1. Teenage Gang Affiliation By: Matt Tran, Tori Mitchell, Stephanie Vazquez, and Neia Knox

2. Why do teenagers join gangs? Teenagers join gangs because: Lack of parents Lack of discipline Easy money (sell drugs for the gangs) to buy nice clothes or help out at home Respect and power Gang = Family Attention and care Parties, girls and drugs Protection

3. Gangs in Oklahoma Westside 90's Crips Hard Hoova Crips Shotgun Crips Playboy Gangsta Crips Rollin 60 Crips Murder 1 Culver City Cruiser Southtown Barrio Rollin 20's Crips 24K Crips Prince Hall Village Outlaw 30's Bloods 456 Piru Blood Juarito's South Side Loco's Etc. (At least 30 others)

4. What gang members wear Boys wear: Oversized jackets Oversized shirts Pants worn low (sagging) Clothing a mixture of their gang's colors Tattoos Arms, chest, belly, neck, forearms Normally of numbers, names, and images

5. Recruiting Ages: all ages, but typically 12-40 Gender: typically male Females: associates Carry weapons/drugs Prostitution, assaults, larcenies Sexed in Race: all races regardless of gang name Bloods and Crips take Caucasion, Hispanic, and Asian Youths Social status: low economic status some middle/upper class Education: low Gang members look for "wanna be" gang members

6. Recruiting (cont.) Where: Motorcycle rallies Flea markets School grounds Church grounds

7. Graffiti

8. Communication between members

9. Rankings (ie. Crips) From lowest to highest T.G. (Tiny Gangster) B.G. (Baby Gangster) O.G. (Original Gangster) O.O.G. (Double O.G.) O.O.O.G. (Triple O.G.)

10. The Fights Works Cited Clothing & Hand Signs. 2006. Photograph. Clothing & Hand Signs. Web. <http://clarksvillesecure.net/awareness/for-parents/clothing/>.

11. How teens may get out of gangs If they tell their gang: May be beaten or killed How they may do it by themselves: Dress down Slowly stop hanging out with gang members Stop talking like a gangster Get involved in the community (Youth Groups) Parents get more involved

12. Teen Gang Prevention