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A 10 page research paper which postulates that suburban gangs are fundamentally different and distinct from urban gangs, and, therefore, didn't result from inner-city gang culture 'spreading' to the suburbs, but rather sprang from sociological conditions prevalent in American's suburban landscape. The writer demonstrates how this new phenomenon involves affluent, middle-class teens and crosses national boundaries. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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century, youth gangs in the U.S. have moved into areas which Dickens would never have imagined possible. Gangs have spread from the inner cities to the edges of cities
and out into affluent suburbs while, ironically, gang activity has been stabilizing in urban areas (Burnett, 1994). Another disturbing trend is that gangs have become a growing problem in public
schools where, historically, schools have been considered by gang members to be "neutral turf" (Burnett). Although there are exceptions, researchers agree that most gangs share certain characteristics. Gang members
tend to recruit others along certain shared racial and ethnic lines, and membership is typically 90 percent male (Burnett, 1994). Members of the same gang will adopt a certain distinctive
style of dress, referred to as "colors," and engage in certain specific activities and patterns of behavior. There is often an intense loyalty to their particular neighborhood and they
will mark their territory with graffiti (1994). The details of gang style and activities can differ tremendously from gang to gang. Urban gangs have tended to consist of males from
families with a low socioeconomic background, and the membership has reflected the demographics of inner-city populations, that is, primarily African-Americans and Hispanics. The new suburban gangs are a departure from
this model in that young people from white, affluent families are now being sucked into the gang culture. Fifteen percent of all students reported a gang presence at their school
as early as 1994 (Stephens). The standard image of a gang member is that of a black or Hispanic inner-city male from a welfare household who has dropped out of
school. The suburban gang member is quite likely to be white, from an affluent neighborhood and an "A" student. An Atlanta school official, Steve Moore, attributes the problem to
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