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Gang Violence
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Gang Violence
Growth, criminal activity, social factors, organization, violence, examples, drugs, future.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages) |
9 sources |
1996
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"Gang violence is a serious problem for America's cities and towns. As urban poverty worsened in the 1980s, the gang option became an increasingly common choice among urban youth. For some young men, gang membership provided a badly-needed sense of identity and solidarity. With the rapid growth of crack cocaine sales, many gangs also held out the promise of access to a great deal of money. The crack business proved so successful that numerous big-city gangs began expanding their operations to smaller towns. At the same time, the so-called "gangster" lifestyle was glamorized by the entertainment media, and, even without the influence of outside gangs, many small-town youths began forming gangs of their own. By the middle of the 1990s, entrepreneurial drug gangs had developed sophisticated organizations that could accurately be described as branches of..."More papers on Gang Violence:
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"Gang Violence" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Gang-Violence/11730>
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