More than eighty percent of American cities with a population of 100,000 or more report gang activity. Most of these gangs are made up of members who are eight to twenty-two years old. These statistics point to a larger unfortunate truth, at some point, our youth will have an encounter or an experie
Gangs
โ Scribed by Noah Berlatsky
- Book ID
- 110732204
- Publisher
- Greenhaven Publishing, LLC.
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 387 KB
- Series
- Current Controversies
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780737772173
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The primary source writings in this anthology have been selected to provide your readers with a broad spectrum of viewpoints on gangs and gang violence. Readers will evaluate the causes of gang formation and gang violence, and whether the number of gangs and gang violence is increasing in the United States. An important question about the topic is presented in each chapter, and viewpoints are organized based on their response. Fact boxes summarize important information for researchers, and an extensive bibliography is included.
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