Attributes of Criminal Justice

Attributes of Criminal Justice Ku Klux Klan PAGE 1Attributes of Criminal OrganizationsIntroductionThe Ku Klux Klan is and always has been a whites-only organization that is philosophically dedicated to the separation of groups based upon their racial origin. The organization was however, not enough to be simply white to me; a member of the Ku Klux Klan, the organization unilaterally rejects any members of communist or socialist organizations. White people of Jewish origin are steadfastly rejected based upon the belief that Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus Christ and Roman Catholics were also excluded from membership prior to 1952.HistoryThe name Ku Klux Klan evolved from the Greek word kuklos, which means circle. The circle is one of the oldest symbols of history in the history of humankind. The Ku Klux Klan also purports the circle as a sign of special creativity. The Ku Klux Klan calls itself "the oldest American civil rights organization."English: William Joseph Simmons, founder of the se...The grou p was founded in 1866, only one year after the end of the Civil War, by former Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest in Pulaski, Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan began as nothing more than small groups of southern post civil war malcontents, who were on a mission to cause as much mischief as possible since losing the civil war. Initially not many took them seriously and the group was basically ignored. The first era of the Ku Klux Klan was short lived, only lasting until 1871 when then President Grant effectively eliminated the organization.One of the most feared groups, the Ku Klux Klan, has seen and survived generations and generations of negativity. The Klan's history, structure, operation, activities, and participants will be presented throughout the paper as well as what can be done by law enforcement in order to control the Klan.