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History of Gangs in the United States - SAGE Publications …
www.sagepub.comHistory of . Gangs in the United States Introduction. A widely respected chronicler of British crime, Luke Pike (1873), reported the first active gangs in Western civilization. While Pike documented the existence of gangs of . highway robbers in England during the 17th century, it does not appear that these
Strategies to Address Gang Crime
cops.usdoj.govdecline as dramatically from 1996 through 2004 (760,000 members estimated) as did the number of gangs or gang-problem cities. According the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there are currently about 30,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs operating in the United States with approximately 800,000 members. This suggests
The Link between Poverty, the Proliferation of Violence ...
files.eric.ed.govtraumatic stress among urban youth in the United States is a key factor in the development and exacerbation of school violence in urban areas. Secondly, an efficacious approach to the ... weapons and the presence of gangs at school continue to remain a problem (National ... the primary caregiver is a single mother with a history of abuse or ...