Abstract

Modern-day gangs have become a pervasive menace to social communities throughout the nation. Gang culture has become a challenge that viciously strains local resources by gradual growth in smaller communities which was once considered mostly an urban phenomenon. Now-a-days it has been reported that many crimes in large cities as well as in rural areas has been conducted by youth gangs which is a great concern for the promising youth. So, this article presents an assembling of existing research on youth gangs, including the reasons behind increasing the tendency of youth joining gangs and the risk factors. The author also scrutinizes how the members of the society can begin to consider their problems related to youth gangs and make available solutions by preventive activities and intervention. This article also tries to find out effective measures to get rid of this gang violence and youth delinquency.

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