Chapter 12

Question 1

Australian Gangs

Answer 1

-Is largely an immigrant society similar to the US
-Has an us vs. them mentality
~Due to who populated the country first
- History of violence and a place for refugees
-Importing people against their will to help run certain areas, such as how to maintain camels

• Latin American Gangs
  ~MS 13
  *Heavily in sales and importations
  *Contract murders
  *100,000 members worldwide
  *Rival Barrio 18
  ~Barrio 18

~El Salvidor 2004 separated the two gangs, one in one prison and the other in a different prison

-Asian Gangs
~5T
*John Newman said that they needed to be controlled, and the gang ended up murdering him in front of his house with the girlfriend around
*Start importing heroin (purest strain) for a lower price, mostly from Afghanistan
**The number of heroin and ODs skyrockets due to the influx of product

~Four Aces
~Madonas Mob

*Asian gangs were running
**Prostitution
**Illegal gambling rooms
**Thing that the public wanted

-Middle Eastern Gangs
~Once they stopped using camels, they started nightclubs
~Car theft
~Car Rams
*Running into businesses to steal their product
~1990s drive-by shootings
*Started getting involved in shootings with the police

-Biker Gangs
~They started creating clubs and did not know there was another group until they clashed over turf

~Bandidos
*Established 45 chapters in Australia with 250-400 members
*Recruiting from other ethnic groups to anyone not just Mexican American
*They would badge other groups over

~Coffin Cheaters
*200-300 members
*Rural areas

~Commencherios 1960-1970s
*Has beef with Bandidos and Coffin Cheaters
*They had first rights similar to the Outlaw Nation and Hells Angels

~Diasthr (The last hour)
*Started in the western part of Sydney
*The leader is going to the courthouse and a rival group shoots him in the head (but it does not kill him)
*Payback is ten times over from what was done to them

~Finks (Mongols)
* Badge over with the Mongols
**They don’t always get along with the Mongols due to their rules

~Gypsys Jokers
*200-300 members

~Hells Angels
*150-200 members
*Bottom rocker has Nomad
**Nomads were not thrilled with the bottom rockers

~Nomads
*Older club, but small illegal activities

~Notorious (Middle Eastern)
*Formed alliances with island nations around Australia
**Brings them in to badge them over to make people more afraid of them
Leos decided to step in and parted out part of the group
**The gang disappeared due to putting the key players in prisons
**NO longer exists

~Rebels
*29 chapters largest MC 2,000 members
*Alex Vella (founder) was a boxer and became popular
*They are not the most problematic group in Australia

-Middle Eastern

Answer 2

-Guiso
~Cartel put a person in a stock pot and turns into a human stew
*Cartel take him to the US instead of turning him into Guiso
**Ghost gun runner

-Desistance
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~Life Corse Theory
Study Criminality
**Over multiple generations
Birth-Death impacts
*Three Factors
**On Set
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**Continuity
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Desistance
What caused the person to leave the gang?
****Transitions
**Relationships
**Military
**Social control network
**Strains on the relationships
**Decision making shifts
**Made contingent upon your job
**Available time
**“Realization”
**Like the new lifestyle
***Observing friends who did not leave the gang