Essays Tagged: "street gang"
A character analysis on Monya Elson from the non fiction book Red Mafiya, by Robert I. Friedman.
ussia. He grew up knowing that he would not cut it in life making an honest buck. He joined a local street gang, where they did nothing but start fights. "We used to go from neighborhood to neighborho ... trong and not afraid," Elson said. Later when Monya graduated to one of the higher steps in Russian street gangs and became a skilled pickpocket. Monya was ruthless in this his words on this are, "Don ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime.
s we hear of murders, robberies, and rapes via the media. These types of crimes are categorized as "street crimes." For many individuals, such crimes are the only "tragic" crimes, the type that are se ... is however, another verity of crime that affects its victims in a relative manner just the same as street crimes. These crimes are called "white collar" crime. Both crimes affect victims in a serious ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Execution of Stanely "Tookie" Williams
On December 13 Stanley "Tookie" William, one of the founding members of theLA street gang called the "CRIPS" was executed for shooting a man in the face at point blank range. He ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights
Street Gangs
Research Report on Trends:Street GangsFormation of Street GangsThe influence and impact of street gangs in urban areas has bee ... hundreds of thousands possibly millions of people that are associated to some sort of a significant street gang. Many psychologists believe that due to poverty and lack of education many teens join ga ... s, values and norms so they can easily join or conform to the gang.Purposes of GangsThe purposes of street gangs can vary, some gangs may just participate in rival gang warfare, while some gangs are h ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Insane Clown Posse
ne was named Joseph Bruce(Violent J) and the other was Joseph Utsler(Shaggy 2 Dope). They started a street gang called "Inmner City Posse." Inner city started to rap and they came out with an independ ... p and they came out with an independant record called "Dog Beats." The thing was that other Detriot street gangs, that had been around for much longer than Inner City was, didn't like the fact of the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Prison Gangs
Prison Gangs When the word gang is mentioned people usually think of the gangs that are on the streets in the neighborhoods. However, there are many gangs that are much more dangerous than any st ... n. There are many characteristics of the Neta group some are as follows: They establish ties to the street gangs, they see themselves unwilling to be governed by the United States, they live by the sl ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Charley Skedaddle
s with his older sister Noreen, who recently became engaged to be married.Charley was involved in a street gang called the Bowery Boys. Charley has had a rough life and has difficulty learning ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Irony of Dickens in Oliver Twi
In Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a boy named Oliver lives his strange life in Fagin's pickpocket street gang, and workhouses. Through his life he has people and groups of people who both help and d ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens
Al Capone Al Capone is one of the most famous
ol for retaliating and hitting his teacher back after she had hit him. Capone then joined the James Street Gang, a tough gang of young teenagers, run by Johnny Torrio. Torrio himself would soon become ... by Johnny Torrio. Torrio himself would soon become a founding member of the Chicago Mob. The James Street gang was a part of the much larger (and less youthful) Five Points Gang where Capone later gr ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Attributes of a Organized Crime Group
om other Los Angeles gangs. Many initial members of Mara Salvatrucha had connections with a violent street gang from El Salvador, called La Mara. Several others previously belonged to paramilitary gro ... ers, which extended Mara Salvatrucha into prison gangs. As a result, this gang began to grow in the streets of El Salvador as well as the United States (Know Gangs,n.d.).When Mara Salvatrucha was firs ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
The Mexican Mafia
is "Huero" Flores is credited with starting the Mexican Mafia. Flores came from an East Los Angeles street gang in Hawaiian Gardens of the same name. Twenty Mexican Americans from East Los Angeles for ... member. The group now appears to have formal leadership structure both within the system and on the street. In 1961, the Mexican Mafia began building strength, worked its way to power at San Quentin a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Gang Involvement
d in gang activity we need to first look at where gangs matriculated. We first need to look at some street gang history.In the 1800's, gangs evolved from groups of people of petty criminals to ruthles ... ney from her corn sales (Viegel). A few years later, according to Viegel, Coleman was hanged in the streets of New York. After the hanging of Coleman, other gangs moved into the inner city of New York ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues