Street Gangs

All gang problems are local in nature. Whether rooted in neighborhoods,
representing a rite of passage, or providing surrogate families or access toeconomic opportunity, most gangs are inherently local. Even large-scale
gangs with reputed nationwide networks attract local youth and take advantageof local opportunities to carry out gang activities

Urban street-gang involvement in drug trafficking and violent crime is becomingincreasingly widespread—not just in large cities, but in suburbanareas and small towns as well.

Contemporary gangs—variously known as youth or delinquent gangs and
street or criminal gangs—have become a widespread threat to communities
throughout the Nation. Once considered largely an urban phenomenon,
gangs have increasingly emerged in smaller communities,presenting a challenge that severely strains local resources.

Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long-range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings' personal wants and peer pressure.

To determine how to effectively end gang violence we must find the way that these morals are given to the individual. Unfortunately, these can only be hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good evidence to point the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, the government, theatre, drugs and our economic system.

Gangs are one of the results of poverty, discrimination and urban deterioration. Some experts believe that young people, undereducated and without access to good jobs, become frustrated with their lives and join gangs as an alternative to boredom, hopelessness and devastating poverty.

Studies have attempted to determine why gangs plague some communities but there has been no definitive answer. As a result, people working to solve gang problems have great difficulty. They find the situation overwhelming, and the violence continues.

Gang violence is a major problem in our society today. Gang violence could take place in our neighborhoods and corrupt the young children easily influenced by the violent behavior as well. I will discuss the violence, death and illegal activity in which a number of people participated in, which like reality is the problematic truth.

Many people in our society do not think that anything bad will ever happen to them. These people always hear about the issues and problems that are in the world today, but never think they will take place close to home. Gang violence is a major problem in our society today that takes place in many different areas of the world. If nothing is done soon, gang violence could take place in our neighborhoods.

Nowadays gangs are big issues in America and Europe. People who are in gang feel like they belong some where and people care about them. There are various reasons people join gangs, and almost all age group between ages 12-40 are involved in gangs.

One of the big reasons people join gangs is because of their needs, protection, and also they want attention from people around them. Gang’s should be taken seriously because today’s gangs are more violent and brutal then they were in 60’s. Gangs do more violent act every day and if police don’t do anything about gangs then it will be hard to control the gangs in the future.

I,as Somali American citizen, thought gangs only belong to Americans, Europeans, and Husbanics, but I wa wrong as I found out later. How many times we heard Somali gangs operating in part in the United Kingdom and the United States. I was surprised why Somalis and other mulsim communties, who once were refugees and asylum seekers, want to harm one another while living in other people's lands. That is something, we somali parents, need to consider when we are sending our children to a country we don't own.