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Submitted by lifencircles on December 11, 2005
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Gangs in American Society
Gangs have been around since almost the beginning of time. There have been records of gang mentality dating as far back as the time of Jesus Christ and the Bible. A gang consists of a group of individuals that have similar agendas and are working towards a similar outcome. In more recent times these groups of people have caused many social problems ranging in everything from drug dealing to gambling to human trafficking, and these are just a few of the ways in which society has been inundated by gangs. A social problem is defined as an alleged situation that is incompatible with the values of a significant number of people who agree that action is needed to alter the situation.
The influence of gangs can be seen in almost every city in the world whether it is a prostitute on the strip or a drug dealer on the corner, a bookie hanging out in the back corner of the bar, illegal aliens or even the less seen human slaves known as indentured servants that work in underground sweat shops. This essay will show the influence of gangs within the society in which we live. It will also show the ways in which they alter the way our lives on a daily basis in both big and small ways alike. It will be shown that the voluntary associations within these groups can be used to promote the mutual interests of the groups in which they have associated themselves. The influence of different gangs can be seen in many more ways than an individual may think, such as the ways we dress and the ways we go about getting to a destination. These small ways in which they influence our lives are just the surface of the ways we accommodate ourselves to live as a society.
The first thing to be said about gangs is that there must be control of some sort. Whether it is a single commander or a group of individuals that share power, without a command core there would be no organization to speak of. Without organization there would be no way to seek out...
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