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Gang Deliquency. Since the late 1800s, gangs have been in existence. These groups
have had many negative effects on society for many years. ...
... Lefkowitz describes a brutal gang rape involving a baseball bat and broomhandle,
which took ... The parents played a major role in the deliquency of these young men ...
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Since the late 1800s, gangs have been in existence. These groups have had many negative effects on society for many years. These youth groups or gangs, as they are commonly called, such as the Bloods, Crips, and Vice Lords have participated in many criminal and illegal acts that have plagued society. They have been stereotyped with such negative names as bad kids, troublemakers, and many other mischievous names.
These young gangs have long been present in the United States, but were previously only in large urban centers. This changed dramatically in the late 1980s (Miller, 1980), when youth gangs started to appear in smaller cities and suburban areas across the United States along with a rapid rise in their numbers and membership (Miller, 1980). By 1982, a study by Miller showed that an estimate 2,300 youth gangs, with 100,000 members, were found in 300 cities. Multiple reasons for this increase have been presented, including the economy and growth of an urban underclass, crack cocaine and other drug trade, gang migration, and gang subculture in the popular media (Miller, 1980). There is little agreement on this issue except that it was most likely the result of several factors.
Crime plays a big role in gangs. Most gang related crimes are committed between members of opposing gangs, although innocent citizens are often hit by stray bullets. They may also be victims of gang crimes such as robbery, burglary, and auto theft. Gang members participate in all forms of criminal activity, either for personal or economic gain, for revenge against another gang, or out of hate for the victim. Crimes committed include, among others, assault with a deadly weapon, arson, grand theft, sale/possession of narcotics, and murder. The weapons in theses crimes have become more sophisticated in recent years, evolving from hands, feet and knives to automatic handguns, automatic rifles, sawed-off shotguns, and in some cases, pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails, and hand...
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