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How the rise of the youth gangs in recent years has had an impact on the Asian community in the UK

Introduction

The concept of a 'gang' has been definedin many different ways. There are many definitions because “there are big differences in the way gangs operate” (reference). Nevertheless, Webb has identified three distinctive features of a 'gang'. These are:

A gang is a group of three or more people.

Its members are bonded by race, national origin, culture or neighbourhood.

Its members get together regularly, often but not always, for the purpose of committing criminal acts.

There seems to be surge in negative activity in the UK amongst young Asian British youth. n the UK Asian Muslim gangs have not always evidently existed(Spalek 2002). The phenomenon of the Asian Muslim gang has only come about over the last two decades and has been acknowledged by the social science disciplines and has been researched into(Spalek 2002). It seems there has been a rise in young Asians getting involved in negative gang activity throughout the UK. The concept of a gang has always had a strong link with males particularly the youth. Gangs have a history of being strongly associated with youth culture, masculinity, ghetto youths and the working class (Alexander, 2000). Alexander suggests that the Asian gang is known to be the 'new folk devil' in modern British society. The media have also delightfully publicised that this new folk devil has arrived on UKs urban landscape and academia has followed in the wake of tails of escalating Asian criminality (Alexander, 2000). Here you might say something about the importance of this contemporary criminological topic.

(Webb 1990 page reference!)

Hence, a gang commonly consists of people who share strong unities and some sort of united goal, which could be trying to gain assets through the means of criminal activity or trying to gain a status and respect.Street gangs are generally known to 'hang out' together in their groups, they try to engrave and state they hold ownership of people and places, an example of this can be in a less terrorising situation at a specific restaurant table as their 'table'. Gangs can also turn to crime for financial gain or 'easy money' and also to gain a reputation to be feared off. Gangs normally comply with principles, rules and standard that are put to them by the leader of the gang or 'boss', usually a gang has a boss that has a higher status among the gang and gives out orders. The boss also states what's acceptable and a code of conduct to follow, has the final say on members of the gang, what position in the hierarchy of the gang a member is so assistant or bodyguard etc and what activity each member of the gang undertakes or what initiation a potential new member has to perform to join. Whether you can call them Asian Muslim gangs is inappropriate and arguable due ...