They have a 70-pages constitution about the joining the gang which one have to agree with before joining the gang and a three page application for the membership. Not just that they have an organized
For many youths, gang life is all they know. Many gang members have other family members who are involved in gangs already. In Lauger’s (2012) ethnography of the DFW boyz, he found
Research has shown that social media practices among gang members can both increase and decrease violence depending, but Bowser mentions how social media presents a unique challenge. Social media, such as Snapchat, has messages and photos that disappear, bringing to light a challenge concerning evidence and involvement portrayed through social media by gang members. Diemer and Bowser later speak about the importance of the outreach role of gang units, something that is quite unknown and inconsistent depending on the location of the unit. Bowser prioritized the importance of units using gang databases to directly outreach to families in need and further prevent gang involvement, which shows as cities often used to use them for targeted enforcement. This proves inconsistent as Bowser mentioned that during the past 8-10 years, cities have shifted to exclusively driving city and supporting outreach programs to victims and their families, instead of targeted enforcement
Each clique has four organizational divisions, designed to create a de facto division of labor. From the top, down these divisions are: Jefes Nactionales, Ranfleros, Palabreros, and neighborhood-level street gang members. Gang members are often recruited on the streets and promised a better life filled with opportunity in an expansive family. Suffice it to say, MS-13 recruiters will often target adolescents from the slums into their ranks. Street-level gang members are also recruited in prison.
Utilizing research findings and realistic experiences, Shakur, Howell, and Griffiths disprove myths about gangs, justify the reasons for young people being recruited because of their desire to be understood by others similar to them, and girls integrating themselves into the groups from their relationships with members. Howell and Griffiths managed to explain the principles behind gangs and their members' lifestyles, while Shakur provided real gangster experiences as supporting evidence for the research findings. Theories to gangs may be existent, but without proper research leading to the findings, or experiences from subjects who lived the lifestyle, beliefs about the organizations merely become empty
MS-13 began recruiting and their numbers began increasing with young immigrants wanting to belong. Joining the gang provided these deprived, inner-city teenagers a form of identity, a powerful one with a dangerous gang. According to, Schram, & Tibbetts, (2014) based on the characteristics of social structure in the neighborhood three different types of gangs are formed; conflict gang, criminal gang and retreatist gangs. According to, Logan, &Sullivan, (2010), the youth immigrants were exposed to violence and it is the only thing they know, therefore making them vulnerable to joining MS-13 gangs. MS-13, a gang, which formerly formed for the sole purpose of self-protection, has now escalated into what social structure characteristic would describe as criminal and conflict gang.
People often seek recognition, Even with the sound of their name is a delight like being acknowledged by someone that cares. People don’t normally join gangs, there are contributing factors such as substance abuse, physical abuse, parental neglect, thrill seeking, and suicidal. So they seek it elsewhere, like gangs. Homeboy Industries provides opportunities for the who
4). New potential gang members can be found everywhere for instance in schools, on the street, in fast food restaurants or at parties. Sometimes new members have to go through ceremonies in order to be accepted in the gang. These ceremonies can be very diverse and often include being physically assaulted by gang members such as “Catching a Rag” or “Catching a Flag” where the task is to fight through a group in order to grab a rag or flag that is placed on the other side of them. A fraternity pledging could also be connected with committing a crime such as “Blood In” which means committing a gang assigned murder in order to join the gang.
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.
Gangs are long-term sellers, so they have an incentive not to drive customers away by abusing their power. ”(Skarbek). Most inmates who are recruited mostly for their protection are usually the ones who get out of prison in 1 year or less. Therefore the gangs use them once they are out or threaten them. The gangs in prison are very bad and that's why we need to fix the prison
To solve the problems for young adult engaging in criminal behavior, Program, family and community must be the central roots to help youth to not be involved in Joining gang activities. After school program’s build self-esteem by exposing kids by healthy social relationship, such as an adult role model They also build self-esteem by meeting new friends. In the article’s “What should be Done in the Community to to Prevent Gang-Joining” by Jorja Leap who is a writer and Author, stated. “To ensure the connection between school and after school program in the community, build strategies include: school- Based violence prevention curricula, Trained street workers to do outreach and serve as positive role models, violence prevention curricula at
Unfortunately, with the growing number of prison gang members, many inmates turn to join the gangs as a means of safety. Lone rangers without any gang affiliation or without a group to watch your back, are sitting ducks; they are easy targets for violence and abuse. According to Daniel Miller, a former member of the incarceration club, your option in prison is “hunt or be hunted.” You either join a gang, or you pray that you can stay low enough on the radar to not be a target. Miller ended up joining the Aryan Brotherhood, a notoriously lethal gang.
Consequently, the survey revealed consistent rate of gang activity from 2009 to 2010, but in metropolitan cities the gang-related homicide increased by thirteen percent from 2009 to 2010 (Egley & Howell, 2012). Subsequently, from my experience as a police officer, I can reaffirm juvenile gang members are prevalent in Nashville. In fact, majority of the gang members we encounter are typically sixteen to twenty years old. Due to the rising number of gang-related incidents, our Gangs Unit has developed a checklist for patrol officers to identify gang members. Also, when performing a local criminal records check, their criminal profile will reveal if the person is a confirmed gang member.
did a study and concluded that poor math scores for males and a student’s weak attachment to his or her teacher are both strong indicators that he or she will join a gang (2003). Researchers also said that youths who feel unsafe at school are also more likely to join a gang—for protection (Curry, Decker, and Egley, 2002; Decker & Curry, 2000). Schools that have a high teacher to student ration or schools that have poor academic quality can also increase the likelihood of a youth joining a gang (Curry, Decker, and Egley, 2002; Decker & Curry,
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.
