GANGSGANGSCOMBATTING VIOLENTCOMBATTING VIOLENT

STREET GANGSSTREET GANGS

GANGS

•THE GANG WILL PROTECT THEMTHE GANG WILL PROTECT THEM•THE GANG IS THEIR REAL THE GANG IS THEIR REAL FAMILYFAMILY•THE GANG LOVES AND THE GANG LOVES AND UNDERSTANDS THEMUNDERSTANDS THEM•THE GANG WILL BAIL THEM OUT OF THE GANG WILL BAIL THEM OUT OF JAIL IF THEY GET IN TROUBLE JAIL IF THEY GET IN TROUBLE •THE GANG WILL PROVIDE THEM: THE GANG WILL PROVIDE THEM: MONEY, WOMEN, STATUS ,MONEY, WOMEN, STATUS , AND POWERAND POWER

RECRUITINGRECRUITING

INITIATIONSINITIATIONS

• BEAT IN BEAT IN

• BLESSED INBLESSED IN

• COMMIT A CRIMECOMMIT A CRIME

• SEXED INSEXED IN

• BORN INBORN IN

FOLK NATIONFOLK NATIONPEOPLE NATIONPEOPLE NATION

LATIN KINGS/ÑETALATIN KINGS/ÑETACRIPSCRIPS

BLOODSBLOODSSUREÑOSSUREÑOS

NORTEÑOSNORTEÑOS

MAJOR NATIONAL GANGSMAJOR NATIONAL GANGS

FOLK NATIONFOLK NATION

• ORIGINATED 1960’S IN ILLINOISORIGINATED 1960’S IN ILLINOISPRISON SYSTEMPRISON SYSTEM

• RIGHT SIDE ORIENTED RIGHT SIDE ORIENTED

• COLORS: BLUE AND BLACKCOLORS: BLUE AND BLACK

• SYMBOLS: SIX POINT STARSYMBOLS: SIX POINT STAR PITCHFORK/3 POINT CROWNPITCHFORK/3 POINT CROWN

•MAJOR SETS: G.D., B.G.D., I.G.MAJOR SETS: G.D., B.G.D., I.G.

FOLK NATION IDENTIFIERSFOLK NATION IDENTIFIERS

PEOPLE NATIONPEOPLE NATION

• ORIGINATED 1960’S IN ILLINOISORIGINATED 1960’S IN ILLINOISPRISON SYSTEMPRISON SYSTEM

• LEFT SIDE ORIENTED LEFT SIDE ORIENTED

• COLORS: RED AND BLACKCOLORS: RED AND BLACK

• SYMBOL: FIVE POINT STAR/CROWNSYMBOL: FIVE POINT STAR/CROWN

• MAJOR SETS: VICE LORDSMAJOR SETS: VICE LORDS LATIN KINGSLATIN KINGS

PEOPLE NATION IDENTIFIERSPEOPLE NATION IDENTIFIERS

LATIN KINGSLATIN KINGS

• ORIGINATED IN CHICAGOORIGINATED IN CHICAGO• ALLIED WITH PEOPLE NATIONALLIED WITH PEOPLE NATION• COLORS: BLACK AND GOLDCOLORS: BLACK AND GOLD

• SYMBOLS: SYMBOLS: 5 POINT CROWN5 POINT CROWN3 POINT CROWN (HANDSIGN)3 POINT CROWN (HANDSIGN)““ADR”, # 5, LK, ALKQNADR”, # 5, LK, ALKQN

•CHICAGO vs. N.Y. INFLUENCECHICAGO vs. N.Y. INFLUENCE

LATIN KINGSLATIN KINGS

NNEETTAA• ORIGINATED IN THE PUERTO RICO ORIGINATED IN THE PUERTO RICO

PRISON SYSTEMPRISON SYSTEM

• PREDOMINANTLY MALES OF PREDOMINANTLY MALES OF PUERTO RICAN DESCENTPUERTO RICAN DESCENT

• ACTIVE FROM NY TO FLORIDAACTIVE FROM NY TO FLORIDA

• SYMBOLS: PUERTO RICAN FLAG, SYMBOLS: PUERTO RICAN FLAG, ROSARY BEADS, CROSSED ROSARY BEADS, CROSSED

FINGERS, PRISON WALLSFINGERS, PRISON WALLS

ÑÑEETTAA

CRIPSCRIPS• ORIGINATED 1970’S IN LOS ANGELESORIGINATED 1970’S IN LOS ANGELES

• COLORS: BLUE & BLACKCOLORS: BLUE & BLACK

• SYMBOLS: BLUE BANDANNAS/CLOTHES SYMBOLS: BLUE BANDANNAS/CLOTHES TATTOO OR BRAND OF LETTER ‘C’TATTOO OR BRAND OF LETTER ‘C’ADOPTED SIX POINTED STARADOPTED SIX POINTED STAR

• LED BY “O.G.”LED BY “O.G.”

• GRAFFITI: “C4L”, “SLOBS”, BKGRAFFITI: “C4L”, “SLOBS”, BK

• NUMEROUS SETSNUMEROUS SETS