Deal With It: The Rise of SUR 13
- When
- March 31, 2016
- Where
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University of St Thomas – Doherty Library
1100 West Main
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $5
The University of St. Thomas Friends of The Library & Criminology, Law and Society present Deal With It: The Rise of SUR 13.
Some 33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs with about 1.4 million members are criminally active in the U.S. today. Many are sophisticated and well organized; all use violence to control neighborhoods and boost their illegal money-making activities, which include homicide, robbery, drug and gun trafficking, fraud, extortion, and prostitution rings.
According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report, gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions, and up to 90 percent in others.
Dr. Roberto LaCarra, Chair, Criminology, Law and Society and gang expert, reviews the national gang problem and focuses on the rise of SUR 13, a subculture of gang and non-gang members in Southern California whose gang influence has spread throughout America’s streets, communities and prisons.
