tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753110191080518516.post1032546229799892571..comments2023-10-30T08:01:38.790-07:00Comments on The Gangfighters Network: Flash Mobs and Street Gangs morphing into . . .?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753110191080518516.post-86841176587098364242014-03-29T13:33:50.917-07:002014-03-29T13:33:50.917-07:00Mark Leary, a professor at Duke University, likene...Mark Leary, a professor at Duke University, likened a violent flash mob to a “spontaneous street gang.” What is new is that social media makes it easier to recruit a larger group of people, he has written, including individuals who would not rob a store or riot on their own but feel freer to do so in an anonymous group. “It’s more fun to do wild things in a group than by yourself,” he said. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2014/03/28/louisville-looks-cities-lessons-flash-mobs/7030697/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753110191080518516.post-3825695416790118422014-03-29T13:32:40.945-07:002014-03-29T13:32:40.945-07:00See also an accepted submission to the Journal of ...See also an accepted submission to the Journal of Gang Research - https://www.academia.edu/1131264/Flashgangs_and_Flashgangbanging_How_can_local_police_prepareAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753110191080518516.post-42158042817645099932014-03-29T13:30:41.437-07:002014-03-29T13:30:41.437-07:00Mark Leary, a professor at Duke University, likene...Mark Leary, a professor at Duke University, likened a violent flash mob to a “spontaneous street gang.” What is new is that social media makes it easier to recruit a larger group of people, he has written, including individuals who would not rob a store or riot on their own but feel freer to do so in an anonymous group. “It’s more fun to do wild things in a group than by yourself,” he said. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2014/03/28/louisville-looks-cities-lessons-flash-mobs/7030697/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753110191080518516.post-19015793819871302252011-07-01T10:27:12.021-07:002011-07-01T10:27:12.021-07:00An identified poster nicknamed the wrath of god de...An identified poster nicknamed the wrath of god defined this Sep 26, 2010.<br /><br />Flash gang A group of people who set a time with there cell phones to meet at a certain place and time to do gang stuff and are just as quickly gone in all directions. <br />http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flash%20gangAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753110191080518516.post-89236335573173390342011-07-01T10:25:39.528-07:002011-07-01T10:25:39.528-07:00George Knox, with the National Gang Crime Research...George Knox, with the National Gang Crime Research Center (http://www.ngcrc.com) coined this term in a letter dated June 15, 2011.<br /><br />Flash Gang: a social media connection such as Twitter is used to invite participants to a time and location, they do something like robbery or assault, and they split up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175478301545842572noreply@blogger.com