Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: The “Crips” derive their name from “cripples,“ which in turn derives from the “pimp canes” they carried as their badge and as a weapon with which to cripple anyone who messed with them. The original motivation was self-defense, but that, of course, changed with time.
Source: Names
Authors: Wilson Gray, Gerald Cohen
Institution: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2069013924