Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Gang Violence

Running Head : Law Enforcement Strategies for Reducing Gang Violence

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Introduction

Gang violence has been causing mayhem in many countries and especially in America . Many people have fell victim to gang violence and are leaving in fear . In America , the incidences of gang violence are increasing day by day and at a very high pace and this have really reduced security in many streets . For instance , in America , they are about 30 ,000 gangs with more than 800

,000 gang members and more than 25 ,000 streets are estimated to be affected by gang violence (Craig 2007 . This has made many streets insecure and people cannot continue doing their businesses normally . Similarly , walking in those streets especially at night makes you a prey to gang violence . Gang activities use to mainly affect the large cities in the past but recently it has been noted to be spreading to the smaller cities and causing major damages (Tsou , 1997 . This can mainly be attributed to the large number of police force members in the large cities thereby forcing the gangs to look for smaller territories with low security and this , they find in small cities where the police force members are small in number . Gang activities use to mainly involve petty theft and vandalism but over the years these activities have transformed to involve drug trafficking extortion , robbery with violence and many others . For instance , in 1992 the Los Angeles recorded about 800...