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STREET LAW- March 14, 2006

Let’s Get Started!. STREET LAW- March 14, 2006. Explain what you think is going on in this picture?. March 14, 2006. AGENDA~ Class Survey Results National Survey Results Movie Part III A little history Book Activity- if time permits Your Mission. Survey Results.

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STREET LAW- March 14, 2006

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  1. Let’s Get Started! STREET LAW- March 14, 2006 Explain what you think is going on in this picture?

  2. March 14, 2006 AGENDA~ • Class Survey Results • National Survey Results • Movie Part III • A little history • Book Activity- if time permits • Your Mission

  3. Survey Results From the survey taken in this class on March 9, 2006

  4. 1. Have you ever felt concerned by gangs or gang violence in your community? 32% of Students said Yes 68 % of Students said No

  5. 2. Have you ever been threatened by gangs? 4% of Students said Yes 96% of Students said No

  6. 3. Have you ever been a member of a gang? 4% of Students said Yes 96% of Students said No

  7. 4. Have you ever been initiated? 12 % of Students said Yes 84% of Students said No

  8. 5. Do you know any gang members? 44% of Students said No 56% of Students said Yes

  9. 6. Do you have any friends that are gang members? 36% of Students said Yes 64% of Students said No

  10. 7. Are any members of your family gang members? 12% of Students said Yes 88% of Students said No

  11. 8. Have you ever spent time with gang members? 32% of Students said Yes 68% of Students said No

  12. 9. Have you ever been approached to join a gang? 12% of Students said Yes 88% of Students said No

  13. 10. Have you ever considered joining a gang? 12% of Students said Yes 88% of Students said No

  14. 11. Have you ever been concerned about how to stay out, or get out, of a gang? 24% of Students said Yes 76% of Students said No

  15. 12. Do you know anyone who has been hurt of killed by gang violence? 44% of Students said Yes 56% of Students said No

  16. 13. Has anyone close to you been hurt or killed by gang violence? 24% of Students said Yes 76% of Students said No

  17. National Youth Gang Survey http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/fs200401.pdf • What four groups of people contributed to this survey? • How does this survey define youth gangs? Look at the graph: • Where do you think Roanoke would fit in on this graph? • What does the graph say about the trend of gang problems in the US? • How many gangs were active in the US in 2002? • What amounts of homicides are related to gang violence?

  18. Movie Time! Part III (you know you love the music!) During the movie take note of the different suggestions the movie gives for things to do instead of being in a gang, or how to get out of a gang

  19. A little history… (you may want to take notes, hint-hint) • Gangs have been around for a very long time- just think of Pirates • Originally gangs were considered to be a loosely organized group of individuals who collaborate together for social reasons. • What kind of social reasons would gangs join together? • Today gangs are generally considered to be an organized group of people engaged in criminal activity • Satellite gangs- process of young gang members moving to new areas and taking the gang culture with them and recruiting new members for their gang

  20. Gangs in the 1700s • The earliest American gangs were loose affiliations of young, desperately poor "hooligans," who were often the orphaned and/or jobless children of the underclass.  • Mainly comprised of poor youths who banded together for protection from authorities, and to share resources such as food, money, alcohol, sex, and street knowledge.

  21. Gangs in the 1800s • Organized ethnic gangs were formed • Known as Mafia • small factions of recent immigrants such as Jews and Italians, formed such gang to promote their common interests • played a quasi-governmental function in their neighborhoods; imposing rules and order, directing economies, and negotiating with other government entities.  • Often they functioned as imaginary kinship networks, adopting the loyalties, feuds, and support systems of family.  • provided a measure of self-control, stability, and justice to marginalized groups who otherwise suffered from discrimination.  • At their worst, mafia were violent terrorists, extorting money from businesses and government, and torturing or murdering opponents

  22. The Roach Guards- 1800s • An Irish Street Gang in New York in the early 1800s. • Originally formed to protect New York’s liquor merchants (Social Reason) • Committed robberies and murders • Fought against their rivals- the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits • Fights were known as “Slugger Battles” • By the end of the civil war (1865) the Roach Guards had disappeared entirely

  23. Bowery Boys- 1800s • An anti-Immigrant and anti-Catholic gang from New York • Made up of mostly single men who dressed in stovepipe hats, red shirts, black flared trousers, high-heeled calfskin boots, and black vests with oil-slicked hair. • Fought the Dead Rabbits or the Plug Uglies • Associate with the Republican party, and other political parties

  24. Dead Rabbits • Gang from New York mainly in operation in the 1850s • The word “Rabbit” is the phonetic spelling of the Irish word Ráibéad, a big hulking fellow. “Dead” is a slag term meaning “very” Therefore “Dead Ráibéad” means a “very big lug” • Wore a red strip on their pants and many carried a dead rabbit on a spike • Associated with the Democratic party, and other political parties

  25. Gangs in the early 1900s • In the 1900s, mafia and gangs fought against the prohibition amendment to the Constitution • become major players in the distribution of the highly popular, valuable, and illegal commodity • Crime bosses & Gangsters came to power • Al Capone (1899-1947) • Baby Face Nelson • Machine Gun Kelly • Bill the Butcher

  26. Thugs • From the word Thuggee meaning: to conceal, mainly applied to fraudulent concealment • was an Indian cult sometimes described as the world's first mafia • operated from the 13th through 19th centuries • whose members were known as Thugs

  27. Punk • Meaning a "worthless person" (especially a young hoodlum) • In 1917, a punk kid was considered to be a "criminal's apprentice" • Origionally meant "prostitute, harlot, strumpet”- shifted to be a homosexual connentation • In the 1920s it meant a young inexperienced boy • In the 1970s it was popularized to mean a young criminal

  28. Crib • In the 1800s was thieves’ slang for “dwelling house” • Originally meant a childs bed with barred sides

  29. Choose someone to partner up with Read pages 82-84 and answer the questions on page 84.

  30. For Next Monday (March 20) • Your mission, should you choose to accept it (and you better accept it if you want EXTRA CREDIT) is to: • Find an article about something gang related ( a specific gang, gang activity, ect.) • Write a summary of the article, make sure you include the date the article was published and the source you got it from. • Attach the article to the summary you have written • Be prepared to share your article next class. • Both the article and the summaries will be collected

  31. On Thursday…. • Officer Burke should be here • Be prepared to ask any questions you have about gangs! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!

  32. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Rabbits

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