Gangs I’d like you to take a journey with me, would you please close your eyes and imagine yourself cruising along the streets of Oakland. You are driving and the light just turned yellow, you stop at the stoplight. You see a little kid walking towards you, while he crosses the crosswalk. You take special notice of him because he was around the age of about 11 years of age, but had a thick gold …showed first 75 words of 2382 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2382 total…new family. People need support and in ways they need protection. If your friends treat you like a brother then you will be down to things. In a way, it is bad because, well gangs weren’t made to make society violent. People like to categorize. Bibliography Voices from the Streets: S. Beth Atkin Canada1996 Kids Who Kill: Herma Silverstein New York1997 Gangs- Opposing Viewpoints: Greenhaven Press San Diego1996 Gangs: Karen L. Kinnear Santa Barbara1996