Outline

Gangs

1. 
   a) Comparison Of Old & New Gangs
   b) Today gangs are mainly located among cities
   c) Gangs in the Mid-20th century usually wore elaborate gang jackets, known as their 'colors'
   d) Old & new gangs kill innocent people for money. The New York Draft Riots in 1863 was the most notorious act of killing innocent people.
   e)20% of students aged 12-18 reported street gangs present during the school year in 2001
   f) "in the late 1940's fighting gangs arose in the poverty areas of most large cities"
   g) There are at least 21,500 gangs and more than 731,000 active gang members in the United States today
   h) Two well-known gangs today are the Bloods and Crips located in L.A
   i) Gangs today use graffiti to mark their territories
   j) Old gangs used blackjack, lead pipes and daggers.
2. 
   a) People Associated & Types
   b) San Francisco is has 1 of the largest & most influential gangs, Sydney Ducks, who immigrated mostly from Australia
   c) "Gangs are people in a group that put together for a common purpose, usually crime."
   d) Gangs provide acceptance & protection to inner-city youth.
   e) L.A gangs doubled from 400 in 1985 to 800 in 1990. (90 thousand members)
   g) Young people involved in gangs often try to imitate the dress and actions of rap artists.
   f) Gang members usually have their own dress code/signal/symbol to show their gangs presence
   h) Young people involved in gangs may exhibit signs of drug and alcohol use.
   i) African American gangs 1st appeared in Southern California in the 1920's
   j) It is believed the 1st Crip gang formed in late 1969
   k) Most Asian gangs live California
   l) Female gang members account for less than 10% of California's total gang population.
   m) Tagging crews or "graffiti vandals" or 'taggers', are a type of gang that initially slogans up their names as much as possible in a certain area.
   n) Individual gang members may be referred to as 'gangsters' or 'gang bangers'
   o) Street Gangs are less organized than Mafias. For ex. Chinese Triads & Italian Mafia crime families are more organized.
   p) There are numerous prison gangs or security threat groups.
   q) In schools the degree of participation by young people joining gangs has barley exceeded 10%
3. 
   a) Crimes
   b) Teenage gangs began more criminal acts due to influence from adults, which began before WWII
   c) Gangs split up areas, for ex. neighborhoods in cities.
   d) Gangs would make homemade weapons to secure their territories to obtain a status
   e) "In November 2004 a 19-year old gang member in Fort Worth, Texas was sentenced to 50 years in prison for fatally shooting a childhood friend who wanted to leave their local street gang.
   f) Most gang fights are organized intricately with caste systems and with officers who arrange battles and prepare strategy. The gang may range from several members to 100.
   g) Local street gangs use violence sometimes when distributing drugs, targeting rival gangs and dealers who refuse to pay extortion fees.
   h) Hispanic gangs spray graffiti, marking boundaries of their turf.
   i) Gang warfare is usually on turf boundaries between opposing gangs.
   j) Less than 20% of all juvenile crime is gang-related.
   k) Violence Schools-Safe Schools, found that school-aged children were at a higher risk of suffering from violence in school than anywhere else.
   l) School Violence Has steadily increased since a 1978 National Institute of Education Study
   m) Gangs play a big role in increasing violence.
   n) Gangs have committed crimes at all levels or organization, social class, race against innocent people, property or other gangs.