Criminal Investigation Week 7 Assignment 1

Gang Study

Background Information

Select one of the criminal gangs listed below and conduct research pertaining to the organization. 

Outline the history of the gang, their geographical location of operations, their primary criminal activities, their membership qualifications, any identifying marks, signs, patches, “colors” or tattoos they typically display and a description of the gang’s most notorious criminal act.  

Finally outline what steps, based on this week’s studies, you would take as a law enforcement official in the gang’s area of operation to control the gang you chose.

 Bloods

 Mara Salvatrucha (aka MS-13)

 18th Street Gang

 Mongols

 Nuestra Familia

 Mexican Mafia

 Sicilian Cosa Nostra (Mafia)

 Aryan Brotherhood

 The Latin Kings

 Hells Angels

 Crips

 Pagans

 Outlaws

 Bandidos

 White Power Skinhead 

 Hammerskins 

 Instructions

This document should simulate a gang file as described in this weeks textbook chapters.  
This report must be at least 3 pages of written text.