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Gangs
People join gangs for many reasons. People have basic human needs that need to be fulfilled and that’s why people join gangs. ... Ever since the beginning of human existence gangs have served as a means of protection for humans. But why do people have to joins gangs. ... In the case of gangs there are three distinct levels that resemble those of a family. ... Many of this young people join gangs because of the media, and financial opportunities. ...
Like most families, gangs have rules. ... The most outstanding of these unspoken rules are: Being a perp or in two gangs at a time, running from a gang fight, or letting your gang rag touch the ground. ... In an attempt to enter into a family hierarchy, many people will choose gangs as a substitute family and therefore learned the rules of the gang. Thus, gangs replace the dysfunctional family that many of these people arrive from. ... First, people joints gangs because they are poor, financially speaking. ... Prostitution, for example, is a way that many gangs raise revenue. ... Many gangs use drug addicts as hookers (Florida). In addition to prostitution, many gangs sell drugs.
Drugs
The most common explanation for the increase gangs is the growth of the drug trade. Historically, youth gangs have engaged in a variety of illegal income-producing activities, including extortion, robbery, and larceny. ... The relative ease with which large sums of money could be obtained by drug trafficking provided a solid financial base for gangs, increased the solidarity of existing gangs, and offered strong incentives for the development of new ones. As gangs fought one another over control of the drug trade in local areas, the level of inter-gang violence rose. In the process gang cohesion and incentives to form alliances with other gangs improved (ERIC).
Gangs continue to grow for this reason and there is little doubt that the drug trade was one important factor in that growth. However, research studies on gangs and drugs have produced considerable evidence that the number of gangs directly involved in the drug trade is much smaller than claimed by the proponents of this position, that many gangs are involved only minimally with drugs, and that the development of cross-locality alliances and centralized control is much less in evidence than has been claimed (Eric).
Approximate Word count = 1629
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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