Why Young People Join Gangs

There are many information sources trying to explain why young people join the gang, research based on empirical research is the best choice for revealing key factors. In this article we will explain from analytical point of view why young people join the gang by combining empirical material method and Robert Merton's chanceity theory. Empirical research reveals the tendency for young people to join the group due to economic troubles and low socioeconomic status and establishes a close relationship with Merton's chance theory theory.

In this article, I will explore why young people participate in the street gang. The gang was studied and my paper focused on the scope of concepts and theories related to street gangs and young people. So, I will discuss different theoretical explanations for the street gang with the young people. This topic is very interesting to me because I know people involved in criminal acts, but we have the same values ​​when I am young. So why do some of us accept higher education and work, are some of our companions involved in criminal acts and have a criminal record?

The reasons for joining the youth of the street gang are various. One of the reasons youth participate in the street gang is the disadvantage of the neighborhood. The theory of social collapse is a theory that can promote youth participation in the street gang. - New York's gangster "New York Gang" was held around 5 o'clock in southern Manhattan. It started in 1846. The main character of Amsterdam, Fallon, the son of priest Fallon, saw his father died in battle as a leader of a dead rabbit gang. As his father gave his son's advice in his last life, Billy's "butcher" cut the head of the judge's pastor.

I interviewed three gang members of the American Crips gang, which is known for carnival gang, to investigate why young people joined the gang. The reason for choosing this gang is that it has not only been recognized by young people in the United States and Britain, but also since it has existed for many years. Crips Gang was born in Los Angeles, California in the late 1960s. Since the 1970s these folds have grown to other parts of Los Angeles County with personal gang names such as Comptop Ave Crips and Harbor City Crips. These gang members are between the ages of 12 and 24 and represent themselves with the letter BK for bloody killers. Because they conflict with red shingles for their own blood, they are marked with blue and usually represent themselves in a blue bandana.