Lucerne Street Doggz

Lucerne Street Doggz
Founded 2003
Founding location Boston, Massachusetts
Years active 2003-Present
Territory United States of America, Boston
Ethnicity Primarily African American
Membership (est.) 40+[1]
Criminal activities Drug trafficking, robbery and murder
Rivals Norfolk street, Morse Street[2]

Lucerne Street Doggz were a street gang in the Lucerne Street area of Mattapan neighborhood in Boston.[3] In 2006 Lucerne Street Gang was involved in 37 shootings in Boston counting for 10% of all shootings that year.[3]

See also

References

  1. William J. Stuntz. "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice".
  2. Anthony A. Braga • David M. Hureau • Andrew V. Papachristos. "Deterring Gang-Involved Gun Violence: Measuring the Impact of Boston’s Operation Ceasefire on Street Gang Behavior" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz (2015). The Handbook of Gangs - Page 317.
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