Gangs increase the levels of crimes in communities, and set a bad example for kids in the area. They create an image of power and respect, when in reality they drop out of school, struggle with unemployment, abuse drugs and alcohol or end up in jail. Communities fear them because of the harm they can bring to others.
This study of gang members' criminal activity considers the general community impact, violent gang criminal activity, gang members returning from prison, gang migration and immigration, gangs in schools, and the economic impact of gangs. For these areas, the impact of youth gang activities encompasses the intimidation of other youth, adults, witnesses, and business owners. Gang immigration may be a factor of greater importance than gang migration in the impact of outsiders on local gangs. Gangs in schools are likely underestimated. Generally, law enforcement agencies tend to under-report gang incidents, and their estimates of the number of gangs and gang members are likely to omit a substantial number of students. Gangs tend to influence youth to become career criminals whose lives involve multiple arrests, convictions, and periods of incarceration. A single adolescent criminal career of about 10 years can cost taxpayers between $1.7 and $2.3 million. The Comprehensive Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Model (Spergel, 1995) is a flexible framework that guides communities in developing and implementing a continuum of programs and strategies for countering the adverse impact of youth gangs. 49 references
The word for enemies in a gang are called opps and they are either a Snitch or a Police informant.
Usually a gang would jump someone by getting like over 12 people to beat up 1 person then kidnapping them just to kill them or to do something for them.
When a gang is robbing someone they would either jump someone for there money or threatened someone for there money
When a gang is drive by shooting usually they would be driving through in a car and shooting people while still driving
They intentionally killed the victim; They were an active participant in a criminal street gang at the time of the offense; AND. The murder was carried out to further the activities of the criminal street gang.