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Gangs in America

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In today’s modern time, not only can you find gangs in inner cities but you are able to find them in suburban areas, rural communities, and basically anywhere around the world. As the years go by, people are seeing an increase of gang violence all over the world due to multiple reasons. For example, based upon the findings done by the FBI, “gangs are morphing, multiplying, migrating and entrenching themselves in order to sell drugs to our kids, shooting up our neighborhoods, invading our homes, robbing our banks and stores, stealing our identities, our money, and instilling fear and violence everywhere they go." From that statement alone, gangs are known worldwide because they are all interconnected, “for some it becomes a mechanism for surviving deprivation and trauma” according to Donna DeCesare, and that there have been a dramatic increase number of youths who join a gang over the years. Gangs are recognized as a world issue because they are all interconnected, it becomes a root for surviving deprivation and trauma, and the numbers of youth joining gangs are increasing. Over the years, gangs have been established around the world resulting in an incline of violent crimes making people living in an unsafe environment. Gangs are not seen as a new sensation that conquered the world overnight but, can be over viewed as a web of connections between each gang. As the years go by, people are seeing an increase of gang violence all over the world due to multiple reasons. For example, based upon the findings done by the FBI, “gangs are morphing, multiplying, migrating and entrenching themselves in order to sell drugs to our kids, shooting up our neighborhoods, invading our homes, robbing our banks and stores, stealing our identities, our money, and instilling fear and violence everywhere they go (FBI).” According to FBI, gangs are going to be threat in the future. Gangs are going to keep growing and spreading across the world. The top 10 deadliest gangs are spread across the world. One of the most famous Sicilian mafia around the world is known as Cosa Nostra, approximately has 25,000 members in total with 250,000 connections worldwide. They are also known for collaborating with other crime groups all around the world, especially for drug traffic (Erkan, 2012). Another gang who are well known are the Crips. They were once just a local gang in Los Angeles, California but quickly turned into one of the biggest well-known crime groups in the world. Crips approximately have 30,000 to 35,000 members and are known for their involvement in murders, robberies, and drug dealing (E

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