Social Issue Gang Mentality

Social Issue: Gang Mentality America has always had gangsters, the mafia, and numerous other crime organizations. But now it has gone to another level. Nowadays young Americans are flocking to join street gangs. These street gangs are a way of life, both mental and physical. With so many youths feeling like they need to be a part of something, gangbanging just comes natural. People join gangs for four primary reasons: poverty, peer pressure, boredom, and despair. Poverty causes a gang mentality because there is a desperate need to make money. When there is a lack of money people have a tendency to lean towards crime. The theory is that it is better to do crime as a group rather than as an individual. The odds of a group getting