Inside the Gang of 49 | Adelaide Now
Inside the Gang of 49 Adelaide Now: "gangs also recognise their membership with the use of American-style gothic gang tattoos.
Police spokeswoman Shelay Boothey said police were not aware of these gangs being linked to criminal activity. 'There is no evidence of the existence of any organised indigenous criminal gang structures,' Ms Boothey said.
'Anyone with any information of the existence of any such illegal activity should be contacting police so they can investigate.'
James Cook University researcher Laura Swanson, who last year spent four weeks mixing with 10 known Gang of 49 offenders, told a national criminology conference the young offenders were 'amused' by the media attention given to the Gang of 49 and enjoyed the notoriety.
Ms Swanson said the gangs copied American gangs such as the 'Crips,' 'Bloods' and 'Latin Kings', adopting their image, music, clothing and language.
Some offend as a necessity - to gain peer approval and build self esteem, even collecting newspaper reports on themselves in a form of competition to see who can get the most coverage with their crimes.
Police have Operation Mandrake at the ready for the next wave of offending, but now face a much more sinister, dangerous and unpredictable enemy than first thought.
Police cannot be sure when they will strike, who will initiate the assault because of the scattering of this loosely linked network of criminals."
Police spokeswoman Shelay Boothey said police were not aware of these gangs being linked to criminal activity. 'There is no evidence of the existence of any organised indigenous criminal gang structures,' Ms Boothey said.
'Anyone with any information of the existence of any such illegal activity should be contacting police so they can investigate.'
James Cook University researcher Laura Swanson, who last year spent four weeks mixing with 10 known Gang of 49 offenders, told a national criminology conference the young offenders were 'amused' by the media attention given to the Gang of 49 and enjoyed the notoriety.
Ms Swanson said the gangs copied American gangs such as the 'Crips,' 'Bloods' and 'Latin Kings', adopting their image, music, clothing and language.
Some offend as a necessity - to gain peer approval and build self esteem, even collecting newspaper reports on themselves in a form of competition to see who can get the most coverage with their crimes.
Police have Operation Mandrake at the ready for the next wave of offending, but now face a much more sinister, dangerous and unpredictable enemy than first thought.
Police cannot be sure when they will strike, who will initiate the assault because of the scattering of this loosely linked network of criminals."
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