Street Gangs

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"Street Gangs
Brief Overview of Gang Activity
Youth gangs today are in all 50 states as well as in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and U.S. territories (Spergel, 1995, p. 203). In the early 1990s, a study by Curry surveyed 79 of the largest U.S. cities with populations over 200,000 and found that more than 90 percent had a gang problem (Curry et. Al., 1992, p. 22). Gangs also exist in smaller cities, suburban communities, small towns, and rural areas that have no recognized history of gang problems (Spergel, 1995, p. 203). However, gangs in these areas usually do not exhibit the same degree of organization, violence, and criminality as in the larger cities.
Street gangs have been in America since early in the nineteenth century. They began as normal play groups or street-corner clubs for young people.."

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