CJ 3074 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: 18Th Street Gang, Almighty Vice Lord Nation, Roman Numerals
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Cross or 3 dots in a triangle tattooed on hand between thumb and fore- nger: me vida loco (3 dots) Use the comedy masks with half happy face and half sad face: south-east asian gangs. A lot say the name of the gang in old english lettering. Just numbers but no hands: have done time in prison. If hands, the time that it"s telling is signi cant: 3:05 or 1:15 (hands on 1 and 3 for. One tombstone for each year in prison and may have years: displaying tattoos can be risky when running into rival gang members. Signi cant for prison gangs: people join gangs in prison for protection - being able to survive often depends on ability to join a gang; street gangs often have branches in a prison; Supergangs (arian brotherhood and ms13) have chapters within prisons because so many member incarcerated together: prison gangs are not ethnically diverse at all.
