CRJU 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Zoot Suit, Immigration Act Of 1924, Crack Epidemic

• School: USC, SC, Carolina, South Carolina
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJU 323
• Professor: Leslie Wiser

Document Summary

Crju 323 day 24 gangs and gang violence 11/13/17. History: four distinct periods, each were periods of social transitions. Later italian: faced difficulty getting work, later, urbanization opened doors for unskilled labor, 1920s, prohibition, 1924 congress passes national origins act restricting immigration from southern and. Influx of mexicans to perform farm workers and housekeeping jobs: poverty forced them to downtown la and east la neighborhoods, youth identified with specific neighborhoods, or barrios, latinos were marginalized. In 1940s during the war years latinos imitated the wearing of zoot suits associated with black, urban youth: during war fabric was rationed, so wearing a zoot suit was considered unpatriotic, 1980s. Us doj and homeland security definition: three or more individuals, group identity and create and atmosphere of fear or intimidation, purpose is to engage in criminal activity and violence for intimidation. I(cid:374)te(cid:374)t to e(cid:374)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:396) p(cid:396)ese(cid:396)(cid:448)e the asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374)"s po(cid:449)e(cid:396), (cid:396)eputatio(cid:374) o(cid:396) e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es.