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Internet Banging: Gangs Use Social Media to Trade Insults, Threats

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2013Culture, Technologycrimes, desmond patton, dirk butler, Facebook, gang members, gangs, hip hop music, homicide, insults, internet banging, male dominated behaviour, phenomenon, public forum, robert eschmann, social media, social media behaviour, threats, Twitter, university of chicago, university of michigan, urban masculinity, urban youth, violence, voice, YouTube

ANN ARBOR — Gangs now occupy two spaces: the streets and the Internet.

A new University of Michigan study reports that, in addition to carrying guns, gang members have armed themselves with social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to incite dares, trade insults or make threats that may result in homicide or other crimes.

Researchers have described this new interaction as “Internet banging.” They examine several factors, including the role of hip-hop music in this phenomenon and urban masculinity’s influence on social media behavior. (more…)

At Kartemquin Film Screening, ‘Interrupters’ Speak About Stopping Violence

By Guest PostDecember 14, 2011Culture, Generalalex kotlowitz, ceasefire, Chicago, conflict resolution, documentary, footsteps, gangs, gary slutkin, graduations, kartemquin films, prison, ricardo cobe williams, troubled past, uchicago t shirts, ulysses floyd, violence, violence interrupter, violent crimes, woodlawn

Ricardo “Cobe” Williams isn’t shy about admitting his troubled past.

“For most of my life, I was part of the problem,” Williams told a group of students in the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH) last month.

But Williams, who spent a combined 13-and- a-half years in prison, has dedicated his life to preventing others from following in his footsteps. (more…)

Boy ohh Boy, and your ‘Warrior gene’

By ShamsJune 22, 20092 commentsSciencebiosocial, criminologist, florida state university, florida state’s college of criminology and criminal jus, gangs, gangsters, gene, Kevin m. beaver, maoa, monoamine oxidase a, variants, warrior gene, x-chromosome, y-chromosome

You read it good. The English word ‘Warrior’ is someway, all the way, related to some kind of ‘fighting’. And those who are now attributed to this ‘Warrior’ group are boys.

But who are these boys. 😉

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Internet Banging: Gangs Use Social Media to Trade Insults, Threats

At Kartemquin Film Screening, ‘Interrupters’ Speak About Stopping Violence

Boy ohh Boy, and your ‘Warrior gene’