ABSTRACT
Editor’s Note: According to myth and legend, “Blood in, Blood out” has been the philosophy of many gangs. is saying simply means the way into a gang is by killing and leaving by way of being killed. Some gangs initiate new members via a violent process called “jumping in,” during which the initiate is forced to ght two or more members in a brutal and oen near fatal attack. is is a means of proving “worthiness” or, in the vernacular of some gangs, “earning your bones.”
