The influence of a gang without children here is where there is no child, continuous and strong tension always lurks in the background. A group of residential projects in Chicago brought this tension. According to Kotlowitz, one was beaten, shot, or stabbed at Henry Horna 's house every 3 days. Within a week after the author 's investigation of these projects, the police confiscated only 22 guns and 330 grams of cocaine (Kotlowitz 32) at Horner.
The gang consists of a large family of men, women, and children. The group recruited children from 7 to 9 years old. There are many reasons, such as protection, for gang members to join the gang. They feel that they are in need of protection as they live in the gang area and face the danger of violence by hostile gangs. Another reason why they joined the gang was because of brotherly love. When they are lacking in communication and family's bad environment, they look to the gang as they show love and protection just like they are family.
In today's United States, violence of children and gang gangs is a big problem. Everyday more and more children will join the gang. It is clear that these groups of young people caused many problems. Gang violence and gang activity will affect everyone around the gang members. These gang kids are hurting themselves, each other, their families and the communities around them. From 1996 to 2004, the number of young people involved in gang is actually decreasing, but violence in these gangs has not decreased. Murder made by members of Youth Gang is still a big problem for the whole United States. The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Bureau reported on the 2004 Youth Gang investigation that there were an estimated 760,000 gang members in the same year. Many children related to gang come from low-income single-parent families; therefore, young Americans
American gang 06-06-09 American gang is estimated today that there are about 24,000 gangs in America. There are 750,000 gang members. Gang takes over our young people and our county. In 1996, 50% of the gang members were teenagers. Even after 12 years, this proportion has not changed. Gang's violence is increasing and it is necessary to quit. We must get back the street and the children. The history of the gang can be traced back to the Bible days. Gangs always cause social problems ... it is called Purple Gang. Purple gang was a group of mature criminals, mainly Jews, who controlled the drug trafficking in the city, alcohol, evil, gambling ("purple gang") by the late 1920s. In 1924 a vacuum cleaner and a dyeing machine began war, the laundry industry was badly terrible. These companies keep prices too low to profit and their tailors threaten to leave if they have to pay for cleaning fees. The performance of this project is very bad.