| Gang Awareness and Information (Anti-gang) |
Gang-related (Pro-gang) 09/21/2006 ~ We have removed all links to actual gang sites, gang member sites and other pro-gang on-line information. We have, however, retained the original text in an effort to raise awareness as to the availability of pro-gang information that exists on the Internet. The links remain available to interested parties upon request. Requests will be verified. Please send email to ganginfo@rlcw.org. |
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| Gang Alert -- 19th Judicial Circuit Court for Mchenry and Lake Counties (IL) -- Good LOCAL information | THE Latin Kings (ALKQN) gang web site |
| Gang Awareness 19th Judicial Circuit Court for Mchenry and Lake Counties (IL) -- More LOCAL information |
Complete with pictures, websites, links, etc. posted by Latin Kings. |
| Lake County Illinois Juvenile Justice Council Gang Information | A Latin Kings Web Site |
| Gangs Or Us (Excellent information!) | Homepage of a Latin Queen |
| Excellent and comprehensive gang information from the Florida Department of Corrections | Amor De Rey A Latin King's Myspace page |
| Gang Research Information from gangresearch.net | Latin King gang Member "HyPnOtIzEd_MiNdZ" Xanga profile |
| Chicago Mobs (Gangs) Main Page Folks and People (chicagomobs.org) | Latin King "Chicago king" Xanga profile |
| Chicago/Chicago area & Northern Illinois Gangs (chicagogangs.org) | Latin King "Jok3r" from Woodstock IL Myspace (17 years old)" |
| Midwest Gangs (Information website) | Latin King "ChitownTHUG_0607" Xanga profile (15 years old) |
| Chicagoland Gangs -- Some good information on clothes/colors, symbols, etc. | Latin King "Eddy" (Chicago) MySpace profile (15 years old) |
| Knowgangs.com Gang Expert Group (Excellent!) | Latin King "King_Mklo_Adr" (Dekalb Illinois) Xanga profile |
| City of Joliet (IL) Gang Information Pages | Latin King "J_Town5_Krown_Reppin" (Joliet? Illinois) Xanga profile |
| Great Lakes International Gang Investigators Coalition | Latin King "5alex6" (Joliet Illinois) Bebo profile (15 years old) |
| A Parent's Guide to Gangland (From Decatur IL) | Latin Queen "LocaMorena15" From Joliet Illinois Xanga profile |
| Will County Gang Suppression Unit (More information...) | Latin Queen "Sexi_lil_mexi5" From Quad Cities IL (15 Years old) |
| Madison Wisconsin gang Information about People and Folks | 13s (Sur/Sureno 13/Sur X3) Web site |
| Gang Information from Racine County, Wisconsin | West Side Locos X3 Web site |
| National Youth Gang Center | Norteņo Norteņos (14s or XIV) Website |
| Street Gangs (Information and links) | La Familia Por Vida... XIV TILL ETERNITY.... (14s/XIV Website |
| Street Gang Dynamics | Traviesa - A Xanga profile of a 14/Norteņo from Elgin Illinois (15 or 16 yrs old) |
| National Alliance of Gang Investigation Associations | KAO$ XIV (14s) Myspace profile |
| Latin Kings Information | Northern Wayz Magazine (XIV/14s) Note the predominant color scheme of red/black |
| History of the Latin Kings (ALKQN) | Homeboyrap.com (XIV/14s rap web site) |
| Info about Bloods and others | Surenorap.com (X3/13s rap web site) |
| WestSide Crip -- More Gang Information | Chicago Gang Gaylords Website |
| Orange County Florida Parent/Teacher's Guide to Gang Recognition (PDF/Adobe format) | |
| National Gang Crime Research Center | |
| Some Questions and Answers about Gangs | |
| Some good information from New Jersey | |
| Gang Symbols (Also from N.J.) | |
| Graffiti.org Photos/images of graffiti | |
| A Parent's Guide to Understanding Gangs - From Marion County Oregon | |
| Gang Information from Parents In Crisis | |
| Gang Prevention and Intervention - Best practices | |
| Know Ur Gangs (Gang information) |
We strongly suggest that persons seeking additional information about street gang activity or presence in their community contact their local police department or city hall! (Through a non-emergency phone number if one exists...)
| Other Useful Resources | Gangs in the News |
| Rap Dictionary - Helpful to understand what your teenager is saying... | Chicago Gangs in Iraq! |
| Urban Dictionary - More slang here... | Street Gangs on the Net (A Newsweek article) |
| Online Slang Dictionary (Berkeley 2003) | Gangs in Wisconsin - On the Reservation |
| Street Slang - Yet another resource... | Street Gangs: A Multidimensional Threat |
| Chicago Tribune Report: Gangs moving to suburbs (06/19/2006) | |
| Suggested Search Words for Gang Information | Another recent Chicago Tribune Article |
| Recent Woodstock Independent article |