what constitutes a gang
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- A gang is a group of good friends or family with identifiable leadership and internal organization, identifying with or claiming control over territory in a community, and engaging either individually or collectively in illegal or violent behavior.
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- Gang Recognition Today’s gangs represent (display their affiliation) in a variety of ways. From the discreet to the overt, here a some of the ways they do it!
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What Constitutes a Crime? Property Crimes: A property crime is committed when someone damages, destroys or steals someone else's property, such as stealing a car or vandalizing a building. Property crimes are by far the most commonly committed crime in the United States. Violent Crimes: A violent crime occurs when someone harms, attempts to harm, threatens to harm or even conspires to harm someone else. Violent crimes are offenses which involve force or threat of force, such as rape, robbery or homicide.
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What Is a Gang? Definitions Official definitions. Federal definition. The federal definition of gang as used by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is [1]: An association of three or more individuals;
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10 Most Dangerous Gangs In The World In fact the word ‘’Gang’’ was just used to express a group or band of people like a club. But nowadays it has more negative tone. Today ‘’Gang’’ means a group of people coming together for some criminal actions or other antisocial purpose. Check out 10 most dangerous gangs in the world .
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What Is a Gang? Definitions The group has three or more members, generally aged 12–24. Members share an identity, typically linked to a name, and often other symbols. Members view themselves as a gang, and they are recognized by others as a gang. The group has some permanence and a degree of organization.
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Corrections (A)Racial or ethnicity gangs (also referred to as security threat groups or STG's) are now linked to acts of violence in most prison systems. Gang members continue their street wars inside prison; gangs make some prisons more dangerous than any U.S neighborhood.-The Medium Security Prison: a prison designed and organized to prevent escape and violence, but in which restrictions on inmates and visitors are less rigid than in maximum-security facilities. There are 48 of these in the US, holding 43 percent of state inmates.
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- Gang colors. Gang colors include clothing, accessories, or tattoos of a specific color or colors that represent an affiliation to a specific gang or gang branch.
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- gang·ster. n. 1. A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer. 2. A member of a gang of delinquents. gang′ster·dom n. gang′ster·ism n.(ˈɡaeŋstərɪzəm). ˈɡæŋstərɪzəmang·ster. n. 1. A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer. 2. A member of a gang of delinquents. gang′ster·dom n. gang′ster·ism n.
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Outlaw motorcycle club A number of motorcycle club members meet at a run in Australia in 2009. An outlaw motorcycle club (sometimes known as a motorcycle gang, biker gang, or bikie gang (in Australian English)) is a motorcycle subculture which has its roots in the immediate post-World War II era of American society. number of motorcycle club members meet at a run in Australia in 2009. An outlaw motorcycle club (sometimes known as a motorcycle gang, biker gang, or bikie gang (in Australian English)) is a motorcycle subculture which has its roots in the immediate post-World War II era of American society.
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- Gangs may also be categorized by the kinds of crimes their members commit. The most commonly used distinction is between street gangs and drug gangs. Table 1 (below) illustrates the differences between these two kinds of gangs according to research conducted by Malcolm Klein.
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Defining the Community Youth Gang Maxson and Klein developed three criteria for defining a street gang: 1  Community recognition of the group. 2  The group's recognition of itself as a distinct group of adolescents or young adults. 3  The group's involvement in enough illegal activities to get a consistent negative response from law enforcement and neighborhood residents.
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Gangs Anti-Gang Initiatives. The FBI is dedicated to disrupting and dismantling the most significant gangs through intelligence-driven investigations and new and longstanding initiatives and partnerships such as Safe Streets Task Forces, the National Gang Intelligence Center, and Transnational Anti-Gang Task Forces.
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Group Dynamics, Processes & Development A group is: 1  two or more people who share a common definition and evaluation of themselves and behave in accordance with such a definition. ( 2 Vaughan & Hogg, 2002, p. 200).3  a collection of people who interact with one another, accept rights and obligations as members and who share a common identity. group is: 1  two or more people who share a common definition and evaluation of themselves and behave in accordance with such a definition. ( 2 Vaughan & Hogg, 2002, p. 200).
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Chain gang Chain gang. A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Such punishment might include repairing buildings, building roads, or clearing land. This system existed primarily in the Southern United States, and by 1955 had been phased out nationwide, with Georgia the last state to abandon the practice. Chain gangs were reintroduced by a few states during the get tough on crime 1990s, with Alabama being the first state to revive them in 1995. The experiment ended after about one year in all states except Arizona, where in Maricopa County inmates can still volunteer for a chain gang to earn credit toward a high school diploma or avoid disciplinary lockdowns for rule infractions.
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Introduction to Sociology/Groups Introduction [edit]. In sociology, a group is usually defined as a number of people who identify and interact with one another. This is a very broad definition, as it includes groups of all sizes, from dyads to whole societies.
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What Is a Gang? Definitions Some localities fail to address the need for definition or to consider elements of definitions already in use. Failing to define the terms gang and gang crime as the terms are commonly used in a community undermines the community's ability to reliably measure progress and outcomes related to gangs and gang activity.ederal definition. The federal definition of gang as used by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is 1  : An association of three or more individuals;
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- Risk factors that can contribute to the risk that children and adolescents join a gang include: 1  Growing up in an area with heavy gang activity. 2  A history of gang involvement in the family (family members who are current or former gang members). 3  A history of violence in the home.  Too little adult supervision.
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By the numbers: Chicago-area gangs Chicago is the gang capital of the United States. According to the Chicago Crime Commission, a police gang audit in 2012 found there are more than 600 gang factions in the city with a combined membership of 70,000. Chicago is the gang capital of the United States.
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- About Gangs. The 18th Street gang formed in the 1960s by Mexican immigrants who were not allowed to be members of already existing Hispanic gangs. 18th Street was the first Hispanic gang to allow members of different ethnicities to be members (Ribando).
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Black Disciples The gang is considered violent and is known to engage in drug trafficking and distribution, theft, robbery, gun trafficking, murder, embezzlement, money laundering, and racketeering, in addition to other criminal activity. Intergang relations.
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Gang Gang leaders are the upper echelons of the gang's command. This gang member is probably the oldest in the posse, likely has the smallest criminal record, and they often have the power to direct the gang's activity, whether they are involved or not.
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- · Protection-In poor neighborhoods and neighborhoods with high gang activity, kids often have to join a gang just to survive. It is often easier to join the gang than to be victimized on a daily basis. · To Socialize-The best parties in town are gang parties.
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2011 National Gang Threat Assessment The gang estimates presented in the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment (NGTA) represent the collection of data provided by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) through the National Drug Threat Survey, Bureau of Prisons, State Correctional Facilities, and National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) law enforcement partners.
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What Constitutes a Crime? There are two main categories of crime: property crime and violent crime: Property Crimes: A property crime is committed when someone damages, destroys or steals someone else's property, such as stealing a car or vandalizing a building. Property crimes are by far the most commonly committed crime in the United States. Violent Crimes: A violent crime occurs when someone harms, attempts to harm, threatens to harm or even conspires to harm someone else. Violent crimes are offenses which involve force or threat of force, such as rape, robbery or homicide.