Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and a cool way to live? The answers to these questions are pretty much impossible to find. Gangs are a direct result of peer pressure. To end gang violence you would have to find a way to see how these morals …
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…course the police are supposed to do this but they aren`t doing a very good job. What we need are more people to form organizations like the "Guardian Angels" a gang-like group that makes life very tough for street gangs that are breaking laws. Bibliography Margot Webb, Coping with Street Gangs. Rosen Publishing Group, New York, 1990. William Foote Whyte, Street Corner Society. University of Chicago, Chicago, 1955.Peter Carroll, South-Central. Hoyte and Williams, L. A., 1987.