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1. CNN - Youth gangs no longer just a big city problem - April 23, 1997
- www.cnn.com
- Youth gangs no longer just a big city problem.
- FBI: Gangs spring up when families relocate.
- (CNN) -- Violent gangs, long a fixture on America's urban landscape, have become firmly entrenched in the nation's heartland, the FBI says in a new report. ...
- Gangs have for years been a problem in Los Angeles, where they account for about half of the city's murders. But gangs are now responsible for 41 percent of the homicides in Omaha, Nebraska; drive-by shootings rose 3,000 percent in Wichita, Kansas from 1991 to 1993; and Oklahoma City is home to 80 separate gangs. ...
- Violent street gangs are now operating in 94 percent of all medium and large-sized cities. ...
- Senate targets gangs.
- Despite the overall drop in the crime rate nationally, the problem of violent street gangs is an unwelcome exception, Wiley said. ...
- The territorial expansion of gangs show they "now resemble organized-crime syndicates more than small, romanticized neighborhood street toughs, like those once portrayed in 'West Side Story,'" Sen. ...
- Gangs spread primarily through family migration.
- He described the migration of gangs as a "social phenomenon. ...
- The makeup of gangs also is changing. ...
- The senators' call for a more intensive federal war on gangs was bolstered by a Salt Lake City mother who told the senators she watched two of her children get wounded in the cross-fire of a gang shooting. ...
- Lawmakers push for tougher federal response to gangs - April 22, 1997 .
- The Coroner's Report - An overview of the history and identification, warning signs, tips, and descriptions of street gangs .
- Drug Use Is Life Abuse - Project: No Gangs .
2. Juvenile Justice Bulletin -- August 2000 -- Youth Gangs in Schools
- www.ncjrs.org
- Youth Gangs in Schools .
- Characteristics of Gangs in Schools.
- Impact of Gangs on Victimization at School.
- The incidence of gangs in schools nearly doubled from 1989 to 1995, mirroring the growth in youth gangs seen over the past two decades. With the strong correlation between the presence in schools of gangs and gunsand gangs and drugsthis increase is particularly disturbing.
- Departments of Education and Justice in 1998 and other literature, Youth Gangs in Schools analyzes findings from the School Crime Supplements (SCS) to the National Crime Victim Survey, describes characteristics of gangs in schools, and discusses contributory factors to gang prevalence in schools. ...
- One-third of the students surveyed in the 1995 SCS reported the presence of gangs in their schools. Most gangs that students see at school are actively involved in criminal activity, with two-thirds involved in one or more of the following types of criminal acts: violence, drug sales, and carrying guns. ...
- As the above data illustrate, the problem of youth gangs in schools demands our attention. ...
3. Gangs OR Us - Robert Walker - Gang identification expert
- www.gangsorus.com
- There are five major prison gangs known as "Traditional Prison Gangs. " These gangs formed in the 1960's and 1970's in the California corrections system and were formed originally by inmates as a means to protect themselves from other groups and inmate predators. Joining this list of gangs is a group known as the "Ņetas", which originated in the Puerto Rico prison system and has spread to the United States. ...
- These gangs are known for their viciousness and violence and use this reputation to maintain power and control over other inmates. ...
- The links below offer the viewer different perspectives on the history and backgrounds of the "traditional" prison gangs. ...
- Traditional Prison Gangs .
- Other Prison Gangs .
- Prison Gangs in the System .
- California DOC - Who Joins the Gangs .
- Other Significant Prison Gangs .
- Other Notorious Prison Gangs .
- Arizona Prison Gangs - Department of Corrections .
- Prison gangs are not unique to the United States. View the link below for information, signs and symbols, about South African prison gangs. ...
- South Africa Gangs .
- Gangs Behind Bars - an Analysis .
4. An Urban Ethnography of Latino Street
- www.csun.edu
- An Urban Ethnography of Latino Street Gangs.
- This is an on-going urban ethnography which began as part of a sabbatical leave from California State University Northridge in June of 1996, focusing on Latino street gangs in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Currently as of October 1999 it has expanded to Albuquerque and Phoenix hoping to find solutions, to share an ever expanding body of data and literature on Latino street gangs, and to locate successful strategies for prevention and intervention with at-risk youths.
- It also inquires about their relationship with parents, why they dropped out of school (if they have), and why they think youths join gangs. ...
5. Youth gangs in Australia - We're not L.A. (13 Nov 2000) Media Release
- www.aic.gov.au
- Youth gangs in Australia - we're not L. ...
- Senator Vanstone was today releasing a trends and issues paper from the Australian Institute of Criminology Young people and gangs.
- "There is no evidence that criminal gangs, like the colour gangs in Los Angeles, exist in Australia," Senator Vanstone said.
- Just because young people hang around socially in groups, does not mean that organised gangs are running rife. ...
- "Turf is not a distinctive feature of young people's gangs in Australia. ...
- "It is more accurate see youth gangs in Australia as loose friendship groups, who are visible because of they routinely congregate around public areas like shopping centres. ...
- The paper from the Australian Institute of Criminology Young people and gangs also highlights the importance of:.
- Download paper: Young people and gangs .
6. Family Works - Families and Gangs
- www.urbanext.uiuc.edu
- Families and Gangs.
- Who Do You Call about Gangs?.
- Today many parents have questions about gangs. ...
- Why Do Gangs Occur?.
- The increased growth in gangs can be blamed on factors surrounding the physical, mental, social and family climate of children. ...
- Parents need to know what to do to counteract the activity of gangs on their children. ...
7. N. F. A. N. C. - Gangs
- www.gangfreekids.org
- GANGS .
- We need information such as why our youth join gangs, signs to look for, and suggestions on how to curtail gang involvement. ...
- Our challenge is to first understand gangs and their members before we can hope to prevent gang involvement in our community. ...
- To truly understand a gang, we need to look at three different areas; the structure of a gang, who joins gangs and why, and gang identifiers. ...
- It is their role to make sure that the gangs extensive written "constitution" is upheld by its members. ...
- Confrontations frequently begin with gang signs issued as a challenge and flashed between rival gangs. ...
- Gangs have taken on different types of dress and identification, such as the Lose Angeles Raider's logo because of the team's reputation for toughness. This identity creates a reputation which is used to intimidate other rival gangs. Other gangs have chosen athletic teams based on their colors or the symbols associated with the team insignia. ...
- It is used to advertise the gang's status or power and serves as a warning and a challenge to rival gangs. ... Such insult often leads to violence among gangs. ...
8. Asian Gangs Index
- www.communitypolicing.org
- ASIAN GANGS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY .
- We must not allow the voice of justice tobe frightened into silence by the violent threats of gangs. ... I am determinedto break the backs of criminal gangs that have ruined too many lives andstolen too many futures by bringing the full force of the law against them. ...
- Asian gangs, who do not respect thelaw, the lives of their victims, or even their own lives, have terrorizedmany Asian-American communities. ...
- Unlike Asian organized crimes, Asian gangs are a relatively new phenomenon. ... Some of the Asian gangs are highly organizedand have ties with Asian organized crime syndicates such as the Triads,14K, United Bamboo and the like, while many others are loosely formed. Generally,the members of these gangs consist of recent immigrant Asian youths. ... Other Asian gangs(e. ... Many Asiangangs, especially Vietnamese and Cambodian gangs, are made up of Amerasian- children of American servicemen of the Vietnam war. ...
- ManyAsian gangs, usually nameless, are formed by the youths who once workedfor well-established Asian gangs. In other cases, they are formed by localAsian delinquent youths, who often claim to be a part of the better- knownAsian gangs. ...
- Asian gangs engage in a wide range of criminal activities including extortion,home invasion, prostitution, gambling and drug trafficking; however, robberyis still their crime of choice. ... Asian gangs are most active in major metropolitanareas such as New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D. ...
- Second, Asian gangs also recognize that they are not likely to get prosecutedfor their crimes against other Asians because most Asians are unlikely tocall or report the crimes to the police. ...
- The victims know police cannot be there all the time - and theyknow the gangs can be there 24 hours a day. ...
- In response to the rise of Asian gangs, law enforcement agencies haveemployed numerous strategies, including hiring Asian officers and makingthe fight against Asian gangs a top priority. ...
9. Gang Expert and Consultant: Lisa Taylor-Austin, MS Ed.
- www.gangcolors.com
- As an expert on gangs, gang activity, and gang violence, Lisa understands gang graffiti and post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and has developed resource manuals and tapes on gangs and gang members for educators, professionals, parents, and students on many issues concerning gangs, including gang violence, graffiti, and gang crime.
- Lisa has taught issues in health education, principles of health, public speaking, HIV transmission and prevention, alcohol abuse and drug addiction for gangs and gang members. She has given numerous presentations on street gangs, college search and selection, alcohol and other drug issues, and effective communication. ...
- Those gangs included the Crips and the Bloods. ...
10. Bold Type: Gini Sikes
- www.randomhouse.com
- When one thinks of violent urban gangs, the image conjured is usually not one of a mob of females beating up a victim. Gini Sikes' portrait of female gangs in America, which she spent almost two years researching, will shock and move you. ... These girls carry razor blades in their mouths and get into fights just like their male counterparts, but many of them overcome tremendous adversity to get out of their gangs and change their lives. ...
11. Crips
- www.knowgangs.com
- These new subsidiary or realigned existing gangs were known as sets, and they used the term Crips in their individual gang name. Originally, most Crips activity took place on or around school campuses, and these gangs created a reputation for violence and extortion. Although a predominately Black gangs in most areas across the nation, many other ethnic groups have adopted the Crip name because of the on-going notoriety of the Crips and their rivals, the Bloods.
- Crips gangs are found in nearly every city in the United States and have been identified in several foreign countries.
- The most prominent traits of Crips are individualism and maintaining a commitment to foster violence upon other gangs. ... Should the Crips ever become more structured, they could present even more serious problems than created by other recognized gangs in prison. ... " This was an attempt to gain public sympathy as they mimicked the many other gangs who attempted to make similar false claims. ...
12. Gangs: A Pollak Library Research Guide
- guides.library.fullerton.edu
- Pollak Library → Research Guides → Special Topics → GANGS.
- Gangs.
- Overview of gangs in Orange County: 2002 Annual Gang Cases Report (October 2003) PDF-41 pages .
- Gangs: A Guide to Understanding Street Gangs (2000).
- Gangs: A Reference Handbook.
- National Gangs Resource Handbook.
- Gangs california los angeles.
- Gangs.
- Gangs california.
- Suburban gangs.
- Recent reports: Gangs Resources NCJRS .
- Recent reports: Gangs Resources: Publications .
- Statistics: Gangs Resources: Facts & Figures .
- Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective (2003) CATALOG RECORD .
- Policing Gangs and Youth Violence (2003) CATALOG RECORD .
- A Rainbow of Gangs: Street Cultures in the Mega-city Los Angeles (2002) CATALOG RECORD .
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