Gangs Research Project Guidelines
Basic information:
Name of prison gang
Primary members (race, ethnicity, gender, etc.)
Primary location
Early information:
In which area did they begin (United States, outside of United States, which state, which prison)
Year, or frame of years they developed
Why did they develop? (protection, status, control, etc.)
If available, how did they develop/form?
Facts:
Outside community relevance
Communication or affiliation with street gangs
Membership status (blood in-blood out mentality?)
Allies or major enemies if any
Main source of criminal activity
Outside accomplices if any
You can make this project using any visual representation you are comfortable with. This includes poster boards, trifolds, powerpoint presentations, google slides, or any other format you are comfortable using.
Use the free online citation creators below to generate and save citations for all types of sources.
Wikipedia is a great starting point for researching specific gangs Use the links at the bottom of the gang's Wikipedia page to find more websites about the gang.
The password is cran_log
Gale in Context includes content from full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files. Use this database to search for information about people, places, events, and other topics. This is a good all-purpose database.
Use Explora for Secondary Schools to find high-quality information licensed from reputable publishers and selected for use in a school environment. Provided by AskRI.org
