Gang Information
Facts About Gangs:
- Act in ways that harm public health and public morals and drive out businesses.
- Reach into nearly every city and town, and into every high school in the country today.
- Make people in their city, town, or neighborhood feel fearful and endangered.
- Are recruiting children at record rates.
- Often have drug trafficking as their main occupation.
- Come from many ethnic groups and in many cases are networking across the country.
- Are composed primarily of boys, but 10% of gang members are girls and the number is growing.
Key Dangers of Gangs
- In order to join, new members go through an initiation, which can range f