Frequently Asked Questions About Gangs and Urban Violence
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Frequently Asked Questions About Gangs and Urban Violence - Ann Byers
Published in 2011 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
29 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
Copyright © 2011 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
First Edition
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Byers, Ann.
Frequently asked questions about gangs and urban violence / Ann Byers.
p. cm.—(FAQ: teen life)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4488-1325-4 (library binding)
1. Gangs—United States—Juvenile literature. 2. Urban violence—United States—Juvenile literature. I. Title.
HV6439.U5B94 2011
364.106’60973—dc22
2010014523
Manufactured in the United States of America
CPSIA Compliance Information: Batch #W11YA: For further information, contact Rosen Publishing, New York, New York, at 1-800-237-9932.
Contents
1 What Is a Gang? Are There Different Types?
2 How Big Is the Gang Problem?
3 Who Joins a Gang? Why Do They Join?
4 What Kinds of Activities Are Gangs Involved In?
5 What Can Be Done About Gangs and Gang Violence?
Glossary
For More Information
For Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
Chapter one
WHAT IS A GANG? ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES?
The Shirttails, the Plug Uglies, and the Dead Rabbits. These were the names of some of the biggest gangs of early nineteenth-century America. Today’s gangs have more violent monikers: Men of Destruction, Shotgun Crips, and Murder Squad.
Young people have always liked to hang together in groups. Sometimes they just have fun, and sometimes they cause trouble. When people talk about a gang, they usually mean a group of three or more people who:
• Are together regularly and often
• Identify themselves by a common name and symbols
• See themselves as a gang and are recognized by others as a gang
• Are street-oriented,
which means their activities as a group are not done at home but on the streets or at other public places
• Are engaged in criminal activities
Being involved in criminal activities is what sets a group apart as a gang. Some of the crimes are fairly minor, like damaging property, stealing, or spraying graffiti. Some are more serious, like auto theft, assault, or dealing in drugs. All of them can get people in trouble.
Three Kinds of Gangs
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) lists three types of gangs that cause serious problems. One is the outlaw motorcycle gang. These gangs are not motorcycle clubs but highly organized, extremely violent groups of adults who buy and sell guns and drugs. They are a big problem for law enforcement but not for most citizens; their violence is usually aimed at people directly involved in their criminal activities.
The second type of gang is the prison gang. As the name implies, these are networks of men in prisons. Many were in street gangs and were arrested and sentenced to prison for the crimes they committed in those gangs. They cannot directly harm ordinary citizens, but they do pose an indirect threat. While in prison, they recruit and train new members for their gangs. They