1. Meredith Brunkow Joanna Esker Stephanie Popovich
GANGS
Meredith Brunkow
Joanna Esker
Stephanie Popovich

2. What is a Gang?
A gang is an organization of two or more individuals who form an alliance for a common purpose. The gang identifies with and claims territory in the community and engages individually or collectively in violence and other criminal activity.

3. Hidden America: Children caught in Chicago Gang War

4. History of Gangs
The exact origin and date of when street gangs are unknown.
Immigration starts migration of gangs.
The history of street gangs in the United States estimated to begin on the East Coast around 1783.

5. History
New York: Street gangs on the East Coast developed in three phases .
Chicago: Chicago emerged between the Civil War and the end of the 19th century.
Gangs flourished in Chicago in the early part of the 1900s.

6. History Gangs grow in the West.
The existence of the Mexican population in the United States dates back to the 16th century.
Often were treated as second-class citizens and were told to go back to their home, Mexico.

7. Why do teens join gangs? Safety Friendship Tradition Recognition
Peer pressure

8. 10 Most Dangerous Gangs in the World
Mara Salvatrucha (United States)
Latin Kings (United States)
Aryan Brotherhood (United States)
Los Zetas (Mexico)
18th Street Gang (United States)
Bloods (United States)
Yakuza (Japan)
Wah Ching (United States)
Crips (United States)
Cosa Nostra (United States)

9. Latin Kings Best organized Latin gang in the world
Formed in Chicago in the 1940s
18,000 members in Chicago alone
Mexican-dominated gang
Illegal money making, contract killing
Colors = Black & Gold
Symbol = Crown

10. Latin King Statistics Average age of first firing a pistol – 11.0
Average age of seeing someone killed by gang violence – 11.5
Average age of joining the gang – 12.3
Average age expected to quit the gang – 25.1
Average age of expected death – 57.8

11. Bloods Founded in 1972 in Los Angeles African-American males
Between 15,000 and 20,000 members
Known for red clothing and bandanas
Street-level distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana
Auto theft, drive-by-shooting, extortion, homicide, identification fraud, and robbery
Symbol = 5-pointed star

12. Crips Founded in Los Angeles in 1969
One of the biggest crime groups in the world
Bloods’ biggest rival
African-American gang
30,000-35,000 members
Blue clothes & blue bandanas
Symbol: Six-point star and six-point crown
Murders, robberies, drug dealings

13. Bloods vs. Crips Two of the most violent gangs in U.S. history
Crips formed in response to the Bloods
South Central, Los Angeles
Territory war
“Vicious and never-ending”
Battles were common on the streets, county jails, & prisons

14. Criminology Theories Social Disorganization Theory
Differential Association Theory
Labeling Theory

15. Race and Ethnicity
Risk Factors—cut across racial and ethnic lines, including the negative consequences.
Media representation
Difficulties of assimilating
Juvenile Delinquent vs. Youth at Risk

16. 46 percent Hispanic/Latino, 35 percent African-American gang members, 11 percent white gang members, and 7 percent other race/ethnicity gang members.

17. Community Involvement
Cease Fire/Cure Violence —Violence Interrupters
Chicago Area Project [CAP]
Al Reyes

18. Sources http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page15.htm
Porter P, Matter R. Review of 'Gangs of America: The rise of corporate power and the disabling of democracy'. The Academy Of Management Review [serial online]. October 2004;29(4): Available from: PsycINFO, Ipswich, MA. Accessed November 11, 2013

19. Sources
Changing Course: Preventing Gang Membership.
Gangs 101: Understanding the Culture of Youth Violence.
Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Gang Prevention.