Teen Gangs Research Paper

Teen gangs have been a serious problem lately, causing so many problems and death over territory and rivalry between two gangs. Gangs are all across the world, but in America there are thousands of juveniles that are related to some sort of gang. Are there any gangs or gang activity close to where you live? There are many major gang cities all across the nation, there is also gangs in prison such as the United Blood nation. Gangs have a wide range of age, some being as young as ten years old, and as old as 50 years or more. For example, 40% of all gangs are made up of kids 18 years or younger. About 94% of gang members are male; the other percentage is female gang members. Every city with at least 250,000 thousand has some type of gang related

activity, but it's not4ust big cities, some rural towns or small cities have seen gang related activity. Now this may not be a gang necessarily but more of a group of troublemaking friends there’s only 4% of gang related activity reported in these small towns .
Street gangs in the U.S.

arose with Italian immigrants related to the Sicilian Mafia and others. These street gangs in New York City used to steal and murder whoever they needed if it was for the gang. One of the most famous street gang members was Al Capone, street gangs were very popular in the 1920's and 1930's. Most immigrants and young teens were involved in gangs due to lack of money and goods. Hispanics, Asians and African Americans began banding together to form gangs in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970's and 1980's the gangs were forming together in Los Angeles and New York forming gangs, mostly out of the same race. Teen violence between two different gangs, as well as senseless violence, flourished. In 2007, there were an estimated 775,000 gang members in the U.S., according to the National Youth Gang Center. In 2011 the NGIC or National Gang Intelligence Center, said that "There are an estimated 1.4 million street, prison, and outlaw gang members living here, more than 33,500 gangs in the United States."An estimated 230,000 gang members were in U.S. prisons or jails in 2011. Many types of gangs make up the general structure of an organized

group.
There are street gangs, which are people with similar backgrounds and known people. The term "street gang" is commonly used with "youth gang", talking about young gangs controlling a territory or neighborhood. Some define a street gang as "a self-formed group of friend, coming together to do illegal crimes, partaking in drug use, and partaking in alcohol use. Gangs can be found almost anywhere, big or small they're always around. A gang is a group of people who claim territory and use it to make money through illegal activities, Gangs can be organized based upon race, ethnicity, territory, or money through illegal activities, and are generally made up of members ages 8 to 22. Members of gangs wear specific articles of clothing to be recognized as part of the group, such as bandanas, hats, scarf's, of certain colors, or gang-related tattoos or symbols. Gangs are one of the leading factors for growth of violent crimes both on and off school property. When joining a gang, often times there is an initiation that needs to be passed. This initiation is usually a violent crime that could include theft, murder, gang-rape, drive by shootings.

Gangs can be found almost anywhere, big or small they're always around. . A gang is a group of people who claim a territory and use it to make money through illegal activities, Gangs can be organized based upon race, ethnicity, territory, or money-making activities, and are generally made up of members ages 8 to 22. Members of gangs wear specific articles of clothing to be recognized as part of the group such as bandanas, hats, scarves of certain colors, or gang-related tattoos or symbols. Gangs are one of the leading factors for growth of violent crimes both on and off school property. When joining a gang, often times there is an initiation that needs to be passed. This initiation is usually a violent crime that could include theft, murder, gang-rape, or drive-by shootings.
There are also prison gangs; A Prison gang is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system, sometimes they get so large, they start to commit crimes outside of the prison walls they're in.

Originally formed in the 1950s in California prisons by Hispanic prisoners from the southern part of that state, Eme has traditionally been composed of US-born or raised Hispanics and has retained ties to the Southern California-based "Surenos". During the 1970s and 1980s, Eme in California established the model of leveraging their power in prison to control and profit from criminal activity on the street. Eme is a prison gang that is affiliated with the Spanish Mafia. The Texas Syndicate is another Spanish gang, which is located in of course Texas. There are also many African American gangs, such as the United Blood nation, which is found on the east coast, and the Folk nation found in the Mid-West and southern states. There are many Caucasian gangs in the national prison system, such as Nazi Low-riders or the Confederate Knights of America. Most of the gangs found in the national Penitentiary system are racially divided causing much conflict, most people that are in these gangs just hate the other gang or they join a gang for protection, gang members always stick up for other gang members, fighting or causing any act of violence needed to get the job done. Dangerous gangs can range from New York to Atlanta, in New York City the Cosa Nostra is a gang affiliated with the

Italian mafia and has many other ties to international gangs. Crips is an African American gang which was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969. They started as a local gang and turned into one of the biggest crime groups in the world. They are known for wearing blue clothes and carrying blue bandanas. It is believed that they have 30,000 to 35,000 members. They are extremely bitter rivals towards the Bloods gang. They are known to be involved in murders, robberies, and drug dealing. The Wah-Ching are Chinese gang and also known as "Dub C" which is founded in San Francisco during the early 1960s. Wah- Ching is composed mainly of young men. Most of their operations are focused around money laundering and financial crimes in Los Angeles and eastern Asia. And for real they are good at making money. The Yakuza is a traditional Japanese gang. Members of yakuza gang are required to cut all ties with their family to prove their loyalty to their gang boss. It is told that they have more than 102,000 members in the world. They are based in Japan but have made their way over to many other countries including America. The Bloods are Famous Los Angeles gang founded in 1972 as a club, Also known as the biggest rivals of Cribs. They are known with their "red" clothes and bandanas. . The gang is separated into "sets," which have their own tactics, especially when it comes to recruiting. Their members identify themselves through various gang indicators such as colors, clothing, symbols, tattoos, jewelry, graffiti, language, and also hand signs. The Los Zetas is a Mexican origin gang and one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world. Killing people is daily routine for Los Zetas members. As of 2012, Los Zetas has control over 11 states in Mexico, making it the drug cartel with the largest territory in the country. They are generally located and active in Mexico but they also have connections with United States. The Latin Kings are the best organized Latin gang in the world. Latin Kings street gang was formed in Chicago in the 1940s. At first members were mostly Puerto Rican. But today gang is dominated by Mexicans. Although they aren't as violent as many of the other gangs they do engage in a fair share of illegal money making activities including contract killings.
Many young people join gang looking for excitement, acceptance, and respect, but don't know what really happens on the inside. Most gangs because you to make or sell drugs, and many murders, sometimes they have to watch out that they aren't killed themselves by rival gangs around their territory. Cops will never be the same with you, most days you can casually stroll by, but if you're known for gang activity, the cops will be looking for you or do the "random" search and seizures on you because you look suspicious.
They're even gangs in schools, not a lot only 5% have been reported but that doesn't mean they aren't there. They're located in more public school than private schools, public schools anyone is allowed to attend, causing kids affiliated with gang activity to get other kids involved, causing a chain reaction of young teens getting into some big trouble. Now private school is different, kids have to be accepted in, so any knowledge of those kids and violent or juvenile crimes, those kids will not be allowed to enter, causing no one to even gain interest to join a gang through school. Urban schools see more gang related activity, most urban areas have multiple gang affiliates causing them to be around, causing them to be interested in joining one, just because they've seen them hanging out with each other. Schools like Chicago have many teens in gangs due to knowing a gang member, such as a friend or family member, or sometimes they just see them after school doing whatever crime that gang is doing. There are many programs to help stop gang violence or the urge to join a gang, in schools they have assembly's stop teens from joining gangs. Some try to get out of their gangs because they noticed they made a mistake. Most are killed or tortured or sometimes just forced to stay in due to the fact that they're supposed to be family for life.
Gangs are responsible for 48% of all crime, which includes the possession of drugs, wits the intent to sell, murder, robbery, trafficking of drugs, or humans, and the sale of black market weapons. Gang activity is getting worse and worse, Lawton is getting almost as bad as Oklahoma City, Lawton is dangerously close to Duncan, which means that sooner or later gang will start or move to Duncan, causing everyone to be of risk, including kids, most underprivileged teens will want to join those canes for a sense of pride. and we have to make