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Professor Caterina Roman - An overview of being a gang member within the the notorious Blood Gang....

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Jasen Alfrena Criminal Gang “BLOODS” PROJECT April 19th, 2018

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The gang which is known worldwide for their crimes, some music artists who even associate themselves with the gang and also being arch-rivals to the crips, this gang as I said within my presentation were once the underdogs, in the beginning, the beginning being in California. The reasoning behind the start of it being the Piru, the two kids who had made it had done so because they were attacked by the notorious crip gang. The name of these two kids Sylvestor Scott and Benson Owens where they both had attended Centennial High School in Compton, California. What could be understood was the situation they were in at the time that they just decided to form a gang and what they thought was right which was to stand up by making alliances to fend against bullies basically, which were the crip gang. This known gang is seen and heard in musicians lyrics and even movies. The gang is notable recognized by their color they heavily associate themselves with which is the color red. Furthermore, predominately the race within the Bloods is usually African-Americans than for the most part heavy numbers within the gang dealing with Hispanics. Aside from the drugs and killing what they were doing when creating such a gang was to protect people from these people known as the Crips. So in the 1970's the Bloods were said to be expanding, they understood of the number of crips there were, even if the Bloods were expanding in California it just wasn't enough so they turned to heavy violence, fear was what they had wish to bestow if their numbers weren't matching. They were just doing the unimaginable. Then comes the cocaine academic and the Bloods for sure had followed that train, they were making money and the expansion of the gang in the 1980's expanded beyond Cali's ground. In an article by James C. Howell and Scott H. Decker called The Youth Gangs, Drugs and Violence Connection,

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the reading states, "Because the growth in youth gang violence coincided with the crack cocaine epidemic, the two developments were generally perceived to be interrelated" (Howell & Decker 3). In a way, the Blood's did cause plenty attention such attention causes not only an uproar with rivals such as the crips but then again it does show others what they are truly about and how tough, overall ruthless they had become as a gang. Dealing with the celebs associating themselves with the gang, my opinion is straight as this, to gain some kind of rep that simple. It goes to say that gangs can influence people for sure, the impact that they have on a rather poverty-ridden area can very well impact the community because that community is already lost in some ways. A reading by James C. Howell called "The Impact Of Gangs On Communities", one thing Howell touches upon economically dealing with gangs is the amount of money being spent because of gangs themselves. Howell states, "The total volume of crime is estimated to cost Americans $655billion each year and gangs are responsible for a substantial proportion of this" (Howell 5). Music in itself depending on the artist and the hits he/she puts out music wise, it's easily shown nowadays of gang involvement on the media and yes can be an influence to some especially if you look up to the person. YG, I mentioned him in my presentation and how he reps the gang he is in which is the Blood's, these artist either are blunt about their affiliation with the gang or secretly says how they rep such gang within their lyrics, could be by what they wear and also dealing with certain tattoos that may connect them to the Blood gang. These tattoos are significant not only to the members but to the authorities when the members aren't really talking in some cases. It said that Bloods sometimes have "MOB" standing for “Member Of Blood” or “Piru” which was basically the first set of the Blood gang. Going in depth on the type of people that are recruited deals with fairly young people from the ages of 16-22, their named soldiers. An article by Paul Bellair called "Gang Membership, Drug Selling, and violence in the neighborhood context" where he goes in depth in what motivates a gang member to do what he does, he says "Gang research indicates that gang members are more likely to be violent than nonmembers"(Bellair). Around this age are the majority of people within the gang itself which is 16-22. An so they are said to be the most violent with the gang because of their age, their desire to actually

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receive and want respect by the higher-ups within the Blood gang. As for women they are known as “associates” they are in a sense kind of similar to the so-called soldiers which are the guys but they aren't really considered to be a gang member. The purpose of this gang from the very beginning was these two friends who wanted to stop being bullied by the oppressors which were the crips. Today dealing with the bloods there's a lot of economical strain upon communities, influences in hip-hop of the gang, gang violence, in general, that's going on But the gang that later became known as the Blood gang became way bigger than just being any regular group of people, the underdogs became something to truly be feared but drugs being sold, killing being done even having notable music artist on their side to truly branch the gang both from the Blood and Crip side. The world we live even till this day is pretty dangerous, gangs nowadays are inevitable something that can't be stopped no matter what is done, especially by law enforcement themselves and their different tactics dealing with trying to stop the spread of gangs.

Howell, James C. The Impact of Gangs on Communities. NYGC BULLETIN, www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Content/Documents/Impact-of-Gangs-on-Communities.pdf.

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Howell, James C, and Scott H Decker. “The Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Connection.”The Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence Connection, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/93920.pdf.

Bellair, Paul E., and Thomas L. McNulty. “Gang Membership, Drug Selling, and Violence in Neighborhood Context.” Justice Quarterly : JQ / Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Dec. 2009, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241772/....