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Nat' Academies Press, Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice (2001) For this reason, the recent spread of youth gangs across the United States is cause for serious concern. Although most adolescent co-offending is committed in the context of delinquent peer groups that are not ritualized youth gangs, the emergence of ritualized gangs in a neighborhood appears to be associated with even higher levels of offending than occur when ritualized gangs are not present (Spergel, 1995; Thornberry, 1998). Most of these delinquent peer groups do not fit the popular stereotypes of youth gangs, with the attendant ritual trappings of distinctive group names, costumes, hand signs, and initiation ceremonies (Sullivan, 1983, 1996). www.nap.edu /books/0309068428/html/93.html   (717 words)

Crips Crips seldom wear tattoos, and their graffiti represents past or future gang activity.Crips gangs are found in nearly every city in the United States and have been identified in several foreign countries.The most prominent traits of Crips are individualism and maintaining a commitment to foster violence upon other gangs. Although a predominately Black gangs in most areas across the nation, many other ethnic groups have adopted the Crip name because of the on-going notoriety of the Crips and their rivals, the Bloods. Should the Crips ever become more structured, they could present even more serious problems than created by other recognized gangs in prison. www.knowgangs.com /gang_resources/crips/crips_001.htm   (401 words)

Bloods, bloodz, blood gang, westside bloods, eastcoast bloods- A NYC Department of Correction Intelligence Brief According to some sources, East Coast Bloods and West Coast Bloods conducted a series of meetings in 1999 and formed the United Blood Nation as a way to align all Blood gangs as one Nation for the purposes of power and unity. This United Blood Nation, which was actually a prison gang, was emulating the Bloods street gangs in Los Angeles, California. They will burn an upside down triangular shape, looking like a dog paw, on their upper arm. gangsta411.com /Bloods.htm   (1867 words)

Blood Gang Knowledge Blood Meridian (1985) into the company of the Glanton Gang, outlaws and scalp-hunters who cleared Indians dream was founded, Blood Meridian depicts the borderland between knowledge and power, between National gang andamp; violence expert Steve Nawojczyk discusses the dynamics of street gangs. National gang and violence expert Steve Nawojczyk discusses the dynamics of street gangs. www.education-411.com /learn/blood-gang-knowledge.html   (372 words)

Police Operations Archive FAIRFAX, VA: Gang experts say the MS-13 gang, a network of street thugs and paramilitary guerrillas from El Salvador, is one of the most dangerous Hispanic gangs in the United States, having killed three federal agents and shot several law enforcement officers in recent years. Unlike other U.S. street gangs, MS-13 maintains contact with its factions in El Salvador, as well as throughout the United States, according to a 2000 report by the Orange County, California, District Attorney's Office. United States drug agents said on Wednesday that police arrested more than 2,300 suspects and seized tons of drugs in U.S.-coordinated narcotics raids in 24 Caribbean and Latin American nations and territories. www.emergency.com /polcpage.htm   (372 words)

Police Operations Archive FAIRFAX, VA: Gang experts say the MS-13 gang, a network of street thugs and paramilitary guerrillas from El Salvador, is one of the most dangerous Hispanic gangs in the United States, having killed three federal agents and shot several law enforcement officers in recent years. Unlike other U.S. street gangs, MS-13 maintains contact with its factions in El Salvador, as well as throughout the United States, according to a 2000 report by the Orange County, California, District Attorney's Office. United States drug agents said on Wednesday that police arrested more than 2,300 suspects and seized tons of drugs in U.S.-coordinated narcotics raids in 24 Caribbean and Latin American nations and territories. www.emergency.com /polcpage.htm   (372 words)

Police Operations Archive FAIRFAX, VA: Gang experts say the MS-13 gang, a network of street thugs and paramilitary guerrillas from El Salvador, is one of the most dangerous Hispanic gangs in the United States, having killed three federal agents and shot several law enforcement officers in recent years. Unlike other U.S. street gangs, MS-13 maintains contact with its factions in El Salvador, as well as throughout the United States, according to a 2000 report by the Orange County, California, District Attorney's Office. United States drug agents said on Wednesday that police arrested more than 2,300 suspects and seized tons of drugs in U.S.-coordinated narcotics raids in 24 Caribbean and Latin American nations and territories. www.emergency.com /polcpage.htm   (372 words)

Criminal Justice in America, 3rd Edition -- Links, Chp. 15--Prisons Today Prisons in the United States of America A report by Human Rights Watch on what it considers the deplorable condition of many U.S. prisons. Major Prison Gangs Detailed descriptions of the six major prison gangs that participate in organized crime and violence. Attica Prison Riot A PBS interview with the mediator for Governor Rockefeller and an inmate participant. www.crf-usa.org /links/cja/cja_ch15.htm   (557 words)

Police Operations Archive FAIRFAX, VA: Gang experts say the MS-13 gang, a network of street thugs and paramilitary guerrillas from El Salvador, is one of the most dangerous Hispanic gangs in the United States, having killed three federal agents and shot several law enforcement officers in recent years. Unlike other U.S. street gangs, MS-13 maintains contact with its factions in El Salvador, as well as throughout the United States, according to a 2000 report by the Orange County, California, District Attorney's Office. The above information has also been disseminated to the appropriate law enforcement agencies around the United States and throughout the world. www.emergency.com /polcpage.htm   (557 words)

Police Operations Archive FAIRFAX, VA: Gang experts say the MS-13 gang, a network of street thugs and paramilitary guerrillas from El Salvador, is one of the most dangerous Hispanic gangs in the United States, having killed three federal agents and shot several law enforcement officers in recent years. Unlike other U.S. street gangs, MS-13 maintains contact with its factions in El Salvador, as well as throughout the United States, according to a 2000 report by the Orange County, California, District Attorney's Office. DETAILS: Amer El-Maati is being sought in connection with possible terrorist threats in the United States. www.emergency.com /polcpage.htm   (557 words)

Florida Gangs -- Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness Every state and major city in the United States is plagued with local, loosely structured, street gangs that are mainly motivated by drug sales. These local groups form based on common interests and a sense of loyalty to individuals from their city, neighborhood, street, or housing complex. This graduation in gang involvement often occurs in county jails, prisons, and juvenile facilities. www.dc.state.fl.us /pub/gangs/fl.html   (263 words)

Honduras News.Net Ustr Portman says permanent solution to lumber dispute needed The United States did not breach international trade laws when it determined that the U.S. lumber industry is threatened by dumped and... Supports standard for countries to report known cases, official says By Kathryn McConnellWashington File Staff Writer Washington -- The United States has increased efforts to help countries... Accord restricts importation of Nicaraguan archaeological materials The United States and Nicaragua have extended until 2010 a bilateral agreement that imposes restrictions on the importation to the... feeds.hondurasnews.net /?rid=173046393e26efc1&cat=92f7eb9092aef884&f=1   (892 words)

The Growth of Youth Gang Problems in the United States: 1970-98 -- OJJDP Report -- April 2001 With only about 4 percent of all cities and about 23 percent of all counties in the United States reporting gangs, the number of gang cities and counties as of 1995 was quite small compared with the total number of cities and counties in the country. Thus, although the number of counties and cities in the United States remained virtually unchanged during the 25-year period, the number of gang cities increased by 640 percent and the number of gang counties increased by 867 percent. In 1990, the total population of the United States was about 250 million, and because all States reported gang problems, residents of gang States accounted for 100 percent of the Nation's population. www.ncjrs.org /html/ojjdp/ojjdprpt_yth_gng_prob_2001/chap2.html   (892 words)

Gangs OR Us - Robert Walker - Gang identification expert The Bloods present a significant threat to correctional administrators not only due to their predatory and violent behavior, but more importantly due to their intense rivalry with the Crips.  As do the Crips, the Bloods have a strong fascination with assault-type weapons. Bloods in some eastern states have reportedly been known to wear brown, tan and rust or burnt orange colors to represent "dried" blood. The Bloods (and the Crips as well) say, as a group, that “snitching” or becoming an informant is forbidden. www.gangsorus.com /bloods.htm   (401 words)

US Embassy Mexico City October 19, 2005 - “The United States is committed to combating the flow of illegal firearms into Mexico, and we will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our Mexican colleagues to defeat the criminal gangs,” said U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza and Carl J. Truscott, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. October 6, 2005 — “The United States and Mexico share limited resources along the border, and we are committed to supporting the initiative shown by the state of Coahuila to protect those resources. October 11, 2005 - "The United States is working closely with our Mexican partners, so that future generations of Mexicans will enjoy their country’s rich abundance and natural beauty. mexico.usembassy.gov   (1404 words)

Articles - United Blood Nation The United Blood Nation was originally formed on Rikers Island in 1993 for the purpose of the protection of African-American inmates from the more prevalent Hispanic gangs. There were eight original sub sets of the UBN formed, they were the Mad Stone VIllians (MSV), Valentine Bloods (VB), Nine Trey Gangstas (NTG), Gangster Killer Bloods (GKB), One Eight Trey (183)Bloods, Hit Squad Brims (HSB), Blood Stone Villians (BSV) and Sex Money Murder (SMM). www.mafox.com /articles/United_Blood_Nation   (131 words)

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Gang Violend Heats up The United Blood Nation, which is active in New York, New Jersey and surrounding states, has adopted the California gang's name and its violent rituals, such as slashing unsuspecting victims, according to published reports. The formation of the United Blood Nation by a group of African American gang members at Rikers resulted in a turf war between them and members of the Latin Kings and Netas, two dominant Latino gangs. It is not clear whether the Bloods in Connecticut's prisons are linked to the Los Angeles-based Bloods or the United Blood Nation, a group formed by inmates at Rikers Island in New York City in the early 1990s. ct-mtwt.50megs.com /24GangViolenceHeatsUp.html   (679 words)

CNN.com - NYC gang leader sentenced to 50 years - Apr. 15, 2003 Omar Portee, the founder and leader of the United Blood Nation Gang (the Bloods), was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison for crimes ranging from racketeering and drug possession to conspiracy to commit murder. They said that once out of prison, Portee and his followers would use certain "stacks" to prevent rival gangs from understanding the Bloods' communications. Since its beginning in 1993, the Bloods has been known as a violent street and prison gang that operates along the East Coast. www4.cnn.com /2003/LAW/04/15/gang.sentence/index.html   (271 words)

Gangs in Rikers The dominant gangs are Latin Kings, Neta, United Blood Nation and Five Percenters. The staff at Rikers has developed a sophisticated system of combatting gang violence and gang related crime, including a computer monitoring program and a large anti-gang unit. Why is the gang problem at Rikers so much worse than in the ghettos of NYC where most of the gang members come from? www.angelfire.com /ny5/nyc_mobbs/Rikers.html   (303 words)

Barnes & Noble.com - Gangs of New York -- Martin Scorsese - DVD - Wide Screen / DTS In 1846, as waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points, a number of citizens of British and Dutch heritage who were born in the United States began making an open display of their resentment toward the new arrivals. Gangs Of New York was the first film in two years from actor Leonardo DiCaprio; ironically, it was at one time scheduled to open on the same day as Catch Me if You Can, the Steven Spielberg project that DiCaprio began filming immediately after Gangs wrapped. The violent rise of gangland power in New York City at a time of massive political corruption and the city's evolution into a cultural melting pot set the stage for this lavish historical epic, which director Martin Scorsese finally brought to the screen almost 30 years after he first began to plan the project. video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=786936165371&userid=ME3JzLBCEM&frm=0&itm=2   (1462 words)

ISN Security Watch - Recruitment, redemption in the MS-13 The mission of Gang of One is to prevent youth from joining gangs, support youth being pressured to join a gang, and assist youth in getting out of a gang, with a vision to be the “premier gang prevention and intervention program in the United States”. Mara Salvatruchas is a term that refers to Salvadorian immigrants who formed gangs in the 1970s and 1980s to protect themselves from their rivals in the Mexican communities that dominated Los Angeles at that time. On the national level, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has placed MS-13 at the top of its list of street gangs to dismantle. www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=14778   (2180 words)

"Report on United States-Canada Border Drug Threat Assessment from NDIC " Although criminal groups based in Canada supply far less marijuana to the United States than their Mexican or Colombian counterparts, most of the marijuana supplied from Canada is high-grade marijuana, for which there is a growing demand in the United States. Most of the marijuana consumed in Canada is produced in that country; however, marijuana smuggled into Canada from countries such as Mexico and Jamaica, some of which transits the United States, also is available. However, Canada increasingly is becoming a source country for high-grade marijuana to the United States. www.onlinepot.org /canada/canadareport.htm   (1636 words)

The Growth of Youth Gang Problems in the United States: 1970-98 -- OJJDP Report -- April 2001 With only about 4 percent of all cities and about 23 percent of all counties in the United States reporting gangs, the number of gang cities and counties as of 1995 was quite small compared with the total number of cities and counties in the country. Thus, although the number of counties and cities in the United States remained virtually unchanged during the 25-year period, the number of gang cities increased by 640 percent and the number of gang counties increased by 867 percent. The largest increase is shown by cities in the seven States of the South Atlantic region (see figure 15), with a phenomenal increase of 44 times over the 25-year period. www.ncjrs.gov /html/ojjdp/ojjdprpt_yth_gng_prob_2001/chap2.html   (3026 words)

Scarface (1932 movie) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scarface (also known as Scarface, the Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 gangster film which tells the story of gang warfare and police intervention when rival gangs fight over control of a city. The film was completed in 1930 but censors would not allow its release until 1932, because of concerns that it glorified the gangster lifestyle and showed too much violence. In the modified ending, the main gangster goes to trial and is hanged; in the original ending, which is also the one usually shown today, the gangster is shot dead by police. www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Scarface_(1932_movie)   (3026 words)

Wheaton College: News: Attorney General Reno to speak at Wheaton As Attorney General of the United States, Reno has focused a variety of issues, including reduction of crime and violence through tough sentencing for repeat offenders, prevention and early intervention efforts to keep children away from gangs, drugs and violence, and enforcement of civil rights. Nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, Reno was sworn in as the nation's seventy-eighth attorney general on March 12, 1993. United States Attorney General Janet Reno will deliver the 30th Miriam Lee Tropp Memorial Lecture at Wheaton on Thursday, November 9. www.wheatonma.edu /News/pr20001108a.html   (395 words)

Testimony of General Bantz J. Craddock, Commander, United States Southern Command, hearing of the House Armed Services Committee: "Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request " March 9, 2005 There is also mounting evidence that many of those gang members have close connections with gangs in the United States, either from drug distribution networks or from immigration and deportation to their home countries. Ninety percent of the cocaine and 47% of the heroin that reaches the United States emanates from or passes through Colombia. Fourth, we must improve the interoperability among the armed forces of the United States and our partner nations by implementing mutually beneficial security agreements, regional and sub regional security organizations, military-to-military contacts, combined training exercises, and information sharing. www.ciponline.org /colombia/050309crad.htm   (7309 words)

Testimony of General James T. Hill, Commander, United States Southern Command, hearing of the House Armed Services Committee: "Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request" March 24, 2004 There is also some evidence that many of those gang members have close connections with gangs in the United States, either from drug distribution networks or from immigration and re-migration to their home countries. I can assure you that the men and women of the United States Southern Command are working to their utmost to accomplish their missions for our great country. This region is also a primary avenue for illegal migrants and drugs entering the United States. www.ciponline.org /colombia/040324hill.htm   (6444 words)

Afghanistan According to the United States Department of State, press gangs were sent into Kabul to capture youths as young as 15 years of age, although that was under the legal draft age: At the end of 1980 Afghan military strength was estimated at 20,000 to 30,000. United States estimates were that there were about 85,000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan by late 1980 and about 100,000 by the end of 1981. The United States Department of State reported that chemical bombs supplied by the Soviet Union were used against guerrillas in November 1978, even before the Soviet invasion. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/afghanistan/cs-invasion.htm   (7471 words)

Policy Resolution The tactic of united front is particularly relevant in our context of a caste-ridden society where class issues often acquire caste appearances, which in turn tend to distort and impede the development of the underlying class reality. The tactic of united front under such conditions helps in pinning down and isolating the main enemy, defusing unnecessary social tension and bringing the class essence to the fore. They also take to commercial activities in nearby towns, develop a nexus with officials and leaders of reactionary political parties and they are the hotbed for many criminal and mafia gangs and private armies. www.cpiml.org /pgs/policyresolution/policy.htm   (7471 words)

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