Gangs A group of people recognized as a distinct entity and involved in antisocial, rebellious, or illegal activities. A youth gang is a group of young people whose members recognize themselves as a distinct entity and are recognized as such by their...

The idea of ‘the gang’, both in the academic and popular imagination, is an essentially masculine one, conjuring up often overromanticised notions of collective male solidarities, belonging and struggle. Although there has been evidence of...

The term ‘gangs’ has been used to refer to groups ranging from ‘play groups’ (as in ‘that old gang of mine’) to groups of organized criminals. As a public concern, the term refers to troublesome groups, usually of...

Used jokingly to a group of friends. ‘Let’s go, gang’ says the hero of J.P. Donleavy’s story The Romantic Life of Alphonse A. There is a slight suggestion that a gang of friends, rather than a group of friends, will be engaged...

A gang is a group of individuals who through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage share a common identity. In early English usage, it referred to a group of workmen, and later underwent pejoration. Gang generally carries a...

Stanley Kubrick und der fragile Raum des Films Der Film ist eine architektonische Kunst. Zunächst einmal, well das Filmbild (Zeichentrick und Fotogramme ausgenommen) zwangslaufig einen Raum abbildet, jenen Raum, der sich als AuÃeen vor der Linse befindet. Doch diese Abbildungen und ihre Aneinanderreihung...

THE STABBINGS of six teenagers in Montgomery County last week spotlight the brazenness and viciousness of the criminal gangs to which the assailants apparently belonged. According to one report, at least one of the victims was attacked because he had refused to join Mara...

Homeland Security: Imagine al-Qaida joining with the nation's most violent gangs. The nightmare scenario isn't far-fetched, and authorities in one city in particular are losing sleep over it.At a recent UCLA forum on terrorism, Los Angeles officials said the city's estimated 40,000 gang members are...

Increasing violence among teenagers and other youths appears to have contributed to a nationwide crime spike, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Gangs and gun violence are partly to blame for the rise in crime that is on pace to increase for the second straight year, says...

“Two factors mark the major differentiation between earlier violent gangs and today’s violent gangs: the intensified commerce of drugs and the violence that surrounds the drug business, and the enormous increase in the availability of lethal...

From the time they are very young, most children and adolescents play and socialize with friends they meet in various places—their neighborhood, school, church, scouts, sports and other hobbies, and at work. Most of these groups offer positive...

Gangs have been around since the early 1900's and we have learned to live with them. Laws are broken to prove dominance yet simple community favors also exist among these groups. The gangs in America have grown to be so large that they can't be stopped altogether.

Factors contributing to the formation of juvenile gangs.

Its about the current gang problem in the United States and the Northeast (NYC, in particular)