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This article provides information regarding keeping teenage boys out of the grip of gangs. It gives in detail ways to avoid having one's son recruited to gangs and how to keep them safe.

Los Angeles is known for its gang activity, but few people know how it started. Here you can learn the history of the major South Central gangs.

Prison gangs have existed in some form since the advent of prisons. What are they today?

The government's ignorant "War on Drugs" and hypocritical drug policies are keeping violent street gangs alive and well and sending our great nation down the drain.

My opinion on why gangs are so prevalent, who is responsible and how it can be fixed.

Since ICOF last covered teen gangs in May 2000, several states have passed additional anti-gang legislation and students have reported a slight increase in gang presence at their schools

We need to stand together to get rid of the gangs in our country.

Learn more about the reason kids join gangs and get great tips on how to use your parenting skills to keep them from walking down this path of complete destruction.

Why some young people join gangs and the serious consequences of being a gang member.

The Outsiders has been considered by some to be a very accurate description of gang life in the 1960's. But, when compared to actual facts and statistics about gangs, The Outsiders may be considered more of a fairytale.

We need to put an end to gangs.

This paper examines how Martin Scorsese's 2002 film Gangs of New York represents historical frictions between ethnic and racial groups in Civil War-era New York City.

After nearly a decade of inactivity, gangs are beginning to rise up out the dust and retake their positions of terrorism against America. It is imperative that law enforcement stay vigilant in the battle against gangs.

In North Carolina, one of the biggest campaign issues has to do with the increase of gangs in North Carolina, especially in the urban areas. The increase in gang activity contributes to other problems, driving up the crime rate.

There are many stories about how gangs got to be what they are today. One of the most important reasons has been ignored and suppressed, the influence of a racist society and its methodology of oppression. This article discusses this issue.

School gangs are a fact of life and are something which must be addressed and dealt with. It is no longer an option to attempt

Sociological paper looking at gangs in the uk - Mods and Rockers - and how the media amplifies situations with negative effect. Many references.

Used to be that gangs were just big-city problems. But with cops tightening the grip on gangs in cities like Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, gangsters are moving their operations, particularly drug sales, outside the metro areas.

Violent gangs are increasing and more children are joining them.

A lot of States are just now beginning to realize that gangs are continuing to spread to more areas, by using the internet.

today's gangs are nothing like those of the Roaring Twenties depicted in movies. These gangs today are tough, amoral vicious youong people, bothj in prison and on the streets

Gangs are not just a problem on the street. For as long as there have been prisons there have been gangs behind their bars.

Gangs can flourish anywhere but they are usually more prevelant in lower-class neighborhoods where social disorganization is present.

Many stereotypes exist about gangs, yet most people really don't know that much about gangs. These Hollywood films portray both inner-city youth and gang life including gang members relationship with mainstream society.