Analyse The Role Of Deviance In Gang Organizations

The Gang has a long history in dealing with many major crimes. Some of these include; weapons trafficking, dealing with narcotics and most importantly, Murder. In 2013, police have arrested 43 gang

Gang violence is an increasing problem in Urban Minority Communities. Young people are dropping out of schools in record numbers, and higher percentages of the population are withdrawing from the labor force. The more people that drop out can turn their heads to joining a gang. Those that don’t find work can find themselves joining a gang and doing crime to fill their time. The number of young people joining gangs are increasing and more crime will happen as a result.

Deviance Research Report - Gang Membership
Youth gangs are groups of three or more individuals aged between 12-24 years whose members collectively identify themselves by adopting a group identity, which they use to create fear and intimidation within society. Gangs may be identifiable through a slogan, identifying symbol, tattoo, style of clothing, hand sign or graffiti. Gangs may be known through their deviant behaviours such as property theft, drug selling and street fighting which are used to gain social status and street reputation. It is not known when gangs first appeared. The earliest recorded appearance of gangs may have been as early as 1783 in Boston as the American Revolution ended. Researchers currently estimate that there are 750,000 active gang members in 25,000 gangs in the United States alone.

The main difference between a gang and a cartel is that cartels have strict structure and organization while gangs can be described to be loosely structured and organized. Cartels are more focused on profit than on any other thing while gangs are less focused on making a profit. Unlike gangs, cartels develop from organizations with influence and power (O’Deane, 2010). Unlike gangs, cartels have been known to have geographic locations that are defined and territorially

There 's cycle of gun violence amongst young Black males in Oakland, California, there were 557 murders in Oakland earning the city the label of being the second most murderous city in California after Compton. In communities of color, teens are caught in a cycle of illegal activities involving gangs, drug trafficking, and deadly acts of violence associated with high emotions, retribution, and revenge By making people aware can create possible solutions to decrease gun violence in the young Black male demographic group.

Most gangs include mainly male people who can range up to the ages of 12 to 25 years old. Gangs are commonly found in large cities, which either include a white dominant race or a black dominant race. They follow a consistent pattern of either being truants and come from unsupportive families. They can also be people who are unemployed and struggling to make means and therefore they result to gang activities. They are seen to be associated with criminal activity and violent behavior as well as prostitution and drug laundering including many other criminal offenses. Due to gangs being in transgressing behavior it can be viewed as a social problem. However gang related activities could be based on how you define the term. George W. Knox, the creator of the National Gang Crime Research Center, believes that it depends on who defines the term. Such as a politician, a researcher or a government official. A social scientists definition is said to depict gangs as “denotable adolescent group of youngsters ” (Malcom W. Klien, 1971) who engage in illegal behavior which follow an internal organization by adopting a gang name that claim control and defend their own territory against other rival territory and the rest of the general

Deviance has many functions in society. Although deviance violates social norms, without it, we would not have rules, so it helps form, guide, and shape society’s norms and goals. Social norms are different from culture to culture. Norms that may be acceptable in one culture may be frowned upon in another. Emile Durkheim quotes that “deviance and deviant behavior is an integral part of all healthy societies (Adler, 2014, p74).” The Mafia and organized crime would be an example of deviance in society. Differential Association Theory and Social Structure sheds light on how individuals learn to become criminals, the conditions in social structures that lead to deviant behavior, and how both are similar.

Gang violence has been a problem in society for several of years and is a growing problem each and every day. The youth that is involved in gang violence will have numerous effects upon them that will come soon or later when associated with a group of thugs. Children and teenagers if they still go to school when accompanying a gang, they face the heightened risk of dropping out of school; teen parenthood; be victimized by another gang ; abuse drugs and alcohol; commit petty and violent

The gang is a way to obtain the goals they could not obtain by legal means such as work due to the outsourcing of jobs. Gangs show violence and a criminal subculture that attracts youth. The communities surrounding youth are unstable. Families are often single parent creating a strain between parents or the child and a parent. Schools are underfunded due to the lack of funding from the government due to segregation and crime. The more crime there is, the less funding they receive. Children receive a lesser education compared to a predominantly white school. Many drop out and obtain criminal educations instead. Having a broken home, no money, no education, the criminal world of gangs becomes more inviting to youth who are the streets looking for a family who will support them and their needs. Social inequalities foster crimes in adults, but can really influence the

Gang activities have been increasing over the years from crimes ranging from robberies to homicides. In California, estimates were made by the Justice Department that approximately 175000 to 200000 persons were members of gangs. In the county of Los Angeles gang activities for over a period of five years accounted for over 23000 of the crimes that occurred.(Friedrichs. M. 1999). Gangs have become not only a problem for those communities where the gang's ar located but has become a problem for everyone. These gangs have also incurred a significant impact upon the

There are many ways in which one within a gang may commit a criminal act, whether it be the selling of narcotics, guns, assault and battery, or robbery. This, as well as putting the victim at risk of serious injury, can also put the perpetrator at risk of injury too. This can be from a failed attempt where the victim fought back, a deal going bad turning into a robbery and more. In the journal Gang Membership and Violent Victimization Peterson, Taylor, and Esbensen (2004: 795-796) conducted a study on victimization with 31% of the sample being gang members and found that "gang members account for a disproportionate amount of crime … commit[ing] approximately 69% of all violent offenses and 82% of the more serious violent crimes of aggravated assault, robbery, and sexual assault". This quote is interesting because it sheds light on the fact that when one is inducted into a gang, they have a much higher chance of performing the very act of victimization they were trying to avoid. This increased exposure leads to a greater chance of being victimized by various sources. It can also draw attention to the perpetrator which can mean they may be targeted for acts of retaliation. This, in turn, can lead to the youth who joined the gang to be exposed to victimization even if it was not what they wanted or intended to

Gang violence can be seen in a variety of settings with extreme violence typically as a rite of passage into a gang or retaliation (James & Gilliland, 2017). For example, in order for a potential gang member to enter a gang, they may have to partake in an initiation ceremony where they murder an individual. The effects of gang violence include community disorganization, homicide, and drug use. Gangs are typically formed in areas with weak social institutes and mechanisms for social control (Papachristos & Kirk, 2006). Gang members of social immobility, ethnic heterogeneity, and low socioeconomic status form social disorganization in the community (Papachristos & Kirk, 2006). Gang related homicide is a large effect of gang violence.

There are various factors that take part in a person joining a gang. For an example, a kid might want to join a gang because of their family. The family might not pay attention to the kid and might not show love and affection towards the kid, which causes the adolescent to move on, grow up, and join a gang. Kids join gangs for love. They want someone to take care of

Hatred, depression, greed, lust and all animalistic sides of the human mind drive those to be in gangs. At first an individual can join these to fulfill such needs. They are intertwined with a network of everybody knowing everybody, especially those outside this network. It becomes dangerous as gang members know the average citizen would want them to join. If they refuse then siblings will be raped, injured, and threatened to be forcibly absorbed into a cause. This cause is usually a struggle between other gangs over a forgotten logical reason even the members themselves don’t know about. If you escape this cause then the same consequences for not joining may occur or you as well as others close to you will die. This then tempts others to both avenge those who have fallen or give new members to gain revenge against the rival gang. See the pattern? Hatred breeds death, death breeds vengeance, vengeance breeds involvement. It is only a concept, so the youth that do join don’t care for the real reason, it becomes a free ticket to death without consent. One way or the other everyone involved signs their own death

Another reason people murder is related to gang violence. Gang leaders try to recruit people who are willing to do anything for the gang. Young people join gang to get a self-purpose, and a respect from other friends. When gangs have confrontations with each other, they try to kill one another. This can be due to turf disputes, revenge of a fallen gang member, or reputation build up. The problem with gang’s violence is that it typically murders innocent bystanders. In one instance in the 1990s a family was lost in Los Angeles, and was murder for going down the wrong road that was control by a gang. Another reason people get murder from gangs is to make a profit (extrotician), or claiming a debt.