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They are called gangs, street gangs, prison gangs, youth gangs, sets, nations, cliques, and posses.

 

Identifying Criminal Street Gangs

and

Gang Members

Where do we find street gangs???  How do you identify gangs and gang members???  What is a prison gang???  How is a prison gang different from a street gang???

Gangs OR Us provides the answers to all of these questions and more.

  Where do we find gangs?

Odds are that you have criminal street gangs in your community, your schools, and your work places.   Your jails and prisons almost certainly have prison gangs and probably street gang members who have been incarcerated and  have not yet joined a prison gang. Also, gangs are becoming a problem within our armed forces and they are receiving military training.  And finally, perhaps, you have gang members living in your own home and you do not recognize the problem. 

The picture below illustrates the problem in our schools.

Wannabes - I suggest that you eliminate this term from your vocabulary

“We don't have gangs in our community” is a phrase that is too often uttered by the city fathers, the police, the chamber of commerce or the tourist bureau in many communities. This is often followed by, "All we have are a bunch of wannabes."  By calling gangs and gang members "wannabes", a community is telling its citizens that it has nothing to worry about. 

The inference here is that since the gangs in your community  didn't originate in Los Angeles or Chicago, they are not the dangerous gangs of New York, the Chicago street gangs or the Los Angeles street gangs - therefore, they aren't real gangs. Nothing could be further from the truth. If a group of youths in your community have banned together and call themselves by a particular name, whether the name is a local street, a local neighborhood, or the Bloods, Piru Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, Mara Salvatrucha, or Gangster Disciples, and if they use signs, symbols and or colors; and if they are committing crimes; they are a gang regardless of what members of the community say.

Gang Identification

It is also easy to understand how parents fail to recognize the gang identifiers, such as graffiti, signs and symbols, tattoos, or particular styles of clothing, worn or used by their son or daughter. How does this happen?  They simply do not take the time to become aware.

Gangs OR Us offers complete gang identification information and training for law enforcement, corrections, Corporate America and educators.  We also offer community awareness programs to interested citizen groups and other organizations.  Topics offered might include information about street gangs, prison gangs, female gangs, gang clothing, colors, graffiti, hand signs, signs and symbols, tattoos, gang rivalries, and alliances.

Why is it important for individuals to become aware?

For those who become aware, It is extremely important to realize and understand that not everyone who wears a particular color, or who has a tattoo, is a gang member.  Bloods wear red, Crips wear blue.  Today's youth, just like the youth of past generations, like to be "faddish."  To some, wearing colors and sagging pants is cool.

Our Goal - To Provide You With Basic Gang Identification Methods

Since 1999, the goal of Gangs OR Us has been to provide law enforcement and corrections personnel, parents, teachers, Corporate America and concerned citizens, the assistance and knowledge necessary to determine if street gangs or prison gangs are in your community or your state's prison and jail facilities.  Most importantly, this web site and our other web sites, Teachers Against Gangs and Students Against Gangs will assist those who lack the awareness to recognize the fact that a son or daughter, who may also be a student is practicing the gang culture in the home or school.

 

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