UC Irvine Relationship Between Guns and Street Gangs Paper 1.What makes a “prison gang” different from a street gang or a disruptive group? Discuss how/why

UC Irvine Relationship Between Guns and Street Gangs Paper 1.What makes a “prison gang” different from a street gang or a disruptive group? Discuss how/why the Mexican Mafia emerged as the first U.S. prison gang and how they have evolved since the 1960’s. Who are La Eme’s main allies and rivals? Finally, what is the relationship between La Eme and the Sureños, and what influence does the Mexican Mafia continue to exert today? .2.What is the relationship between guns, street gangs, and drug trafficking organizations? Why do you think guns are such a significant part of the gang culture? What value does a gun have for a gang member? Explain why and how violence can change a person, from all three of the perspectives: victim, witness, and perpetrator.As an online course, students cannot physically hand in assignments, so they are required to participate in the Forums. Check the discussion forums each week to see the topics. For each week, students must choose one FORUM question to answer and post once: the post is due on that week’s Thursday by 11:30pm PDT. The post must consist of a short-essay with course citations and be a minimum of 6-8 FULL paragraphs long. Each full post is worth 20 points, short posts (short paragraphs-ones with a few sentences) will be worth 5 to 10 points. EACH WEEKS FORUM POST IS WORTH a total of 20 POINTS, for a total of 100 points (17% of your grade). POST your forum response on the class web site AND email a copy of your posts directly to your group leader, see above for details!!! If you do not email your posts to your group leader on time you will not receive credit for them.Students should respond to one of the topics presented for each week. Posts should reflect well-thought-out, intelligent points of discussion and thinking/analytical skills are required. You must provide answers that represent upper-division-level work. Make sure that your ideas relate to the subject at hand and include properly cited information taken from the course materials, lectures or text! (APA/MLA). Opinions matter, but posts should draw from, and properly cite, the course materials too. Students must apply what they learned to their posts in order to support arguments, offer examples, or provide statistical facts. Please cite materials you quote, and refrain from (or at least be very careful) when using any outside sources. A lot of information on the internet is inaccurate, and we do not want to confuse or misinform others.