The Gangs of Orange County: A Critique and Synthesis of Social PolicyLópezJoséMinrandéAlfredoingentaconnectAztlan A Journal of Chicano Studies
What Orange County Gang Unit Officers Think about Gangs, Taggers, and Party KrusBrown, Gregory Chris
According to a reportfrom the state police in 2017, gangs have been reported in every county in the state from small rural areas to large cities, and these days, many stereotypes of gangs are no longer true. Rival gangs are now close to one another; gang colors, symbols, and tattoos are...
Gangs in Central New Jersey - Graphic: NJ.gov / NJSP Fruit Town Brimsis a set of the Bloods street gang that originated in the area of Compton, CA. Officials say this gang is a "loosely organized and somewhat cohesive group with a moderate presence in Ocean County." Rollin 60sis a di...
The concept of the after-school learning center has been a centerpiece of a number of community-based efforts to provide more positive environments in gang-infested neighborhoods around Orange County. The Orange County Congregation Community Organization in particular has used the concept as a way to...
For some, gangs have taken the place of an extended family, said Ernie Takemoto, a Los Angeles County probation officer who has worked with gangs for eight years. “They find solace and comfort in the gangs,” he said. Though Asian gangs come in all ethnicities, Japanese are noticeably abs...
Gangs in Southern New Jersey - Graphic: NJ.gov / NJSP Only The Southis believed to have originated in Cumberland County within the last couple of years. It is believed that the gang’s footprint is relatively small and has not expanded beyond that area. ...
the formation of rival groups in the same communities, and "Crippin' came to represent an escalation of intra-ghetto violence to Clockwork Orange levels (murder as a status symbol, and so on) that was […] anathema to everything that the [Black] Panthers had stood for" (Brown et al. ...
Another prominent crime organization was the Genovese crime family. Fortune magazine ranked Gerardo "Jerry" Catena, leader of the New Jersey chapter of the Genovese in the 1960s, as the fourth richest mobster in the United States. Born in South Orange, Catena rose in the Luciano crime family....
A state's attorney in one county could indict organized criminal ring leaders for retail theft in multiple counties, and a new agency would be created specifically to combat organized retail theft gangs. State Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D-Western Springs) — whose district includes Oak ...