CRM/LAW C108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Mexican Mafia, Law Enforcement Exploring, Substance Dependence
12 Nov 2016
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Crim C108 Lecture 16 Week 7 11/10/2016 9:29:00 PM
According to Mr. Lopez, why did he start committing crime and why did he
stop? (35%)
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What criminological theory do you think best explains his experiences?
Describe the theory’s main points and provide three examples from Mr.
Lopez’s experiences that fit with the theory’s propositions. (55%)
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What was one idea that you learned that was new or that surprised you?
(10%)
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BACKGROUND:
18 years of experience with California department of corrections
4 years LA county
3 years Orange county as inmate
former gang member from LA
2 strikes since 1991
He’s 48 years old
part of a statistic so small
Bachelor's in Criminal justice; honorary speaker top of class
Master's in Forensic Psychology; graduated with 3.4 GPA
Orange county department of mental health
Serves as a public defender; goes against a hospital rep (social worker)
TBZ; joined the gang when he was about 15
• 1982 went from middle school to high school; wanted to be a police
explorer
• about a week or two went by, he caught his mom having an affair
didn’t hang around the crowd (a bunch of kids he knew since elementary
played pop warner football team)
• played against different blocks (made another football team)
• football team turned into a gang (has ties with Mexican Mafia)
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2 ways to get out of a gang:
• you go to the gang and you tell them you want out; they will beat
your ass to get you out of the gang; if they don’t kill you you’re out
• earning a veteran status (OG status); did his crime; represented in
prison; as time went on, he faded out of the gang
• Jesus played a huge part in his rehabilitation
• went to prison 5 times in Orange
• 18 years state prison
• 4 years in county jail LA
• 3 years in county jail Orange County
Football games there would a good hit
• fights would evolve the football game into a gang
Football team was called the dirty dozen (18-19 people)
• The Bratz TBZ
• initiating people into the gang
The turkey bowl
• every thanksgiving they play football
Once it was on, they were on; he enjoyed the adrenaline rush and violence;
when his first homeboy was killed, that’s when it first hit him that he was in
a gang
Once that happened, it changed their whole outlook on everything; revenge,
mom’s crying, kid’s crying
started out as a football team, smoking weed, drinking, having qualifying
grades to stay on the team; accidentally
he just got tired of the drugs; crack addict for 24 years
• he would steal the gold chains and gold earrings to the dope man to
get high; righteous crack head
• got tired of the drugs before he got tired of the prison and the
violence
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• road rage gets him like crazy
• got tired of being a loser; lost his first wife
Homelife:
• 1st experience with police came at 5 years old
• dad picked him up from summer school 55 chevy; he was in
kindergarten
• hot summer day
• pulled up to driveway in Huntington Park; taken out of the car at
gunpoint crying; police were there
• his mom was not afraid of everything; knew her limits; she was a
chola
• his dad sold drugs in the 70s; he retired from GM; sold illegal
fireworks
• his mom sold lingerie; sold a bunch of stuff
• he would go with his mom to all the drug dealings
• His parents were good people (taught how to do everything); well
disciplined
• there was that dark side
• he was beat with belts
• He hasn’t hit his kids with belts
• he got yelled at a lot and he yells at his kids too
he never felt pressured to stay in the gang; it was his free will; he never
pressured anyone else
• some people have gotten pressured into it; he was there since the
beginning (10-20 people)
homeboy = someone from his neighborhood who would have his back; he
has some sissy homeboys too
Homie = loose term
the gang culture was predominant in that area that he was from
he was raised in the 70s; a lot of baby sitters who were from rival gangs
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Document Summary
According to mr. lopez, why did he start committing crime and why did he stop? (35%) Describe the theory"s main points and provide three examples from mr. Lopez"s experiences that fit with the theory"s propositions. (55%) What was one idea that you learned that was new or that surprised you? (10%) 18 years of experience with california department of corrections. 3 years orange county as inmate former gang member from la. He"s 48 years old part of a statistic so small. Bachelor"s in criminal justice; honorary speaker top of class. Master"s in forensic psychology; graduated with 3. 4 gpa. Serves as a public defender; goes against a hospital rep (social worker) Football games there would a good hit fights would evolve the football game into a gang. Football team was called the dirty dozen (18-19 people: the bratz tbz initiating people into the gang. The turkey bowl: every thanksgiving they play football.
