CJ 3074 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Folk Nation, Almighty Vice Lord Nation, Crack Cocaine
Document Summary
Identi ed 47 gangs present in cincinnati in 1996: regional gangs: 2 identi ed; national gangs: 6 identi ed, total members about 500. 1988 - street corner unit formed (spike in homicides and violent crimes, etc. ) Folk nation: in chicago; est. in 1970 by david farksdale; kind david ambushed, shot and killed; people get tattoos and use graf ti of star of david . People"s nation: made to combat folk nation; 5 pointed star. Crips: formed to combat bloods; formed in a high school. Gang identi cation cincinnati 1996: folk nation. People"s nation: insane ma a, conservation vice lords, red devil piru (national ties) Tot lot (one of biggest gangs in cincinnati) Cincinnati 2009: taliband: controlled north side; 15 indictments. Gang structure and operations: assaults, robberies, etc, weapons con scated: guns mostly, heroin - used to get cut to stretch amount but now there"s so much that aren"t cutting and that is causing overdose.
