Gangs

Part I of Essay
Being that the closest that I have ever come to or violence is in television of movies, this topic intrigued me. What makes a person want to become part of something that is so violent and dangerous? Why would someone risk everything to put their lives on the line for pe ....

Part II of Essay
.... dramatically for more than a decade. An upward surge in youthful perpetrators of violence is complemented by an unprecedented growth in youth living with little or no adult supervision. For decades mostly adults drove violent crime, with kids involved mostly in property crime. What has been changing is that juveniles are becoming much more involved in violent offenses, with the use of weapons. Authorities describe the youth gang as a "violent and insidious new form of organized crime", heavily armed with sophisticated weapons, gangs are ....