...We all know about the gang wars going on in Chicago, right? Well it turns out that the gang wars going on today aren’t much different from the expansion in the late 1700s and early 1800s. There are multiple similarities between the two. Innocent people get killed, there are wars over neighborhoods and land, and finally conflicts over who killed who and why they were killed. It’s history repeating itself. According to www.historyguy.com/war_of_1812_statistics.htm, 2,260 people died during The War of 1812. Roughly, 15,000 people died between 1777 and 1850. That’s about 205 people a year for 73 years. On average, Chicago has 485 deaths per year according to https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2015-chicago-murders . Can you imagine what that number would look like times 73?! Horrendous! All these people have died because of foolishness and greed over money, and land. History would be so different if people would have put aside their differences and their greed. If more compromise and unity would have been in the picture, less death and destruction would have come about....
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...Gangs and Organized Crime in the United States Criminal Justice Janaree Nagel 10/15/2011 Gangs and Organized Crime in the United States is on the rise. With the increase in turf wars, position and the financial gains, gang wars and Organized Crime are linked together in many ways. Within this paper, I will show how they are all tied together in. The M-13’s are the largest reported gang controlling large areas of our states. However, the largest area to which the MS-13’s control is within our own capital, Washington D.C. Their leaders rule all the gangs from inside El Salvador. I will discuss other gangs, and their ties into Organized Crime. Gangs and Organized Crime in the United States When I first began this research, I was stunned by the number of gangs that can be accounted for living on US soil. I wasn’t shocked by the type of activities that they are involved in ranging from drug trafficking, carjacking, murder, rape and kidnapping. The news media is constantly reporting the ages to which individuals join a gang, and the reasons behind their becoming involved. Most that join look for acceptance, and are often from families that have one parent, typically run by their mother who represents head of the household. While others join gangs because they believe it will make others respect them. Throughout our course study, we have discussed a number of things concerning the criminal...
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...Chicago Street Gangs The City of Chicago is home to many iconic sites and famous things including Wrigley Field, Giordano’s deep dish pizza, Navy Pier, Portillos, and Willis Tower. Chicago residents live and work in some of the most affluent, wealthy, and glamorous neighborhoods like The Gold Coast and River North. Over the last couple of years though, the spotlight has been shifted from all of Chicago’s wonderful things to its poverty stricken neighborhoods, rising crime rate, murders, and drug problems. All of these things can be linked to what many consider Chicago’s biggest problem, street gangs. But today the city seems to be far more segregated and full of poverty in neighborhoods that are home to minorities. Many adults turn to the streets to make a living and children see their elders and in return do the same. These same poor neighborhoods have a failing public education system for the youth along with a bad relationship with police. According to the Chicago Crime Commission, “a 2012 Chicago Police Department gang audit found there are more than 600 gang factions in the city, with a minimum combined membership of 70,000” (cbsnews.com). With the large number of gang members in the city there is a lot of fighting going on over turf for control of drug distribution. This is mainly a problem occurring in minority communities all throughout Chicago. “201 of the 259 homicide victims were African-American” (chicagotribune.com). While blacks make up about 33 percent of the...
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...The five points area had a very infamous reputation in 19th century New York City. The population was largely Irish and it was said to be the home of gang members and criminals of all types, and was mainly known as the home turf of Irish immigrant gangs. The five points received its name because it was the intersection of 5 streets, which formed five corners. The streets were: Mulberry, Little Water, Anthony, Cross, and Orange. Mulberry Street is the only street that still has its original name. While the neighborhood was predominantly Irish in the 1850s, there were also African Americans, Italians, and various other immigrant groups. The Irish were stereotypically described as criminals, violent and drunks. Unfortunately, the slum conditions and widespread crime of the Five Points only contributed to that attitude. The problems within the five points started with the five points area itself. The living conditions there were indescribably horrible. “See how the rotten beams are tumbling down, and how the patched and broken windows seem to scowl dimly”(Doc. A). Tenements in the Five Points were made from wood and brick. The wooden structures measured about twenty to twenty five feet wide and twenty five to thirty feet deep, and stood two and a half stories high at most. These buildings were originally intended for shopkeepers businesses, and were meant to house their families and perhaps a few employees. By the 1850s, most of these shops had been made into small...
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...Emotions And Sociology BY RASHEEDA SOTO The sociology of emotion applies sociological theories and techniques to the study of human emotions. As sociology emerged primarily as a reaction to the negative effects of modernity many theories deal in some sense with emotion without forming a part of any specific subdisapline. Marx described capitalism as detrimental to personal humans or species. The sociology of emotions is a new complex component of sociology, It gained awareness around the 1970's. Before this time, the field of sociology concentrated more on cognition emotions, although emotions have often remained a subtext in important works. Emotions were seen as the turf of psychologists and biologists. Sociologists began to systematically study emotions because they realized that emotions are fundamentally social, and that emotions have always figured as causal mechanisms in sociological theory. They are necessary to the theories of some of the most influential figures in sociology Like as Emile Durkheim and Erving Goffman. Which we learned about their views on different things though the past weeks of class. Emotions are of sociological interest because they are a primary human motivation, they help in rational decision-making, and they link the biology of the body with classic sociological questions about social construction and social control. I feel emotions are very important. Without these emotions we feel Human and animal life...
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...suffering that families have to go through because of gun violence. Most people are affected by it indirectly or directly. On the flip side, however, we as a society needs guns. I believe guns are helpful if use correctly. I understand people like to hunt, I also understand how important hunting is to people and I wouldn’t want them to lose out because a few bad people are misusing guns. The inadequacy of USA gun control laws may suggest school shootings and shootings within communities. Some of the most poverty stricken cities have some of the highest gun violence crimes in the USA. 2012 must have been the year for shootings because in the summer, Chicago had 500 homicides. The problems with that are that the number of deaths exceed the amount of troops in the Iraq war and a large percentage of victims were teenagers. Although Chicago is not the only city that has been coined as “murder capital”, the city’s problem with gun control is another example of the country’s problem with gun control. As you could envision, this problem has leaked into the youth and now kids are easily getting guns. After years of doing nothing, the USA has added an immovable object of a problem onto their list of troubles. I have gather sources from authors, educated people on the subject and scientists who all want to see gun control laws be implemented better. Many of these people offer solutions, while others just criticize the current system. Having read these sources and implementing my own self-reflection...
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...1892 when former Yale All-American guard William Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play in a game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, making him the first ever professional football player, according to the book Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football. However it wasn't until 1920 that American football achieved a league of any true organization. Roussel, 2 The American Professional Football Association was formed on September 17, 1920 and included ten teams from four different states. However the APFA lasted only two seasons when it was reorganized on June 24, 1922 into the National Football League. The only two teams still in the NFL from the inaugural class, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals), are founding members. League membership gradually stabilized throughout the 1920s and 1930s as the league adopted progressively more formal organization....
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...better their own stature. Gangs usually have a somewhat military like structure, with leaders at the top, lieutenants and sergeants, and soldiers at the bottom. Young children have various reasons for joining street gangs, but do not realize the ramifications caused by the gang life. Children often believe joining a neighborhood gang will make them become recognized, or safer, but the harsh reality is that so many youths don’t realize the hazards associated with gangs until it is too late. The history of street gangs in America dates back to the formation of America herself. The first gang-like groups formed in the Northeast right after the Revolutionary war ended, in 1783, in New York City. These groups were mainly young white immigrants from Europe who just fought over turf in the city. In the Midwest region (mainly Chicago) the first street gangs developed in the 1860s and were mainly white immigrants from Ireland, Germany, and Lithuania. In the most western region of the United States Mexican gang-like groups started appearing in Los Angeles sometime around 1890s. Gang-like groups have been around America for quite some time but a few key events escalated gang presence in the United States. In 1920 the eighteenth amendment to the United States constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States. This meant the production, sale of, and transportation of alcohol was an illegal act punishable by law. This created a huge demand for...
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...Over the past several years overall crime in the city of St. Louis has dropped dramatically, almost 30-percent. One particular crime however is way up homicides. The city is averaging nearly one murder every two days. A primary cause of this deadly spike is a rise of gangs and gang culture. St. Louis is home to one of America's most active and aggressive gang cultures, helping make it one of the most violent U.S. cities. In parts of North St. Louis and North St. Louis County gangs wage turf wars that, in some cases, run block to block. The impact this has on people living in these neighborhoods is overwhelming. Webster’s dictionary defines violence as exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse. It is also defined as intense, turbulent, or furious and often destructive action or force. Within the Saint Louis community, our #1 problem in my personal opinion would be violence. Nowadays it is not only violence, but gang-violence and its impact on our future generations. Our future lies in the hands of those who feel that they cannot express themselves without showing some sort of aggression or agitation. This problem must be tackled within the matter of urgency and commitment towards those who have no knowledge or respect for what they take part in. Gangs are defined as group of people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity. Over the years in urban area of Saint Louis, gangs have lost their...
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...dominate others. Gangs have always provided a way for people to more effectively get what they want, especially if it comes to force. And weaker members of society gravitate toward gangs that they feel can offer a sense of community and protection from others. But today were going to reflect on the effects of the most modern gangs. I watched the movie “Boys In The Hood” Directed by John Singleton in 1991. And it was an onscreen representation of what takes place in the urban areas of our country. Street gangs in the U.S. arose with Italian immigrants related to the Sicilian Mafia and others. These street gangs in New York City stole and killed to get what they wanted. One of the most famous street gang members was Al Capone, who later moved to Chicago in 1919 to help keep the other gangsters in order. Street gangs of this type were quite popular in the 1920s and 1930s.Gang Violence as we know goes beyond racial barriers, but it more vividly affects black and Latinos in America. I have chosen this topic because I have witnessed the effects of gang violence culturally, socially, and personally. It’s no secret that even St.Louis, MO is well known for gang violence. I don’t condone gangs but there are key factors that give reason for its existence. Gangs today have similar practices of creating their own sub-language, symbols, handshakes and other identifiers. Hispanics, Asians and African Americans began banding together to form gangs in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s and 1980s, there...
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...My community is not the typical town. We do not have racial discriminations, hate crimes or gangs. We don’t have the cultural day parades or blocks of neighborhoods that represent certain racial affiliations. We do not have the daily fights that some neighborhoods go through on a regular basis, striving for equality. Why? My community is overwhelmingly white. A person would have to struggle to find the minorities in my town. Is that a blessing for our community or a setback? While others are learning how to get along with each other, we need to learn how to open the doors and our minds to welcoming others into our community. If you were to drive into the community in which I live, you would think you are driving into a fairytale. The entrance to our town is just like arriving in Mayberry. The streets are lined with old oak trees and the generation old homes are a picture of perfection with their manicured lawns and porch swings. In my hometown people really do sit outside and wave at you as you drive by. Women sit together sipping sweet tea while the men gather in the garage chatting about golf or the tools they have accumulated. People stroll along the sidewalks around town square shopping and chatting at the local coffee shops. Neighborhoods throw block parties, kids play outside with each other and it is true as with any small community, they know everything about everyone. Sounds like a fairytale, I know. Growing up here was a dream. It was the best childhood anyone could...
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...Chapter 1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A fraternity is an organization, formed chiefly for social purposes having secret rites and name consisting of Greek letters. Fraternities get a lot of bad publicity as with that hazing problems at many colleges and universities, but there is another side to fraternities that many people do not see. Fraternities do have plenty of social events, service projects and other school and community related events. There are several factors such as personal, social, emotional and community factors that influence students to join fraternities. In order to join a fraternity, a neophyte has to undergo different rites or servicing in order to be accepted. The frequent reason that students join fraternity is for brotherhood and a place to belong. A special bond is formed between fraternity brothers. They will be there and will do almost anything for each other. Whether these set of friends make or break the student’s academic career, maybe hard to differentiate if a member is having too much fun. It sometimes depends on the individuals on how they will handle their selves as they join fraternities. But regardless, a fraternity is like any other group: what you get out of it depends on who you are and how you handle it .The problem focused on the involvement population/students in fraternities. Presently, the school/community does not recognize the presence of fraternities in the campus/population and have implied rules concerning this matter. But then...
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...togetherness between all Sicilians. “This idea of family was carried through in the structure of the organization, which had a strong hierarchical layout” (Mafia History). The Mafia is said by many to have perhaps the best system of power, than any other group or government known today. One can compare a physical representation of the family almost to a family tree dated all the way back through many generations. Certain people operated the system, but without the help of the people with the less power, the Mafia would be very weak. To put it another way, a leader cannot lead without followers, and the followers cannot follow without leaders. This is why the Mafia was hard to overcome. Although when many think of the location of the Mafia, Chicago and New York often come to mind, but actually the Mafia has been traced back through 26 major cites in America. Within every city were many Mafia families each with it’s own government. “At the head of each family stood the Dons or Bosses. Next in line to the Dons was the Underbosses, who were second in command. Followed by the Consigliere or counselors. And last were the men who did the dirty work for...
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...neighborhoods in Chicago, in a Housing project called Henry Horner. This area is regimented by violence and poverty. Pharaoh is described as a boy who loves the smell of wildflowers, and butterfly’s. Later in the book he will describe this as a place of sanctuary. He is the one who is the most sensitive’s of all, he wonders if he every grows up, is easily brought to tears, and hides behind his age to avoid worrisome situations. Pharaoh is the one with the greatest hope; he thinks he can become whatever he wants to be, when he does well in school. He is the one of all LaJoe’s children she thinks will give back to her, through his own success, which she believes was lost. Lafayette is the older brother, trying to protect his siblings. He was the carefree child, who liked to draw, but over the time of a year he changed, being caught shoplifting, he also became bossy around his younger sibling because he worried so much about them. He is the...
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...One afternoon last August, at a hospital on the outskirts of Los Angeles, a former beauty queen named Emma Coronel gave birth to a pair of heiresses. The twins, who were delivered at 3:50 and 3:51, respectively, stand to inherit some share of a fortune that Forbes estimates is worth a billion dollars. Coronel’s husband, who was not present for the birth, is a legendary tycoon who overcame a penurious rural childhood to establish a wildly successful multinational business. If Coronel elected to leave the entry for “Father” on the birth certificates blank, it was not because of any dispute over patrimony. More likely, she was just skittish about the fact that her husband, Joaquín Guzmán, is the C.E.O. of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, a man the Treasury Department recently described as the world’s most powerful drug trafficker. Guzmán’s organization is responsible for as much as half of the illegal narcotics imported into the United States from Mexico each year; he may well be the most-wanted criminal in this post-Bin Laden world. But his bride is a U.S. citizen with no charges against her. So authorities could only watch as she bundled up her daughters and slipped back across the border to introduce them to their dad. Known as El Chapo for his short, stocky frame, Guzmán is 55, which in narco-years is about 150. He is a quasi-mythical figure in Mexico, the subject of countless ballads, who has outlived enemies and accomplices alike, defying...
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