La division Gang & Narcotics (GND) du LAPD utilise une stratégie révolutionnaire et collaborative d'application de la loi pour lutter contre la violence des gangs, le trafic d'armes à feu et la fabrication, le transport, la vente et l'utilisation de drogues illicites.

Jul 15, 2002 · This cross-cultural study of Los Angeles gangs identifies the social and economic factors that lead to gang membership and underscores their commonality across four ethnic groups—Chicano, African American, Vietnamese, and Salvadorian.

Sep 6, 2005 · The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new introduction by the author.

Mar 6, 2012 · Jumped In tells the story of the gangs of Los Angeles in the words of the gang members themselves as well as the people who interact with them on a daily basis--trying to arrest them, control them, and help them.

213 THE GANG PROJECT is a powerful, moving film that dramatically captures the highs and horrors of Los Angeles' infamous Gang culture -- Black, White and Brown -- behind prison bars and in the streets of L.A.

Jan 8, 2013 · When Jorja Leap began studying Los Angeles gang violence in 2002, she encountered a myriad of proposed solutions to the seemingly intractable “gang problem” and set out to discover what was really going on.

Drawing on many years of experience in the barrios as a youth worker, high school teacher, and researcher, Vigil identifies the elements from which gangs spring: isolation from the dominant culture, poverty, family stress and crowded households, peer pressure, and the adolescent struggle for self-identity.

Oct 1, 2015 · Cholo writing originally constitues the handstyle created by the Latino gangs in Los Angeles. It is probably the oldest form of the graffiti of names in the 20th century, with its own aesthetic, evident long before the East Coast appearance and the explosion in the early 1970s in Philadelphia and New York.

Une unité de lutte contre les gangs (gang unit) au sein d'une force de police est spécifiquement dédiée à la prévention, à la surveillance et à la répression des activités liées aux gangs.

Dec 1, 2007 · After pumping eight blasts from a sawed-off shotgun at a group of rival gang members, twelve-year-old Kody Scott was initiated into the L.A. gang the Crips. He quickly matured into one of the most formidable Crip combat soldiers, earning the name “Monster” for committing acts of brutal violence that repulsed even his fellow gang members.