Gangs in the U.S.

Paper Summary:

The paper examines gangs from a historical perspective and shows how immigrant communities formed gangs as a reaction to living in a new world and having to confront difficulties with schooling and police brutality. The paper reveals that in today's society, certain races and ethnic groups are prone to engaging in gang activity because they feel disenfranchised or because they are products of one parent homes in which the father is not present. Finally, the paper discusses the negative impact of gang activity.

Outline:
Introduction
History of Race and Ethnicity in Gangs
Why People Join Gangs
Effects of Gang Activity
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"As it pertains to race/ethnicity and the current structure or status of gang activity, the majority of gangs are composed of people of the same race or ethnicity. For instance, when two of the most notorious rival gangs, the bloods and the crips began they were composed mostly of African Americans. These two gangs are no longer race explicit and they have been warring for decades with the largest concentrations of these gangs residing in South Central Los Angeles. However the gangs also have a presence in other regions of the United States. Although the Bloods and Crips and their rivalry are amongst the most infamous in the United States, there are also many other gangs throughout the United States. Again these gangs are most abundant in densely populated urban areas."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chapman, S. (August 25, 2007).A Friend Turned Killer in Gang's Gun Warfare; GUN AND GANG CULTURE COMMUNITIES IN FEAR the Lawless Lives of Feuding Youths Led to a Fatal Shooting outside a Liverpool Prison. Daily Post.. Page Number: 10.
• Gangs. United States Department of Justice. Retrieved May 8, from; http://www.ncjrs.gov/spotlight/gangs/summary.html
• Hagedorn, J. M. (2006). Race Not Space: A Revisionist History of Gangs in Chicago. The Journal of African American History, 91(2), 194+.
• Manwaring, M. G. (2005). Street Gangs: The New Urban Insurgency. Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute.
• Ms-13 gang. Retrieved May 8, from; http://www.altereddimensions.net/crime/MS13Gang.htm

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