The Mafia, gangs, and motorcycle clubs are involved in a variety of violent crimes. From murdering, to extortion of drugs and money, to sex, they sell it all and love to control it all. These gangs are very similar in that any means necessary to spread the violence and create notoriety. As long as whatever the act they do gets the point across. This is what made each one of these groups extremely dangerous and not to be trifled with.
One of the most important factors of any organized criminal enterprise comes form the hierarchy that takes care of and controls all acts of the group, be it motorcycle clubs, gangs, or the Mafia. “According Abadinksy, biker gangs are a form of organized crime, because they have all of he following: (1) nonideological; (2) hierarchical; (3) with a limited or exclusive membership; (4) pertuitous; (5) possessing a specialized division of labor; (6) monopolistic; and (7) governed by rules and regulations” (Quinn 2) they are area very selective group that, just like the Mafia, are only let in if someone from within the group can “vouch” for the person. There is the club leader, who sits with the council and discusses club matters in order to move forward, and the same type of meeting is held in order to organize power and financial moves when it comes to matters outside of the clubs territory. It is a very sophisticated type of club, and “ MCs” are arguably, “the largest—and best armed—criminal organizations in the nation” (Quinn 3).
Gangs too have a hierarchy, from the Original Gangsters at the top who created the gang, to the shot callers, to the soldiers hustlers at the bottom (Gangland). The hierarchy is known, but is respected far less in the gangs, simply because the bangers are, “about their mon...
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First let's focus on the fact that gang related crime is one of the most dangerous challenges facing society and law enforcement today. They are younger, more brutal, unafraid of consequences and becoming increasingly more vicious. Gang members work together as cliques, they commit all sorts of violent crimes including murders, rapes, robberies and kidnappings. "They live in aimless and violent presents; have no sense of the past and no hope for the future; they commit unspeakably brutal crimes against other people often to gratify whatever urges of desires drive them at the moment and their utter lack of remorse is...
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Violence Gangs are known to be very violent. Gangs use violence to protect their own gang members from enemy attacks.
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The first chapter of Policing Gangs in America is entitled, “Studying the Police Response to Gangs.” The primary purpose of the chapter is to establish how police agencies; Inglewood, Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Phoenix in specific, respond to gang problems in their respective areas. This chapter served as an introduction, giving a brief history of gang-related policing, how the public and media see the gang problem, research studies done regarding gangs and the recent declaration to shift away from suppression-oriented strategies as a result of overly aggressive actions toward citizens. Examples of this misconduct are given in the forms of gang units from Las Vegas, Chicago and Houston.
The presence of gang violence has been a long lasting problem in Philadelphia. Since the American Revolution, gangs have been overpopulating the streets of Philadelphia (Johnson, Muhlhausen, 2005). Most gangs in history have been of lower class members of society, and they often are immigrants into the U.S (Teen Gangs, 1996). Gangs provided lower class teens to have an opportunity to bond with other lower class teens. However over time, the original motive of being in a gang has changed. In the past, gangs used to provide an escape for teens to express themselves, let out aggression, and to socialize with their peers. It was also an opportunity for teens to control their territory and fit in (Johnson, Muhlhausen, 2005). In the past, authorities would only focus on symptoms of gang violence and not the root. They would focus on arresting crime members instead of preventing gang violence. Gangs are beginning to expand from inner-city blo...
Stanley “Tookie” Williams created the street gang known as the ”Crips.” By 1980, the Crips were in turmoil, going to war with the Bloods and against each other. The development and power of the Crips took off in the 1980’s when crack cocaine hit the streets. The huge profits from distribution of crack cocaine introduced many Crips to establish new markets in other cities and states. Because Crips were so powerful, they began tormenting other gangs. Those gangs joined the Piru Street Boys to create a new foundation of non-Crip gangs which would later become known the“Bloods.” Sylvester Scott established the Piru street gang, the first “Bloods” street gang. He started the Bloods because he was attacked by Raymond Washington and several other Crips. As a result, the Bloods street gang was initially formed to provide members protection from Crips because the Crips outnumbered them 3 to 1. Several gangs felt victimized by the Crips due to their escalating
The Mafia is an Italian secret criminal society. The Mafia, or syndicate, impacts cities all around the world. Most of the effects of the Mafia are negative, but there can be several positive effects on the culture and economy of the cities in which it frequents.
After the American Revolution in 1783, gangs began to emerged. In 1826, the northeast region was the first ever to have a well organized gang formed in Rosana Peer’s green grocery in New York City. Soon after the migrants of the African Americans and Latinos, black gangs began to appeared in 1950s, as well as the emerging of non-Puerto Rican, Asian gangs in 1980s. The midwest region in Chicago,white immigrants developed a street gangs including Irish, German and Lithuania people to terrorize the African American communities, it became as race riot. Mexican American gangs soon popularize itself in 1950s.By 1970s, street gangs surface among popular areas in California.In 1980s, gangs began to dealt with the dealing/ consumption of crack cocaine. The southern region had not have a gang like activity, only within Miami and San Antonio in 1980.
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