The Street Gang In LETB

Initially gang activity could only be found in large metropolitan cities, but now gangs have invaded neighborhoods of all sizes across the country. Gangs introduce violence and fear to the communities they occupy, raise the level of drug activities, and destroy businesses and property which brings down the overall value of the whole area. Instead of going to school, many young people find themselves drawn in to the gang life which in most cases either leads to being locked up or death. There are various reasons why people would want to join a gang, but no matter what that reason might be one can only expect a life of violence and troubles.

After many mixtapes and nearing the edge of household name status, Maryland rapper Logic drops his first album. In this album is a song titled Gang Related. This song tells the story of what environment and household he grew up in. His brother is in a gang and sells cocaine to his father in front of him. Logic's mother is in an out of mental institutions, all the while logic is growing up and trying not to get shot when he walks outside. With drugs and gangs all around him, it is quite amazing that he got out and become a famous rapper. Gang Related also has a core message of stopping the violence, which leads to a question, is this song about his story or a message about ending the violence?

CHICAGO, Feb, 14, ---- Seven members of the notorious North Side gang led by George “Bugs” Morgan were shot dead today. The tragic event happened in a garage at 2122 N. Clark Street. The men were said to have been waiting for a “bootlegging” shipment of whiskey at Moran’s headquarters. Seems that Moran was running late to the meeting, when he arrived he saw a squad car of police men entering the building and decided to wait outside assuming that his men were inside being arrested. He took refuge in a nearby building but quickly realized that something was not right. All of the people surrounding Moran’s headquarters began to hear a rainfall of bullets and the cries of the men inside being shot.

In Chicago 2022 in this neighborhood there was the most dangerous criminal on the streets. He was famous, but he was low key famous. The people knew him but the cops had no idea there was a guy like this on the streets. He goes by black papa, but his real name was Ib ba. His house is small and trashy but he made it like that so people would think he had nothing but in his house he had million of money and thousand of drugs. In this part of Chicago there was gangs Ib was the leader of the 18th street gang. His gang had bob fish wasbi, Christan the destroyer, Devyn chill, and Pablo the quiet. Black papas gang was small but the other gangs wouldn't dare try to cross them Pablo the quiet was quiet but if u made

This week I read chapter 5 of American street gangs (old book) Tim Deleany mentioned 3 points of what happens inside a gang that many don’t know, the first point is the categories they have based on the age the recruits are, the second point is the categories they are placed in depending on the activities they are involved, the third point is the process that involves the recruitment, punishment, and leaving the gang. At the conclusion of the paper I would be providing an experience my uncle went through when he was leaving the gang.

According to the National Gang Intelligence Center Gang Report, “Gangs are rapidly enlarging into most. Street gangs in particular, which account for 88 percent of U.S. gang membership, have increased their numbers in 53 percent of the nation’s police jurisdictions.” These gangs are drafting their partners while they are in primary or secondary school. You might ask why, because it easy to manipulate these kids minds and they do not think about the outcome that comes with joining a gang. Gang members usually separate themselves from non-members and other gangs by dressing a specific style or wearing a

The 1960s saw big changes in the development of modern gangs, such as the development of super gangs in the Chicago and Los Angeles areas. Super gangs developed from small neighborhood gangs that group together with other gangs near the same neighborhood after they became larger and stronger the gangs began to force the smaller gangs to join their gang organization. In Chicago there where three main African American super gangs the Blackstone Rangers, Disciples, and the Vice Lords, The term gangs makes me think criminals, mugger or even killers not of being involved in programs to better the community. In the summer of 1967 leader of the Vice Lords meant with Western Electric and Sears and Roebuck the outcome of this meeting according to our

Hence, according to differential opportunity theory, if one is to create gang subcultures of criminal, conflict, and retreatist; then there must be opportunity, or lack thereof to for one to participate in the illegitimate structure, which would require the pre-existence of gangs (Cloward & Ohlin, 1960 in Williams & McShane, 2014, pg. 99-100). It should be noted that Curry and Spergel (1992) found that “the [prior] presence of gang members –both males and females-are also significant estimators” for one to become involved in a gang (pg. 284). Furthermore, the two strongest factors for individuals to become involved in gangs was if a family member was already involved in a gang, or being near drug distributors (Curry & Spergel, 1992, pg. 284). Thus, if an individual were to join a gang it is probable that there: is a prior presence of gangs in their neighbourhood, they have a family member that is in gang, or the individual is near drug distributors, all of whom who would likely mentor the individual (Curry & Spergel, 1992, pg. 284). While this explains criminal gangs, it does not state if retreatist or conflict gangs exist. Nevertheless, according to Klien and Maxson (2006), one consequence of gang participation is drug abuse (retreatist) (as cited in Pitts, 2008, pg. 27). In terms of conflict gangs, Yablonsky (1962) asserts that gang members are “sociopaths, bent upon violence” (as cited in Pitts, 2008, pg. 26); however, Christopher Schreck, Jean McGloin, and David Kirk (2009) indicate otherwise, as they state that conflict subcultures are not solely defined by violence (pg. 789).

The two ethnic group I’ve chosen to discuss here are the Norteno and Sureno Hispanics, along with the Bloods and Crips of the African American cultures. Although the groups have several ethnic differences the political aspect of the sets they claim have several similarities. In terms of street gangs, Hispanic, and African American gangs dominate the world of gangs, in size, violence, drug distribution, and representation throughout the country and even internationally.

Question #1: Using Hagedorn’s analysis of the Hamburgs, and the Conservative Vice Lords in Chicago, and the Crips and Bloods video’s analysis of gangs in LA, discuss how Hagedorn’s concept of demoralization, and Cornell West’s concept of nihilism, have an objective basis in the historical structure of Chicago’s and LA’s racism.

The characters in LETB, all suffer in a way that commitment to their sins, mirroring Dante’s use of contrapasso. In LETB, it seems that they characters are not only being punished by each other; but also by greater society whom relegated them to an insular, impoverished community, where corruption is seemingly the only way to ‘get by’. Tralala prostitutes herself in order to gain the wealth that is enjoyed just outside of Sunset Park in New York City, and is punished by being raped to death. Georgette wants the ‘American Dream’, and deludes herself with drugs which inevitably leads to her downfall, conveying that the ‘Dream’ is not accessible for people like her. Harry on the other hand, is crucified for his homosexuality and conveyed perhaps metaphorically as a pedophile. Selby seems to convey here, that Harry is a stand in for the treatment of homosexuals in the United States during this time. This is further proved by the fact that while watching this scene while the movie adaptation of his novel be filmed he cried out ‘That poor son of a bitch, he only wanted to be happy’ ( Last Exit to Brooklyn -- The Movie

Directed by the legendary director Martin Scorsese, along with splendid performances of the duo Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day - Lewis, Gangs of New York is an excellent film illustrated the chaotic peril of 1860s New York City based on actual historical events. Build upon the nonfiction novel by Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld, the movie depicted the conflict between the Americans and the Irish immigrants due to the rising wave of immigration to America. Although the movie is overall very intriguing, and gave an in-depth insight into the modern gang of New York City in the 19th century, it omits certain events in history for the purpose of entertainment.

Abstract: This review studies in depth research done on street gangs. Social issues have social scientists turning away from including this in their research around this time. Sociological views have been changed dramatically in the past 40 years due to gender and racial studies. Also, women have started to join gangs since America has been changed with woman equality laws passing.

Criminal gangs are there to rule, they have been there in every community for a long time. Gang's intentions are to commit crimes. Gang leaders oversee extortion, order killings or smuggle drugs. This paper studies gang formation, why individuals join gangs and the negative influence gangs have to the society and the economy. The study focuses on some of the prominent gangs in the world today; it explains the activities of the Russian mafia and other gangs. This paper explains power struggles within gangs and gives out recommendations to solve problems associated with gang operations. This paper puts into perspective a study on factors influencing gang membership; the study employs personal interviews as a method, causal research design and ordinal scale of measurement. Prisoners in California state prison are the sample population. Structured proxy question are used, and observation to study an individual's race. The study focuses male prison gang members. Findings from the study indicate that the less educated an individual is the likely for one join a gang, from the study it is evident that gang members feel disregarded when formulating policies, it is clear that race is not a factor to gang membership and that most of the gang members come from dysfunctional families.

According to (Wikipedia) a prison gang is a term used to identify any type of gang activity in prisons and correctional facilities. The difference between prison gangs and street gangs has become unclear because gang members are in and out of the prison system according to the (Street Gangs and Interventions: Innovative Problem Solving with Network Analysis, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005). Prison gangs offer more than just simple protection for the members in prison; many prison gangs are responsible for drug, tobacco and other contraband handling. Prison gangs often seek to intimidate other inmates and bribe or intimidate prison staff. Prison gangs are a large influence of organized