Young people have the most propensity to join gangs, not just because it’s cool and hip, but there are actually many pulling factors for youth to join delinquent gangs. Youth sign up to gangs in hopes of earning respect, money, and protection; however, what they truly gain from gangs are drive by shoot outs, trafficking drugs, and exposing themselves to petty and violent crimes.
Thankfully homicide and violent rates have been falling, and the current rates are the lowest in the past 25 years according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, however, gang-related homicides have remained unchanged, and in some cities, have increased, such that the violence and gun problems in America have fallen closer to gang problems. 86 percent of cities in America have unlawful gangs infecting them, that means the gangs are close to getting an A+, while the America is close to