “[i]n the ‘Superfly’ ‘70s” (22) and the prevalence of its “first references” (26) in 1983, a sign of the rise in popularity, concurrently though slightly succeeding the crack price drop from 1980 to 1992. “The bitter street-hardened sense of irony” (George 55) is developed throughout gangsta rap lyrics, where George emphasizes on the growth, severity, prevalence, and influence that drug use has, specifically crack due to its widespread distribution and affordability in the era, on

The Gambino crime family was considered to be the fiercest Italian Mafia ever. Carlo Gambino was determined to become the Boss of Bosses. It did not take long for Gambino to accomplish his lifelong dream. His determination was proven when his former bosses, if he was asked to kill than he would do it without hesitation. This was just the beginning of his control in the Mafia.

For all time the United States media illuminate the American open about the narco-trafficking associations that exist in our nation and about the danger postured by the Mexican Mafia for the United States.

“The Gangster We Are All Looking For”, by Le Thi Diem THuy is a narrative that gives us a peek into the life of a Vietnamese family trying to adapt to the United States of America. Through the perspective of our unnamed female protagonist, we see what it is like growing up in a brand new country and the struggles she faced along with her parents, Ma and Ba. One of her parents, Ba, goes through living in the US with a lot of baggage in his past weighing him down, a conflict just as difficult, if not more than in juxtaposition to our protagonist's journey to growing up. Ba’s relationship to the past contributes to the work’s meaning as a while by being a main fuel source of conflict and showing that no matter how strong you were, things can still hurt you, a central theme of the book.

Picture Manhattan in 1860, a time before the city had been dolled up and gotten ready for the silver screen, before the glamour and allure took over. Amsterdam Vallan (DiCaprio) is a young Irish man that migrates to the USA at a young age. Amsterdam’s story takes place in Five Points District of New York, a filthy and dangerous part of the city before it was deleted form history. As a young boy Vallan witnessed his father’s murder at the hand of William Cutting or Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) during one of their many gang wars. As Amsterdam’s story progresses along side The Butcher they become inseparable, but Amsterdam had ulterior motive. Ultimately, Amsterdam attempts to betray his new found ally in order to avenge his father’s death.

Gang signals are a visual or verbal way gang members identify their connections. Graffiti, gestures, colors and tattoos are indicators of gang affiliation. Gang members have their own language, including phrases, gestures, tattoos, markers and graffiti. These tend to overlap. ... It is vital to recognize the signs of gang involvement.

“American Gangster” is based on the true story of Frank Lucas’ life. It is the story of how he cut out the middleman in the heroin business and the story of how Ritchie Roberts caught him. Throughout the film we see the parallel between a cop and a criminal as we inch forward to see their lives finally meet.

Street gangs in this country can probably be traced back to the first wave of Europeans who migrated to the colonies for a better life for themselves and their families. Many of the first gangs were formed as a means of self protection, with the thinking that there is simply strength in numbers. The missions of gangs in today’s society have grown and emerged to include many violent criminal avenues, including drug trafficking, prostitution, money laundering, and extortion but the original thinking that there is strength in numbers remains true. Criminology experts believe that the number of teens involved in gangs or gang activity may be as high as 1 in every 5 people in most urban areas. Those number jump to 1 in every 3 people in

Gang crime is one of the most intriguing social phenomena’s across the world, as defining the deviancy has been difficult due to a broad range of definitions (Wood & Alleyne, 2010, pg. 101). One definition is given by David Curry and

The Gangster Disciples are still an active group in the United States (Mallory, 2012). There are members of the group in over 35 states and 70 U.S. cities (Mallory, 2012). Nearly 20,000 members reside in the city of Chicago, where the FBI considers this group a “major organized crime group” (Mallory, 2012, p. 208). The Gangster Disciples were formed after the death of the group’s original leaders, David Barksdale (Mallory, 2012). A young man who was already a member of the group, Larry Hoover become the new leader of the Gangster Disciples because he was a person that Barksdale watched over (Mallory, 2012). After his death, the group split into the Black Disciples and the Gangster Disciples (Mallory, 2012). The group became prone to violence

“It was during the troubled years of the 1860s that the Italian kingdom’s ruling class ruling class first heard talk of the mafia in Siciliy” (Dickie, s38, 2004). In this quote we find a potential reason to why the idea that the mafia was born during the making of the modern Italian state has become leading with scholars. Most likely this event shaped the mafia into what it has become because of the political influence that the Italian state bestowed upon Sicily. However, it is not unlikely that the mafia wasn’t already existing in Sicily during this time, and most definitely that criminal gangs of Sicily before this time had traits that were transferred into the mafia as it evolved under the new Italian kingdom. While the mafia is largely

“You can hire half the poor to kill the other half.” Boss Tweed spoke these words in reference to the Draft Riots. It shows that you can easily turn the poor against each other, if you bring money into the situation. Gangs of New York is about the separation of the Irish and the Natives, which eventually led into larger conflicts. In this film there are two important characters, Amsterdam Vallon and Boyle McGloin, who were both Irishmen in the Five Points. Amsterdam was the son of Priest Vallon and he became a positive Irish Leader who was looked up to by many. Boyle McGloin was an Irishmen who was a Dead Rabbit, but later joined Bill “The Butcher” Cutting and became a “Native”. The character

In society today, there is a major problem We live in a society where gangs are taking over our neighborhoods in numbers. It is the responsibility of the individuals to part take in getting their neighborhoods back under control. Gangs are becoming a growing problem in American society. More young people are turning to gangs to solve problems in their lives or for acceptance. When youths join gangs, they drop all their social activities with school, family, and friends. However, individuals ruin their lives, and the chances of them having a decent education, and a successful life by getting involved in gang activity.