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1. National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations
- www.nagia.org
- GANG INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATIONS.
- The National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations was created to assist agencies with successfully combining these elements at all levels. ...
- The National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations (NAGIA) was formed in 1998. It is a cooperative organization currently composed of representatives from 16 regional gang investigators associations representing over 15,000 gang investigators across the country, as well as federal agencies and other organizations involved in gang-related matters. ...
- The NAGIA is a unique alliance of criminal justice professionals dedicated to the promotion and coordination of national anti-gang strategies. The NAGIA also advocates the standardization of anti-gang training, establishment of uniform gang definitions, assistance for communities with emerging gang problems, and input to policymakers and program administrators. ... Rather, it facilitates and supports regional gang investigators associations; the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS); as well as federal, state, and local anti-gang initiatives. ...
- NAGIA participated in a National Gang Threat Assessment (February 2000), which is posted on this site. ...
- on a variety of gang-related topics. ...
- NAGIA has a complete listing of links to all the regional Gang Investigators Associations and included Internet links to sites featuring regional gang-specific information, as well as gang prevention and intervention strategies. ...
- org also maintains links to gang conferences hosted by regional and national criminal justice agencies. ...
- Home Support NAGIA Threat Assessment Gang-Related Articles Member Associations Conference Links Gang-Related Links .
2. www.bloodhoundgang.com
- www.bloodhoundgang.com
- Skip This And Take Me To The Bloodhound Gang Cyber Hate Club.
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3. Mothers Against Gang Wars - MAGW
- home.inreach.com
- Welcome To Mothers Against Gang Wars On The Web!.
- Mothers Against Gang Wars is dedicated to ending gang violence and the destruction of youth. ...
- What is Mothers Against Gang Wars? Find the answer here, along with how we got started and what were up to now.
- Don't stand by while gang violence destroys our youth. Help Mothers Against Gang Wars make a difference. ...
- Gang violence does not discriminate! Tools to help you educate yourself , your children, and others.
- Mothers Against Gang Wars 42 North Sutter St. ...
4. Hoover/Organized Street Gang territories
- www.ipsn.org
- Organized Crime Gang Territories .
- Once Vibrant Chicago Neighborhoods are Carved Into Gang Territories.
- The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority has released new data showing that street gang violence continues to escalate in the City of Chicago, despite mounting public awareness and the glut of Class-X, get tough on crime statutes that have breezed through the Illinois General Assembly in the past decade. ...
- Until 1990, the number of gang-related homicides did not surpass 100 in any given year. ...
- Violence was endemic in the Latino neighborhoods of the city as well, particularly in the Humboldt Park community on the Northwest Side and in the Little Village, southwest of the Loop, where the Latin Kings, the oldest and most established Hispanic gang with satellite branches on the East Coast, engaged in periodic shootouts with their rivals, the Two-Six, an opposition gang numbering 800 at its peak strength. ...
- Hispanic gangbanging is mainly about machismo, the superiority of one individual or one gang over another. ...
- The corresponding rise in gang violence coincides with the increased usage of semiautomatic and fully automatic weapons. ...
- In a 30-year period dating back to 1965, the ICJIA tracked 29 youthful offenders between 10 and 14-years of age involved in gang-related shootings. ...
- Seventy-five street gangs were blamed for the 53,141 gang-related criminal offenses tracked by the Chicago Police Department during that corresponding seven-year period. ...
- South and West Side communities have been partitioned into spheres of influence with a Governor, Assistant Governor, and Regent responsible for drug trafficking and enforcing gang discipline within that territory - some areas are only a few city blocks in size. ...
- Separate sheets seized by the feds in their campaign to rid Chicago of this menace, identified local leadership, the size of the gang, and a list of opposing forces - rival gangs active in the neighborhood whose identities are elaborately encrypted with a system of numbers indicating the estimated numerical strength of the rival gangs. ...
5. NCPA - Crime And Gun Control - Price Of Gang Wars
- www.ncpa.org
- Price Of Gang Wars .
- Gang wars have an enormous social cost. Additionally, these street wars occur quite regularly, nearly 25 percent of the time that a gang exists. Yet, gang wars are also economically damaging to the gangs themselves. A recent study analyzes the economics behind these street wars -- based on the actual records of a now-defunct street gang. ...
- Due to the highly volatile nature of gangs and the aggressiveness of some of their lower-level members, gang wars can result from a minor quarrel. On the other hand, some gang wars can be profitable. ... Over four years, a typical gang member can expect: .
- The authors calculate that normal gang members value their own lives at only 0. ... Source: "Gang Economics," Economic Intuition, Fall 2000; based on Steven D. Levitt and Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, "An Economic Analysis of Drug-Selling Gang's Finances," Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2000. ...
6. Street Gangs: The View from the Street
- www.doitnow.org
- On the other hand, today's gangs aren't Robin Hood and his Merry Men, and gang members aren't angels with dirty faces, either. ...
- Except the looking-glass here is a broken crack vial on a city street and the Cheshire Cat is a snarling pit bull, guarding a gang clubhouse.
- Because even though gang members are people and they are worthy of respect, and even if gangs reflect, in many ways, the society that shaped them, much of what they reflect is the least attractive, most abhorrent side of American life the competitiveness and materialism and greed - -stood on its head in front of a fun-house mirror, and passed off as the real thing.
- Because from a historical perspective, gangs and gang-related violence are as American as, well, the Boston Tea Party.
- Signs of gangs' influence are everywhere, too: "tags" of graffiti shriek a mindless message of turf and machismo from sea to shining sea, while gang apparel T-shirts and baseball caps, baggy pants and bandannas have achieved critical mass acceptance in the marketplace and the minds of young people as a defining aspect of today's cool.
- And "banging" (as members refer to participation in a gang) is glamorous to some people. One reason is the influence of pop culture in recent years as movies and "gangsta" rappers have milked gang culture for all it's worth, extending the influence of gangbangers far beyond the dismal city slums that gave them their start.
- What is a gang?.
- The FBI defines a gang as "a group of three or more individuals bonded together by race, national origin, culture, or territory, who associate on a continual basis for the purpose of committing criminal acts. ...
- Members may commit property crimes, but not usually as a gang activity. ...
- Gangs and gang rituals and camaraderie satisfy those needs, at least in part.
- And gang violence has never been deadlier than it is now, thanks to drugs and guns. They've pushed gang violence into the stratosphere over the past decade as gangs have warred over the drug trade with assault weapons and other deadly firearms.
- Not all gang-related violence is drug-related, though. ...
- Are gang members worth saving?.
- In spite of their tough-guy (and bad-girl) posturing, it's important to remember that gang members are kids or, at least, started out that way.
7. Street Gang Dynamics
- www.gangwar.com
- The origins of the Crips and Bloods can be traced to the late 60's, and the gang culture is so ingrained on the west coast that many families have three and even four generations of gangsters residing in the same residence. ...
- Oftentimes, young peripheral or associate gang members get their first exposure to the gang culture through various aspects of the media--news shows, movies, videos, and even through the music of various artists. Some music and movies tend to glamorize the gang lifestyle. Many kids who gravitate to gangs do so out of a need to belong to something and for the power that is gained from being in a gang. ...
- When they are in prison, many gain rank or "juice" within their gang because they went to the "joint". ...
- Generally, for purposes of this discussion, a gang can be considered to be a loosely organized group of individuals who collaborate together for social reasons. ... Gangs generally have a leader or group of leaders who issue orders and reap the fruits of the gang's activities. A gang may also wear their "colors", wear certain types of clothing, tattoos, brands, or likewise imprint their gang's name, logo, or other identifying marks on their bodies. ... It must be understood that it is not illegal to be in a gang and indeed many adults are currently involved in activities that meet Webster's definition for a gang. However, many gangs of today, especially youthful gangs, break the law to provide funding for gang activities or to further the gang's reputation on the streets.
- Gangs may identify with a large city gang or remain locally turf oriented. ... Schools must develop lines of communication with law enforcement officials in order to track and prevent gang growth and violence effectively.
- Local gang members have stated that out of town connections many times bring in guns and drugs from other communities for distribution.
- Groups that may have started out as a delinquent band of neighborhood toughs have now turned into a violent drug gang, some of whom retain a gang identity for enforcement, collection, or other reasons. Most gang members crave power, or "juice" as it is known in gang slang. Several years ago, a pecking order within a gang may have been established by flying fists. ... Gang members also claim to enjoy the respect or fear others exhibit around them. Then they say, the money begins flowing, and with that comes all of the things associated with material wealth that is usually beyond the reach of these adolescents without the criminal activity of being involved in a gang. ... Once a kid gets into a gang, over and over they are told there is no way out. They fear serious reprisals from fellow gang members if a defection is suspected. ... You must remember when dealing with a kid involved in this that our beliefs must be set aside because the young person's beliefs are what we are dealing with, and you can bet that they believe everything the gang tells them. ...
8. Mothers Against Gang Wars-Title
- home.inreach.com
- Mothers Against Gang Wars 1997 .
9. Assoc-TN Gang Inv
- cfs.vrhome.com
- Tennessee Gang Investigators Association.
10. Gangs - Parents Guide
- www.lunaweb.com
- Parents can do a lot to prevent gang problems or top reduce gag problems already in place. ...
- - Learn about gangs and signs of gang activity.
- - Join with others to make or keep your neighborhood gang free.
- Your child may adopt some of those signs as either a gang member or an imitator: .
- - gang symbols on walls as graffiti or on books or clothing,,.
- - "hanging" with known or suspected gang members, or,.
- Many gang members say they joined because the gang offered them support, caring, and a sense of order and purpose - al the things that most parents try to give their kids. ...
- Everyone (except gang members) wants a gang-free community. ...
- Report suspicious activity, set up a Neighborhood Watch or a community patrol; let the police know about gang graffiti, get (and share with other parents) the facts on the gang problem in your community, find out what local services - nonprofit as well as government - will work with communities against gangs.
- Fourth, get organized against the gang organization. ...
11. FGIA - Home Page
- www.fgia.com
- Dedicated to the prevention & suppression of gang activity since 1993.
- The FGIA is a non-profit organization, comprised of criminal justice professionals who are actively involved in every aspect of gang investigations. The FGIA is actively involved in fostering the exchange of gang related intelligence, providing quality training, creating public awareness and tracking legislative issues related to the battle to eradicate gangs and gang activity in Florida.
- Florida Gang Investigators Association.
- the National Alliance of Gang Investigators.
12. Best Practices: Gangs
- www.stedwards.edu
- Gang intervention and prevention programs focusing on positive relationships, conflict resolution, self-esteem, and personal responsibilty have helped kids get out of gangs and get on track to a better way of life. This site will look at some of the nation's best gang prevention and intervention programs by schools and communities. ...
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