CRJU 30923 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: List Of Auto Parts, Prison Officer, Methamphetamine
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Prison gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs, & street gangs. Discuss the history and emergence of prison gangs and the transnationals. Prisons gangs are a functional adaptation to the inmate subculture (gangs work for prisoners, they provide for prisoners, they are functional; make it easier for inmates to live) Left with a wide spread problem since the 70s of prison gangs they have risen to the level of true organized crime . Discuss the organization, lifestyle, leadership, and economy of prison gangs. Leadership is defined by a variety of ways: physical or intellectual; biggest and smartest guy, may be a matter of seniority, may be a matter of election (transnationals) Issue = the 14th amendment (equal protection under the law: supreme court held that everybody within an institution has to have equal access to everything that the institution has to offer. Idea is to disrupt the gang/control it by taking out the leader; move the leader.
