Gangs Around the World

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Gangs originated in the mid 1800’s in the cardinal direction using it as a method to defend themselves against outsiders.The idea of gangs became populous, powerful, and a broad influence. But like all powers, they tend to corrupt and recognizes violence as a way of getting what they want faster than other methods.They turn violence into fun, profit, and control.Creating a situation that affects youth in today’s society. After the American Revolution in 1783, gangs began to emerged. In 1826, the northeast region was the first ever to have a well organized gang formed in Rosana Peer’s green grocery in New York City. Soon after the migrants of the African Americans and Latinos, black gangs began to appeared in 1950s, as well as the emerging of non-Puerto Rican, Asian gangs in 1980s. The midwest region in Chicago,white immigrants developed a street gangs including Irish, German and Lithuania people to terrorize the African American communities, it became as race riot. Mexican American gangs soon popularize itself in 1950s.By 1970s, street gangs surface among popular areas in California.In 1980s, gangs began to dealt with the dealing/ consumption of crack cocaine. The southern region had not have a gang like activity, only within Miami and San Antonio in 1980. According to statistics, criminal street gangs in the city has a total of 65,271 memberships with an increased of 242 in March 1998. About 34% of deaths between 2010 and 2011 and in total of 32,000 gun deaths per year in the U.S. Around 60% are suicides, and 80% are homicides (gun related) due to the fact that half of American citizens owns a gun. As for other countries, Japan has twice the suicide rate as the U.S. Britain,Canada, Denmark etc, has the same suicide rates as the... ... middle of paper ... ...tting Gun Deaths Statistics in Perspective.” About. About.com, 2014. Web. 30 Jan 2014. “History of Gangs in the United States’ Sagepub.Sage Publications, n.d. Web. 17 Feb 2014 “New Century Foundation Oakton.” The Color Of Crime. Second, Expanded Edition, 2005.Web. 3 Feb 2014. "Organizations Dedicated Towards Gang Resistance." Organizations Dedicated Towards Gang Resistance. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2014. Poverts. n.p., 2014. Web. 21 Jan 2014. "Prevent Gang Membership." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 17 Feb. 2014. Robert Walker’s Gantdgs Or Us. Robert Walker, 15 October 2013. Web. 3 Feb 14. The Los Angeles Police Department. City of Los Angeles, 2014. Web. 28 Jan 2014. The United States Department of Justice. The United States Department of Justice, 2014. Web. 28 Jan 2014.

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