16. Culture poverty and class dictate the kind of gang a girl would join
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true
17. Female emotional bonds are stronger than male emotional bonds in gangs
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true
18. Street gangs are more powerful than prison gangs
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false
19. Prison gangs account for a disproportionate amount of the violence in prison
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true
20. Sex is a currency in prison gangs
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true
21. The Bloods and Crips were the first to use the colors red and blue
false
22. A mexican mafia member can leave his gang any time he wants
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false
23. In america female gang members are over 10% of the total gang population
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false
24. In the US there are no gay or lesbian street gangs
false
25. Ecstasy is commonly used at party crew parties
true
26. Being on the green light list is a good thing
false
27. Children are left out of the gang culture
false
28. The mexican mafia has an alliance with AB (the Aryan Brotherhood)
true
29. Females can get addicted to drugs easier than males
true
30. After the 1970s schools were off limits to street gangs
false
Disruptive group is considered a prison gang in california
Ch 15: Tagger crews
`71-74 “pioneering era”
3 types of graffti
1.
Political grafitti
2.
Gang grafitti
3.
Tagger graffiti
85-89
“Die hard”
Spreads wrldwide intrest
Mid to late 90s starting to be kown as artists “pieces”
Style Wars
furst film to doc street life for taggers
Spread to west coast
Probably 100,000 taggers
2000
Becoming socially legitimized, linux commercial
Internet helps global
Atari makes graf game
Be a member of a gang or be a member of a tagger crew
People write for:
Respect
Fame
To mark turf
Most tags are 3-5 letters long
Dont need crew loyalty can belong to multiple
Color of paint no sig
Try not to respond with violence but will if attacked or if fel needed
Battles
For tag names
Used to be used in lieu of gang battles
Winners either get spray paint, have to adopt new name or become part of winning crew
Sometimes have used guns
Most under 18
“Motions” graf on railroad cars=exposure
Gang influence
For gangs graf=communication
Street gangs would jump in tagger crews
Membership levels
Wanna be a piecer
Work in “heavens” hella high
Activity
Bombing runs
Racking paint
Tag banging
2 things that formed tag banging crews
Intense rivalries needed to start protecting themselves
Ex gang members didnt want to give up street life so joined tagging crews
Coed and female crews exist sometimes females outag males
K=king
Q=queen
Zines
Magazine graf+hip hop
11-28 age
Some join to avoid gang life
Carry gun for protection “everyone has one”
“Daredevil tagging” places hard to get to
Initiation-get up in a certain loctaion
PARTY CREWS POSSES AND CLUBS
1980s
Small in number and membership
1990s
Division over use of guns and violence in tagger crews
Few stick to orig philosophy
Tag bangers added gang aspects
Party crews same shit as tagger crews in terms of orig alternative
E hella big
2000s
Fullerton flyer party 2 innocnts shot bc gang members “disrescpected”
Surge in pop 2000-2004
Internet international
