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Headings: RecognizetheSigns
RecognizetheSigns

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NJ
 
OFFICE
 
OF
 
THE
 
ATTORNEY
 
GENERAL
 
•
 
JUVENILE
 
JUSTICE
 
COMMISSION

For
 
more
 
information,
 
please
 
contact
 
a
 
member
 
of
 
the

JJC’s
 
Gang
 
Management
 
Unit:

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MS
 
13

La
 
Mara
 
Salvatrucha

What
 
can
 
parents
 
do
to
 
prevent
 
their
children
 
from
joining
 
a
 
gang?

NJ
 
Office
 
of
 
the
 
Attorney
 
General
Juvenile
 
Justice
 
Commission
Gang
 
Management
 
Unit


Content: Security,
 
protection
 
and
 
a
 
sense
 
of
belonging
Lack
 
of
 
family,
 
community,
 
or
 
youth
support
 
system
 
(too
 
much
 
unsupervised
time)
Sense
 
of
 
status
 
or
 
respect
Living
 
in
 
a
 
gang
 
infested
 
community
 
or
having
 
family
 
members
 
in
 
a
 
gang
Low
 
self-esteem
gang

Why
 
do
 
kids
 
join
gangs? Each
 
case
 
is
 
individual,
 
but
 
some
 
reasons
include: Security,
 
protection
 
and
 
a
 
sense
 
of
belonging
Lack
 
of
 
family,
 
community,
 
or
 
youth
support
 
system
 
(too
 
much
 
unsupervised
time)
Sense
 
of
 
status
 
or
 
respect
Living
 
in
 
a
 
gang
 
infested
 
community
 
or
having
 
family
 
members
 
in
 
a
 
gang
Low
 
self-esteem


Financial
 
opportunities
 
(i.e.
 
profits
from
 
drug
 
distribution
 
and
 
other
 
illegal
activities)
Peer
 
pressure
Thrill
 
seeking
Media
 
glorifying
 
violence

Financial
 
opportunities
 
(i.e.
 
profits
from
 
drug
 
distribution
 
and
 
other
 
illegal
activities)
Peer
 
pressure
Thrill
 
seeking
Media
 
glorifying
 
violence

bloods
Originally
 
from
 
Los
 
Angeles,
 
the
 
Bloods
 
are
one
 
of
 
the
 
largest
 
associations
 
of
 
street
 
gangs
in
 
the
 
United
 
States. These
 
extremely
 
vio-
lent
 
and
 
aggressive
 
street
 
gangs,
 
referred
 
to
as
 
sets,
 
have
 
adopted
 
a
 
common
 
gang
 
phi-
losophy. Members
 
use
 
violence
 
to
 
protect
and
 
expand
 
their
 
drug
 
distribution. The
 
sets
share
 
a
 
comprehensive
 
philosophy,
 
ex-
pressed
 
in
 
an
 
oath,
 
a
 
prayer,
 
a
 
song,
 
a
 
motto,
a
 
concept
 
of
 
war,
 
and
 
31
 
common
 
rules
 
in-
cluding
 
an
 
Initiation,
 
where
 
a
 
new
 
member
must
 
withstand
 
31
 
seconds
 
of
 
beating
 
or
sexual
 
relations. blood
 
phrases
Blatt
 
Blatt
 
Greetings: “What
 
dat
 
red
 
be
 
like?” Refered
 
to
 
each
 
other
 
as
 
dogs
 
DAMU
 
=
 
Brother/Blood
 
DAMUETTE
 
=
 
Sister
 
Bloodettes
 
Ruby
 
Red
 
Blood
 
Love
 
What’s
 
popping? blood
 
identifiers
Colors
 
red,
 
black,
 
brown
 
and
 
pink
B’s
 
up
 
(
      
K
B
 
),
 
C’s
 
Down
 
(
     
C
)
MOB
 
=
 
Member
 
of
 
Bloods
L
Dog
 
paws
 
made
 
up
 
of
 
three
 
dots
CK
 
Crip
 
Killa
031
 
/
 
021
Red,
 
black,
 
brown
 
or
 
pink
 
bandanas
and
 
wave
 
caps
crips
Originally
 
from
 
Los
 
Angeles,
 
the
 
Crips
 
are
an
 
organization
 
of
 
aggressive
 
and
 
brutal
gang
 
members
 
who
 
are
 
heavily
 
involved
 
in
the
 
drug
 
trade.