Title: 
Headings: 
What
is
 
a
 
gang?

How
 
did
 
gangs
 
begin?

Characteris-
tics
 
of
 
gang
members:

Why
 
do
 
young
 
people
join
 
a
 
gang?

What
 
types
 
of
 
activi-
ties
 
are
 
gangs
 
in-
volved
 
in?

How
 
can
 
gang
 
activity
be
 
curbed?

What
 
are
 
the
 
various
members
 
of
 
law
enforcement
 
doing
 
to
counteract
 
the
 
gang’s
attractiveness
 
to
youth?

What
 
can/should
 
a
parent
 
do?

Gang
 
Glossary

BUSTED,
 
POPPED
 
A
 
CAP
 
–
 
Shot
 
at
 
someone

LIQUID
 
JUICE/SHERM/WACK
 
–
 
PCP

POPPED
 
A
 
CAP/BUSTED
 
–
 
Shot
 
at
 
someone

TANGO
 
&
 
CASH
 
–
 
Fentanyl

WACKY
 
TOBACCY
 
–
 
Marijuana

WE’RE
 
DOWN
 
WITH
 
THE
 
SET
 
–
 
Mellow/fine/


Content: Within
 
the
 
gang,
 
they
 
find
 
identity,
security,
 
companionship,
 
and
 
a
 
sense
 
of
belonging
 
they
 
never
 
knew
 
at
 
home. Still
 
other
 
youths
 
join
 
gangs
 
merely
 
for
survival
 
or
 
protection
 
from
 
other
 
gangs. The
 
gang
 
may
 
also
 
represent
 
a
 
way
 
to
succeed
 
and
 
obtain
 
material
 
possessions
that
 
the
 
youth
 
would
 
not
 
otherwise
 
have. What
 
types
 
of
 
activi-
ties
 
are
 
gangs
 
in-
volved
 
in? Social
 
—
 
Some
 
gang
 
activity
 
may
 
be
socially
 
motivated
 
or
 
include
 
parties,
dances,
 
and
 
athletic
 
events. Members
share
 
the
 
same
 
feelings
 
and
 
ideologies
and
 
are
 
seldom
 
delinquent. Delinquent
 
—
 
These
 
gang
 
members
 
engage
extensively
 
in
 
property
 
offenses
 
and
 
in
serious
 
crimes. They
 
are
 
sometimes
termed
  
“serious
 
delinquents”. Drug
use
 
and
 
sale
 
are
 
relatively
 
uniportant. Violent
 
—
 
Violence
 
in
 
gangs
 
and
 
in
 
their
activities
 
is
 
extremely
 
common
 
and
 
is
done
 
for
 
gratification
 
or
 
retribution.