Definitions
Gang
A group of individuals with a recognized name and symbols that engage in continuous unlawful activity.
Drug gangs
Smaller than other gangs, focused on the drugs and has centralized leadership with market-defined roles.
A prescribed form of religious or mystical ceremony.
What is ritual?
Some tattoos indicate __ within a gang.
Swarming
When an entire gang or a large portion of it participates in illegal activity.
Cultural gangs
Neighborhood centered and exist independently of criminal activity.
A verbal spell is?
What is incantation?
What are the three R's involved in gang culture?
What is reputation, respect, and revenge?
Graffiti
Called “throwing a placa.” Other gangs may challenge the turf claim by writing over or crossing out the graffiti and replacing it with their own.
Hedonistic/social gangs
Involved mainly in using drugs and having a good time; little involvement in crime, especially violent crime.
Secret knowledge of supernormal powers
What is occult?
T or F: Many Gangs have direct association with domestic terrorist organization.
False; only some gangs
Turf
The geographic area that gang members will defend to the death, controlled through fear, intimidation, and violence.
Predatory gangs
Heavily involved in serious crimes (robberies, muggings) and the abuse of addictive drugs such as crack cocaine; sell drugs but not organized
The “glue” that binds occult groups, a supernatural act or force that causes a change in the environment
What is magick?
What is a type of female gang involvement based on the PP?
Membership in independent female gangs
Membership in male gangs as coeds
Membership in female auxiliaries of male gangs
Moniker
Is the name gang members use among their peers and often during the commission of crimes.
Scavenger gangs
Described as “urban survivors”; prey on the weak in inner cities; engage in petty crimes but sometimes violence for fun; members have no greater bond than their impulsiveness and need to belong; low achievers
What is an investigative challenge of determining ritualistic crimes?
Determining religious motivation vs. hate/bias
Separating belief system from illegal acts
Dealing with sensationalism
Working with "abnormal" personalities
Gangs increasingly associate with organized crime entities like?
What is...
Mexican drug organizations
Asian criminal groups
Russian organized crime groups.