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| Youth Gangs |
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 |
I sought out numerous sociologists with expertise in gang research to obtain a workable definition of gangs. Malcolm Klein, Ph.D., director of the USC Social Science Research Institute, states: "A gang is a bunch of guys involved in delinquent and violent activity,"15 His definition focuses solely on "street gangs" and excludes groups with a specific goal orientation such as biker and skinhead gangs. He writes in his book, The American Street Gang (to be published in 1995), that he finds it necessary to exclude almost as many different groups as he would include to avoid unwanted stereotyping
Irving Spergel, Ph.D., a sociologist at the University of Chicago, when asked about the idea of affluent gangs, said, "It’s almost a contradiction in terms," as his research has primarily dealt with inner-city gangs. About the possibility of affluent gangs, he characterized them as "a bunch of guys that get together and raise some hell. They’re an odd-ball gang. Maybe they’ll steal, but then they’ll disappear."16.
what do you think should be done in other to free our youth from this unheavenly acts? |
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