Compare And Contrast The Crips Gang Families

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The groups that I am comparing and contrasting are that of the Crips gang and that of the Five families of the Mafia of New York. The Crips is one of the largest gangs in the United States (Crips, 2014). They were founded in Los Angeles during the late 1960s, the Crips gang developed and rose in strength due to the breakdown in the community leadership of the African American community following the LA riots (Crips, 2014). The gang began to profit from the sale of narcotics, crack cocaine, and more sets were developed and moved to other cities (Crips, 2014). As of right now there is estimated at eight hundred plus gangs with a total of around thirty five thousand members. They are the second most notorious gangs in the United States currently. The different sets are both structured and highly organized drug organizations or unstructured groups of juveniles who engage in local crime (Know Your, 2013). The five families of New York came together in 1931 after the bloody Castellammarese War highlighted the need for a new way to share the many soils of underground activity without killing each other in the process (Mafioso, 2014). The families were powerful and formed a syndicate referred to as the “Commission” that would remain at the heart of the organized crime in America for the next seventy …show more content…

The top member is in charge of the entire group. They need to be proven as a leader and will have been part of the group for some time. The group will grow by the initiation process and this will all be on the top group members. They need to be able to control their entire group. The mafia is somewhat different the top members are mostly family. Even the ones who may do most of the dirty work for the mafia is not as high up as the actual family members. They secure their spot by having the name. You can move up within the mafia by showing loyalty to the

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