-A value system (currency) based on "Respect" (aka "Juice")
-Gang hierarchy determined by level of "Respect" that has been earned through actions. (aka "Juice")
-Loyalty to a gang (and associated hierarchy) supersedes all rules/laws
-"Respect" earned through ability to intimidate, command respect through force, and willingness to engage in "high-risk behavior," particularly unlawful activities
-Proclivity to dominate woman and "inferior" males, particularly those that reject "Prison Culture" system of values (i.e. business owners and up-standing citizens)
-Rejection of all conventional norms related to honor, integrity, hard-work, and character (now classified as "white culture," though denigrated by all races that embrace prison culture ethos)
This value system was developed in an environment where lawful free-market economy is non-existent, and where rules/regulations are HIGHLY moderated. (i.e. Marxist utopia) So naturally, they had to come up with a way to determine pecking order. Violence and strength become the primary metric for establishing social hierarchy, with a limited black-market economy forming that naturally favors the strong and immoral.
Then these people leave prison, and bring that value-system with them to the streets.
Make no mistake, it is prison culture. Right down to the baggy pants and the hatred of police/authority.
"Prison Culture"
-A value system (currency) based on "Respect" (aka "Juice")
-Gang hierarchy determined by level of "Respect" that has been earned through actions. (aka "Juice")
-Loyalty to a gang (and associated hierarchy) supersedes all rules/laws
-"Respect" earned through ability to intimidate, command respect through force, and willingness to engage in "high-risk behavior," particularly unlawful activities
-Proclivity to dominate woman and "inferior" males, particularly those that reject "Prison Culture" system of values (i.e. business owners and up-standing citizens)
-Rejection of all conventional norms related to honor, integrity, hard-work, and character (now classified as "white culture," though denigrated by all races that embrace prison culture ethos)
This value system was developed in an environment where lawful free-market economy is non-existent, and where rules/regulations are HIGHLY moderated. (i.e. Marxist utopia) So naturally, they had to come up with a way to determine pecking order. Violence and strength become the primary metric for establishing social hierarchy, with a limited black-market economy forming that naturally favors the strong and immoral.
Then these people leave prison, and bring that value-system with them to the streets.
Make no mistake, it is prison culture. Right down to the baggy pants and the hatred of police/authority.