Street gangs in the United States

Street gangs in the United States

Introduction

Street gangs in the United States operate exclusively at the local level, in isolation, and pose little threat outside their sphere of influence. It is impossible to determine what street gangs have the most influence or know what activities they engage in. Street gangs persist committing the criminal activities, taking in new individuals in rural, suburban and urban areas all through the United States and establish criminal associations which stretch out their impact on the criminal ventures, specifically the sale of drugs at street level. The most prominent trends for the ...