Victor M. Rios was born in Mexico. When he was two years old he immigrated with his mother to Oakland, California. He went through a tough childhood and he and his mother moved several times throughout poor neighborhoods such as West Oakland, The Fruitvale District, and Elmhurst. As a result of growing up in this kind of environments he was forced to be part of Latino East Oakland gangs. Stealing cars, selling drugs, getting into street fights and having problems with police was all he would do until he was 15 years old.
James Blair Abbie Murray English 11 20 March 2024. Chicago’s Most Notorious Gang Organized gang activity has been prominent in America since the Prohibition era. It has taken many forms throughout the years. Nowadays, gangs are more of a sectional divide. Each section has its own identity.
In order to put an end to gang violence in the community law enforcement should tackle the problem from the source, including the leaders and their right hand man. Get inside information about what they are about to do , when and where. Put a man on the inside that can get both information and also get to see the action first hand. Having an informant on the inside would allow law enforcement to have an eyes on the leader and their right hand mans. It would allow law enforcement to have an eye on all the action thats is happening on the inside.
The idea of a biker gang in the 21st century seems insane. How are there “turf” wars? Hasn’t all of the turf in the USA been divided, divvied, and assigned? Not the case, according to the article America’s Biker Gangs published by TheWeek.com. The article, published in June of 2015, details the history, growth, and continued issues associated with the deadly gangs in the US.
The new development in progression today shows the idea of how marketable land around the city is and how diverse neighborhoods cause for better funding and better relationships between people of different ethnicities and cultures. Even though the Chicago Race Riots was a negative event, over the years its effects became positive. As a result of all the looting and burning down businesses, it gave the developers a chance to integrate new business ideas and housing plans to help advance the community in the future. This is one of the major historical events used today as a lesson taught to students to eliminate
In the United States, every year there are around 2,000 gang-related homicides and in the realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders, by S.E Hinton, it explores the issues of gang violence, and teenagers in gangs. Around 40% of all members in gangs are teenagers, who are getting involved in some dangerous things very early in life. In the novel The Outsiders, the “Greasers” which is a gang of all teenagers, fight other gangs and commit serious crimes such as murder. We as a society need to pinpoint why teenagers join gangs and stop them beforehand. We also need to help people get out of gangs if they are already in one.
The city of Memphis is in need of a program that will reduce the amount of gang violence present within the community. The City Council is having a difficult time proposing a program without the essential expertise, that’s where I come in. The intervening variables of the program must be revealed in order to propose a program that will be both effective and beneficiary. By understanding the variables that could possibly have a positive or negative affect on a program and its participants will result in a higher probability of success.
One partnership that could be formed would be an anti-gang unit, this unit would consist of the county sheriff’s department, the police department, and the department of corrections (DOC). With the formation of such a partnership it enables an integral component; information sharing. The DOC is responsible for sharing information such as a list of adult gang members who need to be put on community supervision. With the list that the DOC compiles these gang members are then subjected to certain conditions which they must abide by, conditions such as nightlong curfews, must abstain from contact with other gang members, banned from wearing gang clothing, colors, or signs, and they must also abstain from drug and alcohol usage as well as submit to mandatory drug
While walking through La Paz Middle School on June 8,2014, Salinas High School student, Daniel Castillo was shot by two Sureno Gang members and left to die. He was due to graduate from high school at the end of summer school. Instead, he died that afternoon (Adami par.1). A shame that Castillo was fatally shot that afternoon many believe that the two gang members should be given stiffer penalties but that is not the solution. When viewed from the outside many believe gang members should receive much tougher penalties; however, stiffer penalties only increase recidivism rates, whereas the focus must be focused on rehabilitation in order to end gang crime.
Thesis Statement The problem facing some of Chicago's neighborhoods is that they are plagued with gang activity and abandonment of tenants and by the their own city, Chicago. The city of Chicago is a wonderful place to live. There are countless interesting places to visit and there is always something for everyone.
As the game unfolds you will have to make a choice, will you join the cops or will you join the gangs? Gangs have run the streets for a long time now but there power is dwinding and the cops are begging to take the streets back. This might be the opportunity to restore peace and order to a much
They examine current gang management strategies and see what works and does not. They completed their research by survey. “First, according to the respondents, inmate containment and sanctions were perceived to be very effective at managing gangs…. The second strategy is based on investigations, which if successful, also increases the costs of being affiliated with a STG through internal and external sanctions… Last, respondents placed great value on using the products of these investigations through intelligence sharing within their prison system, other correctional systems, and with law enforcement (Winterdyk & Ruddell,p. 734.
Gangs attributes to almost 90 percent of all gun violence in Chicago (Saul, Newsweek). Because gangs attribute to such a large amount of gun violence they should be the number one priority for Chicago’s police. One such tactic that could potentially make a substantial difference in reducing the amount of murders that happen is hot spot policing. Hot spot policing is not a new tactic in any way however it has proven to be affective. Hot spot policing is a practice in which small areas with a high concentration of crime that occurs frequently is targeted and focused on more heavily then it would be under normal circumstances (Hot spot policing, National Institute of Justice).
Chicago and other major cities remain in the news, as they continue to struggle with high murder rates. In fact, the city of Chicago has witnessed a 50 percent increase in its murder rate in only a one year period, and this area is not alone. Thankfully, cities across America and noticing violent and property crime rates remain at historic lows. The new adminstration has noted the increase in murder rates, but needs to also consider that other crimes on are the decline, which is always a good thing.
Throughout the 17th-century gangs have been causing havoc in people's life and destroying the society. The National Institute of Justice (2011) has defined a gang as "A group of collective members which create an atmosphere of intimidation among citizens. " Many of these gangs are well organized, using different forms of violence to control neighbourhoods and to conduct their illegal activities. The National Gang Threat Assessment (2011) reports that “Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions.” Street Gangs have caused incidences of violence that is confined in the inner city of many countries.
